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Man pleads guilty to plotting attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna

By PHILIPP JENNE, MATTHIAS SCHRADER and STEFANIE DAZIO
Apr 28, 2026 7:12 am - A man accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group and plotting to attack one of superstar singer Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna nearly two years ago pleaded guilty as his trial began on Tuesday, his lawyer said.
Federal appeals court upholds conviction of ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan

By Jon Seidel
Apr 27, 2026 5:51 pm - The federal appeals court in Chicago on Monday upheld the historic conviction of former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, finding no error in the four-month trial that ultimately led to his lengthy prison sentence.
Suspect in shooting of 2 Chicago officers allegedly pulled handgun from under blanket at hospital

By SOPHIA TAREEN and STEVE KARNOWSKI
Apr 27, 2026 3:22 pm - A robbery suspect who authorities say pulled a handgun from under a blanket at a Chicago hospital and shot the two officers who brought him there for treatment will remai...
Batavia police: Person robbed during motorcycle sale

By Susan Sarkauskas
Apr 27, 2026 3:07 pm - Batavia police are reporting that a person was robbed of a motorcycle they were selling Sunday night.
Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump in White House correspondents' dinner shooting

By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Apr 27, 2026 1:13 pm - The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump and will remain at least temporarily behind bars as the case moves forward.
Inside the world’s largest art heist when over $500M of paintings were stolen from a Boston museum

By LEAH WILLINGHAM
Apr 26, 2026 4:56 pm - BOSTON (AP) — For decades, the 1990 theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — now valued at more than $500 million — has remained unsolved. It remai...
Sound of gunfire carries eerie echoes of Reagan's shooting outside the same Washington hotel

By DEL QUENTIN WILBER
Apr 26, 2026 4:43 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Ronald Reagan left the Washington Hilton Hotel and headed for his waiting limousine on a gray March afternoon, he was exposed for mere se...
Chicago police officer killed in hospital shooting identified, second officer in critical condition

Apr 26, 2026 4:30 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago officer who was fatally shot by a man receiving treatment at a hospital while in police custody has been identified as 38-year-old John Bartholom...
Suspicious device leads to evacuations, closed streets in downtown St. Charles

By Steve Zalusky
Apr 26, 2026 11:08 am - The FBI is investigating the discovery of a suspicious device Saturday night in a flower planter in downtown St. Charles.
Chicago police officer dead, another critically wounded in shooting at Swedish Hospital; suspect in custody

By Tom Schuba and Cindy Hernandez
Apr 25, 2026 7:52 pm - A Chicago police officer was killed and another was “fighting for his life” after being wounded in a shooting Saturday morning at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital, the city’s top cop said.

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