Crime
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Traffic safety checkpoint set for Aug. 22 in Elk Grove VillageAug 12, 2025 10:31 am - Cook County sheriff’s deputies will team with police in Elk Grove Village and Mount Prospect to conduct a traffic safety checkpoint Friday, Aug. 22.
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Trump’s rhetoric on DC echoes a history of racist narratives about urban crime
Aug 12, 2025 10:29 am - President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia's law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation's capital, arguing the extraordinary moves are in response to an urgent public safety crisis.
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Trump's Washington, DC, takeover begins as National Guard troops arrive
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Ex-Glendale Heights village president arraigned on forgery, perjury chargesAug 11, 2025 4:36 pm - Former Glendale Heights President Chodri Khokhar pleaded not guilty Monday to felony charges of forgery and perjury.
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St. Charles-area man pleads guilty to child porn chargeAug 11, 2025 4:12 pm - A St. Charles Township man has been sentenced to nine years in prison, after pleading guilty to possession of a child pornography video.
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Former Wheaton woman pleads guilty to abducting her daughter in 2017Aug 11, 2025 11:12 am - A woman accused of kidnapping her daughter and found almost six years later because of a crime TV show, pleaded guilty Monday morning to child abduction.
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Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and deploying the National Guard
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Judge denies request to unseal transcripts from grand jury that indicted Ghislaine Maxwell
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Person of interest in Des Plaines killing released without chargesAug 11, 2025 9:01 am - A person of interest in the fatal shooting of a Rosemont man last month in Des Plaines was released from police custody without charges over the weekend, authorities announced Monday.
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Suspect in Aurora double shooting turns himself inAug 11, 2025 8:31 am - The suspect wanted in connection with the shooting of two people in Aurora over the weekend turned himself into police.