Crime
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Man in Germany gets 90 COVID-19 shots to sell forged passes
Apr 03, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - A 60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine ...
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Mixed results for Oregon's pioneering drug decriminalization
Apr 03, 2022 7:00 am - SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon voters approved a ballot measure in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs after being told it was a way to establish and fund addiction recovery cen...
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Live updates | Zelenskyy: Troops shell retreating Russians
Apr 02, 2022 7:00 am - LVIV, Ukraine '“ President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian troops retaking areas around Kyiv and Chernihiv are not allowing Russians to retreat without a fight, but a...
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Jan. 6 panel puts Garland in 'precarious' spot, ups pressure
Apr 02, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are increasingly going public with critical statements, court filings and more to deliver a b...
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NY bail law fight emblematic of Democrats' debate on crime
Apr 02, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It's hard to find anyone on board with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan to toughen the state's bail laws, two years after they were retooled to keep peo...
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Sri Lankan president declares curfew to preempt protests
Apr 02, 2022 7:00 am - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lanka imposed a countrywide curfew starting Saturday evening until Monday morning, in addition to a state of emergency declared by the pres...
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Wheaton man faces child porn, sex offender registry chargesApr 02, 2022 1:00 am - A Wheaton man is charged with possession of child pornography and failure to update his address as a sex offender. Sean M. Waffird, 28, formerly of Waukegan, was charged...
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McHenry County judge to weigh whether petition filed by AJ Freund's mother has merit
Apr 01, 2022 11:00 pm - A McHenry County judge said Friday that he has 90 days to decide whether the post-conviction petition filed by a Crystal Lake woman serving 35 years in prison for killin...
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Ethiopian journalist accredited to AP is released on bail
Apr 01, 2022 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopian journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro, who is accredited to The Associated Press and has been imprisoned for four months without charges, has been ...
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UK opens criminal probe into P&O Ferries over crew firings
Apr 01, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The British government said Friday that a criminal investigation has begun into P&O Ferries after the company fired almost 800 U.K.-based crew without warn...