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With no end in sight to their deployment, National Guard troops roam Washington

By GARY FIELDS
Apr 20, 2026 8:19 am - Eight months after President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation's capital and called up the National Guard, more than 2,500 troops remain, in a deployment that has grown increasingly routine, with no clear end in sight.
Man kills 8 children and shoots his wife and another woman in Shreveport, Louisiana

By SOPHIE BATES, LEKAN OYEKANMI and GERALD HERBERT
Apr 20, 2026 8:10 am - A Louisiana man who fatally shot seven of his children and another child in an attack against his family was in the middle of separating from his wife, who also was shot and wounded, a relative said.
8 children between the ages of 1 and 14 are dead after a mass shooting in Louisiana, police say

By GERALD HERBERT and JOHN SEEWER
Apr 19, 2026 4:58 pm - SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A gunman in Louisiana killed eight children and shot two other people Sunday in an early morning attack of domestic violence carried out across two...
Fears of looser standards as the FBI and Justice Department scramble to fill a depleted workforce

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Apr 19, 2026 3:45 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI and Justice Department are scrambling to rebuild a depleted workforce after a wave of departures over the past year, with leaders easing hiring ...
Naperville police investigating report of shots fired downtown

Daily Herald report
Apr 19, 2026 3:21 pm - Naperville police continue to investigate a report of shots fired Friday night in the city’s downtown.
Pair found guilty of second-degree murder in slaying on Fort Sheridan Beach

By Charles Keeshan
Apr 19, 2026 11:12 am - A pair of Lake County men each face up to 20 years in prison after jurors convicted them Saturday of second-degree murder charges stemming from a fatal 2022 beating on Fort Sheridan Beach near Highland Park.
A mass shooting in Ukraine’s capital leaves 6 dead before police shot and killed the gunman

By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK and DEREK GATOPOULOS
Apr 18, 2026 5:31 pm - A gunman wielding an automatic weapon killed six people and barricaded himself inside a supermarket with hostages in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Saturday, before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said.
Gurnee police investigate commercial burglaries

By Elizabeth Maxwell
Apr 17, 2026 10:12 pm - Police are working to identify the suspects responsible for a series of overnight commercial burglaries on Tuesday.
Mount Prospect man arrested after woman attacked in apartment: police

Daily Herald report
Apr 17, 2026 6:39 pm - A Mount Prospect man is facing charges after entering his ex-girlfriend’s apartment in Des Plaines and attacking her, police said Friday.
Did SAFE-T Act loophole contribute to DuPage County slaying? Top prosecutor thinks so

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Apr 16, 2026 3:52 pm - Did a loophole in the law that eliminated cash bail in Illinois contribute to the slaying of a suburban a woman whose husband stands accused of her murder? DuPage County’s top prosecutor thinks so. Here’s why.

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