Crime
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Des Plaines police investigating abuse allegations against suburban priestSep 27, 2022 1:00 am - Des Plaines police are investigating separate allegations of sexual misconduct levied against a priest who formerly worked in the city. The announcement of the police in...
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Plea agreements reached by 4 in NC Congress ballot probe
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Four people pleaded guilty on Monday to misdemeanors for their roles in absentee ballot fraud in rural North Carolina during the 2016 and 2018 elect...
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Cardinal Zen, 5 others stand trial in Hong Kong over fund
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - A 90-year-old Catholic cardinal and five others stood trial in Hong Kong on Monday for allegedly failing to register a now-defunct fund set up to assist...
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False claims, threats fuel poll worker sign-ups for midterms
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Outraged by false allegations of fraud against a Georgia elections employee in 2020, Amanda Rouser made a vow as she listened to the woman testify before ...
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Navy bribery fugitive 'Fat Leonard' seeks Venezuelan asylum
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - The fugitive defense contractor nicknamed 'œFat Leonard" who orchestrated a huge bribery scheme involving dozens of U.S. Navy officials, has requested a...
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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes' path: From Yale to jail
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Long before he assembled one of the largest far-right anti-government militia groups in U.S. history, before his Oath Keepers stormed the U.S. Capitol on ...
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U.S. sanctions 'brazenly corrupt' Bosnian state prosecutor
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government imposed sanctions Monday on a Bosnian state prosecutor who is accused of being complicit in corruption and undermining democratic p...
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Kentucky man who shot classmates in '97 imprisoned for life
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - A Kentucky man who killed three fellow students and wounded five others when he was 14 years old will have to spend the rest of his life in prison without another opport...
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Russian military recruiter shot amid fear of Ukraine call-up
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A young man shot a Russian military officer at close range at an enlistment office Monday, an unusually bold attack reflecting resistance to Russian...
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Belgian justice minister under protection over kidnap plot
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgium's justice minister remained under strict protection Monday after four people suspected of taking part in a plot by alleged drug criminals to kidn...