Crime
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Madigan and longtime ally plead not guilty in corruption case
Nov 01, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct the characterization of ATT's admitted attempts to influence and reward House Speaker Michael Madigan. SPRIN...
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Aurora man sentenced to five years in prison for beating pregnant girlfriendNov 01, 2022 1:00 am - An Aurora man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his conviction on charges he repeatedly punched and kicked his pregnant girlfriend. Alexander Authement, 29,...
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Migos rapper Takeoff dead after Houston shooting, rep says
Nov 01, 2022 1:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Migos rapper Takeoff is dead after a shooting early Tuesday outside a bowling alley in Houston, a representative confirmed. Takeoff - who was part of Migo...
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Murphy and Raspanti praise parts of the SAFE-T Act - and see room for improvementNov 01, 2022 1:00 am - Democratic state Sen. Laura Murphy and Republican challenger Sal Raspanti both praised and criticized Illinois' SAFE-T Act, the criminal justice reform legislation that'...
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Man gets 18-month prison sentence for beating Shih Tzu with belt, leaving it severely injuredNov 01, 2022 1:00 am - A Matteson man was sentenced Monday to 18 months in prison for beating a Shih Tzu dog with a belt at a Woodridge home, leaving it severely injured. Irmani Lewiel, 27, of...
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15 hurt, including 3 children, in Chicago Halloween shooting
Nov 01, 2022 1:00 am - As many as 15 people, including three children, were injured in a drive-by shooting on Halloween night that sent shots flying into a crowd along a Chicago street corner,...
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Democrats to boost Hochul in tight New York governor's race
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Democrats have created a super PAC in New York to boost incumbent Gov. Kathy Hochul, a sign of the party's growing fears that a late-stage surge by her R...
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Brazil's brash President Bolsonaro mum after election loss
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - In Brazil's capital on Monday, the silence was deafening. Nearly a full day after President Jair Bolsonaro lost his bid for reelection, the usua...
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'Lady of the Dunes' identified nearly 50 years after killing
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (AP) - Officials used investigative genealogy to identify a woman whose mutilated body was found on the Cape Cod National Seashore nearly 50 years ag...
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Sedition trial begins for closed Hong Kong news site editors
Oct 31, 2022 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - A sedition trial opened in Hong Kong on Monday for two former top editors of a shuttered online media outlet who have been detained without bail for 10 ...