Crime
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Risky business: Some Capitol riot defendants forgo lawyers
Oct 17, 2021 7:00 am - Some of the defendants charged in the storming of the U.S. Capitol are turning away defense lawyers and electing to represent themselves, undeterred by their lack of leg...
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Gambian Toufah Jallow tells of surviving rape by dictator
Oct 17, 2021 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Toufah Jallow's name resonates deeply in Gambia as one of the few women who has taken a public stand against sexual assault in the small West Afric...
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Prosecutor: Woman shot Rolling Meadows man after he refused a kiss
Oct 17, 2021 1:00 am - A woman fatally shot a man Thursday when he refused to kiss her — and instead asked his girlfriend for a kiss — while the three were hanging out and drinking at their Ro...
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Police investigating Naperville jewelry robberyOct 17, 2021 1:00 am - Naperville police are asking for the public's help in an investigation into a Saturday night jewelry robbery. Just before 11 p.m. Saturday, jewelers at the Naperville Ma...
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Horrific delay? Norway eyes police response to arrow attack
Oct 16, 2021 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - Norway on Saturday announced it will hold an independent investigation into the actions of police and security agencies following a bow-and-arrow attack ...
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'He was Southend': Tributes paid to slain British lawmaker
Oct 16, 2021 7:00 am - LEIGH-ON-SEA, England (AP) - David Amess was a man of the people, a hard-working British lawmaker who had no grand political ambitions beyond serving those who had elect...
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Man robbed outside Rivers CasinoOct 16, 2021 1:00 am - A Crystal Lake man was robbed outside Rivers Casino in Des Plaines on Wednesday night. The confrontation occurred about 6 p.m. in a parking lot. The robber forced the 68...
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Elgin driver strikes stopped state police cruiser on I-90Oct 16, 2021 1:00 am - An Elgin man driving under the influence early Saturday morning on eastbound Interstate 90 crashed his car into a stopped Illinois State Police cruiser, officials said. ...
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Which crimes increased, which ones decreased in the suburbs in 2020Oct 16, 2021 1:00 am - Among 81 suburban police departments, about half reported more violent crimes including murder, rape, robbery and assault in 2020 than what they averaged annually over t...
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Man shot, killed in Rolling Meadows apartment buildingOct 16, 2021 1:00 am - A woman is charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of a 29-year-old man at a Rolling Meadows apartment building Thursday night, according to a police news...