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US prisons director resigning after crises-filled tenure

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK
Jan 05, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is resigning amid increasing scrutiny over his leadership in the wake of Associated Press reporting that ...
The year in crime: First-degree murder, DUI-related deaths, sexual assault among the major suburban crimes for 2021

By Doug T. Graham
Jan 05, 2022 5:00 am - For the first time in 27 years, the Cook County medical examiner's office registered more than 1,000 homicides in 2021. While a majority of the 1,087 homicides - 836 - ...
DCFS worker fatally stabbed during home visit

By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com
Jan 05, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Sangamon County authorities are holding a Thayer man suspected in the stabbing death of an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services worker. Poli...
'We were trapped': Trauma of Jan. 6 lingers for lawmakers

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press
Jan 05, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Long after most other lawmakers had been rushed to safety, they were on the hard marble floor, ducking for cover. Trapped in the gallery of the House, ...
'We have to be there': AP photographer recalls Capitol siege

By J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE Associated Press
Jan 05, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. Capitol was under siege. By Americans. It was Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, and Associated Press photographer J. Scott Applewhite wa...
Milwaukee man charged with attempted murder in shooting at Aurora party

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jan 05, 2022 12:00 am - A Milwaukee man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting during a New Year's Eve party in Aurora. Bail has been set at $1 million for Cameron...
FBI still hunting Jan. 6 suspects, pipe bomber a year later

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press
Jan 05, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The suspect was covered from head to toe, skulking through the dark streets of the nation's capital before methodically placing two explosives outside the o...
Recalling Jan. 6: A national day of infamy, half remembered

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer
Jan 05, 2022 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Beneath a pale winter light and the glare of television cameras, it seemed hard not to see the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot for what it was. The violent storming ...
'~Jeopardy!' champion Amy Schneider robbed in Oakland

The Associated Press
Jan 04, 2022 6:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Reigning 'œJeopardy!'ť champion Amy Schneider was robbed at gunpoint over New Year's weekend in Oakland, California. Schneider, an Oakland residen...
Prosecutor drops groping charge against former NY Gov. Cuomo

By MICHAEL HILL and MARINA VILLENEUVE
Jan 04, 2022 6:00 am - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won't face criminal prosecution over an allegation that he fondled an aide after a prosecutor said Tuesday he could...

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