Crime
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Ransomware criminals are dumping kids' private files online after school hacks
Jul 05, 2023 1:00 am - The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric ho...
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Five dead in Philadelphia-area shooting that's nation's worst violence yet around July 4
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Waukegan man identified as victim of deadly Wadsworth shootingJul 03, 2023 1:00 am - Authorities on Monday released the name of the 19-year-old Waukegan man who died early Saturday morning after being shot multiple times at a house in Wadsworth. Sotero S...
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South Elgin man with six DUI convictions charged again
Jul 03, 2023 1:00 am - A South Elgin man with six drunken driving convictions faces four new counts of felony aggravated DUI. Steven B. Friedle, 62, of the 100 block of North South Elgin Boule...
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Evidence gathering continues in criminal case against accused Highland Park shooterJul 02, 2023 7:00 am - Attorneys on both sides of the criminal case against the man accused of carrying out the Highland Park July Fourth mass shooting spent much of the last year gathering an...
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France has a 5th night of rioting over teen's killing by police amid signs of subsiding violence
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Investigation continues into shooting of two men outside Wheeling Township sports barJul 02, 2023 1:00 am - Cook County sheriff's police continue to investigate the shooting of two men early Saturday outside a sports bar near Arlington Heights. According to the sheriff's offic...
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Baltimore block party shooting leaves 2 dead and 28 injured, including 3 critically hurt, police say
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Two shot outside Arlington Heights sports bar overnightJul 01, 2023 1:00 am - Two people were shot outside an Arlington Heights sports bar early Saturday morning. Cook County sheriff's police said they responded to a report of a shooting around 1:...
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FBI seeks suspect in Round Lake bank robberyJul 01, 2023 1:00 am - Authorities are searching for a suspect in a Saturday afternoon bank robbery in Round Lake. According to a news release from the FBI Chicago Field Office, the FBI respon...