Crime
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Alabama execution using nitrogen gas, the first ever, again puts US at front of death penalty debate
Jan 26, 2024 7:18 am - ATMORE, Ala. — A man who was paid $1,000 to kill an Alabama woman more than 30 years ago was put to death with pure nitrogen gas, a first-of-its-kind execution that again...
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‘He would have killed me’: Defendant testifies in Elmhurst bar murder caseJan 25, 2024 6:50 pm - Despite being scared, he wanted to make sure victim was caught for doing damage to bar
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Palatine police seek help locating SUV tied to November slayingJan 25, 2024 1:48 pm - Palatine police are asking for the public’s help locating a vehicle believed to be tied to the November slaying of a 30-year-old man. Jun Zhang was found shot to death ab...
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Alabama set to execute inmate with nitrogen gas, a never before used method
Jan 25, 2024 1:29 pm - MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama, unless blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court, will attempt to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas on Thursday night, a never before used exec...
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Trump White House official Peter Navarro gets a 4-month sentence for defying a House Jan. 6 subpoena
Jan 25, 2024 11:48 am - WASHINGTON — Trump White House official Peter Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a congressional investigation into the Jan...
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Donald Trump testifies in his defense in E. Jean Carroll defamation suit
Jan 25, 2024 8:54 am - NEW YORK — Donald Trump began testifying Thursday in a New York defamation trial to determine how much he might owe the advice columnist E. Jean Carroll for disparaging h...
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Witness says fatal shooting of American-Palestinian teen in the occupied West Bank was unprovoked
Jan 25, 2024 7:44 am - AL-MAZRA’A ASH-SHARQIYA, West Bank — The fatal shooting of an American-Palestinian teen driving a pickup truck in the occupied West Bank was unprovoked, the sole passenge...
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‘I thought I could die’: Bartender testifies in Elmhurst murder trial, says he was scared of being hurt by victimJan 24, 2024 6:31 pm - Editor’s note: An earlier version had an incorrect first name for Evan Wilcek and an incorrect age for Dunbar. A bartender who threw two brothers out of an Elmhurst ...
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Police: Man attempted to lure children in Round LakeJan 24, 2024 8:55 am - Round Lake police will be conducting extra patrols during school bus drop off times after reports Tuesday morning that a man was attempting to lure children along MacGill...
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Police: Wauconda man was dealing cocaine in NapervilleJan 24, 2024 7:50 am - Naperville Police arrested a Wauconda man on Friday following a monthlong investigation into alleged cocaine sales in Naperville. Aaron J. Koonce, 24, of the 100 block of...