Crime
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GOP defends Trump as Bolton book adds pressure for witnesses
Jan 27, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators faced mounting pressure Monday to summon John Bolton to testify at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial even as Trump's lawyers mostly b...
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Trump defense counsel Ken Starr says impeachment is 'hell'
Jan 27, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Impeachment, he said, 'œis hell.'ť A measure of "last resort.'ť A bad habit to be kicked. With that, Ken Starr, the man whose years-long probe led to t...
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NY, feds sue 'Pharma Bro' for 'scheme' to keep drug price up
Jan 27, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - State and federal authorities sued imprisoned entrepreneur Martin Shkreli on Monday over tactics that shielded a profitable drug from competition after a...
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Authorities battle Atlantic storm to intercept cocaine yacht
Jan 27, 2020 6:00 am - LISBON, Portugal (AP) - An international drug operation involving authorities from six countries captured a yacht carrying almost 2 metric tons of cocaine in the middle ...
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Kobe Bryant, daughter killed in copter crash, 7 others dead
Jan 27, 2020 6:00 am - CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) - NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others were killed Sunday when their helicopter plunged into a steep hillside in dense morning fo...
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'I'm being raped': Weinstein accuser details alleged assault
Jan 27, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Harvey Weinstein accuser Mimi Haleyi testified Monday that weeks after arriving in New York to work for one of his shows, she found herself fighting in v...
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Washington Post places reporter on leave after Bryant tweet
Jan 27, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Washington Post has placed a political reporter on administrative leave after she tweeted a link to a story about rape allegations against NBA supe...
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Staff member accused of choking child at Aurora mental health facilityJan 27, 2020 12:00 am - A worker at the Northern Illinois Academy, a juvenile mental health facility in Aurora, has been accused of choking a child who was a student there. Jacquetta D. Hill, 3...
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$100K bail for Aurora man charged with solication for murder for hireJan 27, 2020 12:00 am - A 23-year-old Aurora man is held at the Kane County jail on $100,000 bail after his arrest for solicitation for murder for hire. Andy Lopez, of the 600 block of Watson S...
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Naperville cops probing second gas station robbery in 3 daysJan 27, 2020 12:00 am - Three men robbed a Speedway gas station at gunpoint early Monday morning and escaped with cash and cigarettes, Naperville police said. They said the men entered the stat...