Crime
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With the Supreme Court on sideline for now, Trump's lawyers press immunity claims before lower court
Dec 24, 2023 7:38 am - WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was acting within his role as president when he pressed claims about “alleged fraud and irregularity” in the 2020 election, his lawyers told a f...
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Man charged with 1st-degree murder after shooting at barDec 23, 2023 5:30 am - A 49-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder, accused of shooting a man after a dispute at a Wheaton-area business. Michael Freund, of the 3200 block of Br...
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Naperville man gets 10-year sentence for attempting to kill his wife
Dec 22, 2023 7:49 pm - Patrick O’Brien, 63, of Naperville, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of his wife. Will County Circuit Judge John Connor handed down t...
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Video shows police knew Maine shooter was a threat. They also felt confronting him was unsafeDec 22, 2023 2:10 pm - PORTLAND, Maine — Police in Maine feared that confronting an Army reservist in the weeks before he killed 18 people in the state's deadliest mass shooting would “throw a ...
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The Supreme Court says no, for now, to plea to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted
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Biden is pardoning thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
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Czechs are coming to grips with the worst mass shooting in the country's history in which 14 died
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Boy’s slaying, police dog killed, Juneteenth tragedy: The year in suburban crime newsDec 22, 2023 5:15 am - A little boy is killed just for being Palestinian. A man dies at a party celebrating freedom. And hundreds of people attend a funeral for a police dog fatally shot in a s...
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Schaumburg police searching for shooting suspect released from hospitalDec 21, 2023 8:57 pm - Schaumburg police are searching for a shooting suspect they say was improperly released from a medical facility without any notification. Dion T. Rodgers, 23, is wanted i...
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Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke convicted of racketeering and bribery, but his aide is acquittedDec 21, 2023 3:45 pm - Edward M. Burke, the longest-serving City Council member in Chicago history, was convicted Thursday of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion. A federal jury f...