Crime
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Where 8th Congressional District GOP hopefuls stand on violent crime, gun controlJun 07, 2022 5:30 am - Whether the federal government should play a bigger role in curbing violent crime across the nation — and whether stronger gun control laws ought to be a part of that — ...
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Thieves steal 3 luxury cars from Des Plaines dealershipJun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Three luxury cars were stolen early Tuesday at a Des Plaines auto dealership in a heist that led to a brief police chase. The thefts occurred before 4:30 a.m. at Sam Jid...
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Jan. 6 insurrection hearings: How to watch and what to know
Jun 07, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Nearly a year since its inception, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will go public with its findings starting this we...
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DCFS timeline shows agency visited family one day before 8-year-old's murder
Jun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Amaria Osby's friends and family were to gather Tuesday, not to celebrate her 8th birthday, but to attend her funeral. Andrea Hagler, Amaria's mother, won't be there. Sh...
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Prosecutors seek 18-month sentence for Cullerton
Jun 07, 2022 1:00 am - Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton to up to 18 months in prison in the $248,000 embezzlement case involving the Teamst...
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NY governor signs law raising age to own semiautomatic rifle
Jun 06, 2022 7:00 am - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New Yorkers under age 21 will be prohibited from buying semiautomatic rifles under a new law signed Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, making the state one...
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2022 midterms: What to watch in primaries in 7 states
Jun 06, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Primary elections in seven states Tuesday will set the stage for U.S. House and Senate races this fall, with many contests shaped by political fissure...
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Time served for Mexican in 2015 San Francisco pier killing
Jun 06, 2022 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A California federal judge on Monday sentenced the Mexican man acquitted of murder in the 2015 shooting death of a woman on a San Francisco pier to ...
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In historic shift, far fewer teens face adult US courts
Jun 06, 2022 7:00 am - David Harrington spent a tense eight months in a Philadelphia jail when he was a teenager - the result of a robbery charge in 2014 that automatically sent his case to th...
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Arizona judge declines GOP request to block mail voting
Jun 06, 2022 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona judge on Monday declined a request by the state Republican Party to block most mail ballots for the 2022 election, preserving the voting method...