Crime
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Wheeling police: 21-year-old mother killed, 1-year-old daughter kidnappedNov 10, 2021 12:00 am - Police are urgently searching for a 1-year-old girl believed kidnapped after the killing of her mother, who was found dead late Tuesday night in her Wheeling apartment. ...
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State Supreme Court asked to rule in Lyft rape case
Nov 10, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The ride-share company Lyft argued before the Illinois Supreme Court Wednesday that a 2014 state law protects it from being held liable for the actions of ...
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Bartlett temple added to human trafficking lawsuit
Nov 10, 2021 12:00 am - A lawsuit in which workers accuse a Hindu organization of human trafficking by luring them from India to build a temple in New Jersey for as little as $1.20 a day has wi...
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Rittenhouse testifies, sometimes tearfully: 'I didn't do anything wrong. I defended myself.'
Nov 10, 2021 12:00 am - This story has been corrected to show that it was the defense attorney, not the judge, who suggested the prosecutor was trying to cause a mistrial. KENOSHA, Wis. - ...
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High court to hear Texas case about prayer during executions
Nov 09, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is to hear arguments Tuesday in a case about whether Texas must allow a chaplain to pray audibly and touch a prisoner during an execu...
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Myanmar court sentences arrested politicians to 75-90 years
Nov 09, 2021 6:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - A court in Myanmar sentenced two members of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi's political party to 90 years and 75 years in prison on Tuesday after finding t...
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Air Force report: Nearly half in survey saw abuse, violence
Nov 09, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - More than half of Air Force and Space Force personnel who responded to a survey said they've experienced some type of mental or physical abuse in the p...
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House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 10 former White House aides
Nov 09, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - House investigators issued subpoenas Tuesday to 10 former officials who worked for Donald Trump at the end of his presidency, an effort to find out mor...
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The Latest: Independent analysis still sees warming too high
Nov 09, 2021 6:00 am - GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - The Latest on the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow: GLASGOW, Scotland - Efforts leading up to and in climate talks have trimmed a couple tenths ...
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Belarus TV: American facing Jan. 6 riot charges seeks asylum
Nov 09, 2021 6:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - An American who faces criminal charges from the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is seeking asylum in Belarus, the country's state TV reported, in a...