Crime
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NAACP urges federal charges against Van Dyke
Feb 01, 2022 12:00 am - The NAACP on Tuesday urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to bring federal civil rights charges against the white Chicago police officer who fatally shot Black teenage...
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54 more cases linked to corrupt ex-cop to be tossed
Feb 01, 2022 12:00 am - Nearly 50 more people will have their convictions thrown out after prosecutors in Chicago said Tuesday they're working to right the wrongs of a former police sergeant wh...
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Glendale Heights man pleads guilty to 2nd-degree murder in death of Addison gang rivalFeb 01, 2022 12:00 am - A Glendale Heights man pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder for shooting a man in a gang dispute in Addison. Jesse E. Garza, 20, accepted a sentence of 20 year...
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Boris Johnson says sorry after report slams lockdown parties
Jan 31, 2022 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized Monday after an inquiry found that Downing Street parties while Britain was in lockdown represented a 'œserious fai...
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Georgia DA investigating Trump asks FBI for security help
Jan 31, 2022 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - The prosecutor who's investigating whether Donald Trump and others broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden's presiden...
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US federal prisons on lockdown after 2 Texas inmates killed
Jan 31, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal prison system has been placed on a nationwide lockdown after two inmates were killed and two others were injured Monday during a gang alter...
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Trial underway for Florida's GOP voting restrictions law
Jan 31, 2022 6:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A trial challenging Florida's new voting restrictions began Monday with civil rights groups moving to block the sweeping Republican election law...
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Myanmar authorities arrest dozens ahead of planned protests
Jan 31, 2022 6:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Security forces in Myanmar have arrested dozens of people in a preemptive move to suppress plans for a nationwide strike Tuesday on the one-year anniversa...
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'Rust' death sparks New Mexico gun safety bill for actors
Jan 31, 2022 6:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A Republican New Mexico legislator wants movie actors and other film-set professionals to undergo state-sponsored gun-safety training after a cinem...
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Avenatti wavers on testifying in trial vs. Stormy Daniels
Jan 31, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Avenatti wavered Monday when asked whether he plans to take the witness stand in his own defense at a fraud trial in which he's accused of steali...