Crime
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Dire US labor shortage provides opportunity for ex-prisoners
Jul 10, 2022 7:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - When Antonio McGowan left the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman after serving 17 years, he was free for the first time since he was 15. Bu...
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Japan ruling party wins big in polls in wake of Abe's death
Jul 10, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japan's governing party and its coalition partner scored a major victory in a parliamentary election Sunday imbued with meaning after the assassination of f...
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'A true miracle': Despite devastating news, Cooper's family finds reason to give thanksJul 10, 2022 1:00 am - Despite a painful weekend during which they had to tell their 8-year-old son he is paralyzed from the waist down, the parents of Highland Park shooting victim Cooper Rob...
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Man injured in shooting inside bar in East DundeeJul 10, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to clarify where the shooting occurred. A man was shot inside a bar in East Dundee after a physical fight escalated, auth...
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Naperville police seeking suspects in armed robbery of gas stationJul 10, 2022 1:00 am - Naperville police are looking for four suspects in connection with the armed robbery of a gas station Saturday night. Police said officers were called at about 9:28 p.m....
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'We are going to be OK': Residents pay tribute as downtown Highland Park reopensJul 10, 2022 1:00 am - Six days after a gunman shattered the festive spirit of Highland Park's Fourth of July parade, businesses along Central Avenue in the city's downtown welcomed back patro...
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Elgin police investigating shooting that injured twoJul 10, 2022 1:00 am - Elgin police are investigating a shooting that left two injured early Saturday east of the city's downtown. According to police, officers called at 12:32 a.m. to the 100...
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Japan's ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated during a speech
Jul 09, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campa...
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Gas lines and scuffles: Sri Lanka faces humanitarian crisis
Jul 09, 2022 7:00 am - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Chamila Nilanthi is tired of all the waiting. The 47-year-old mother of two spent three days lining up to get kerosene in the Sri Lankan town o...
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4 days in January: Trump push for Capitol coda to 2020 vote
Jul 09, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - It would have been something never quite before seen in America - a defeated president, Donald Trump, standing at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with a m...