Crime
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Biden is pardoning thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
Dec 22, 2023 8:01 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is making thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columb...
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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...
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Trump transformed the Supreme Court. Now the justices could decide his political and legal future
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Lake County auxiliary deputy injured when suspected drunk driver crashes into squadDec 21, 2023 8:31 am - An auxiliary Lake County sheriff’s deputy was injured late Wednesday when a suspected drunk driver crashed into his squad car near Lake Forest. A sheriff’s office spokesm...
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Were your holiday deliveries stolen? What to know about porch piracy and what you can do about it
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'Total systemic breakdown': Missteps over years allowed Detroit serial killer to roam freeDec 21, 2023 6:45 am - DETROIT — The serial killer lured women one by one into vacant homes to be murdered, posing their nude or partially clothed corpses amid cheap booze pints, crumbling shee...
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Four charged in August slayings of teenage brothers near GlenviewDec 20, 2023 6:16 pm - A pair of teenage brothers fatally shot outside their Glenview-area home in August were killed in revenge for an earlier altercation, authorities said Wednesday in announ...