Crime
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Mom: 14-year-old shot by LA police 'died in my arms'
Dec 29, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 14-year-old was shopping for Christmas clothes last week with her mother when the pair heard screams and hid in a dressing room, where the girl was ...
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Trial to open next month in spectacular German jewelry theft
Dec 29, 2021 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Six men will go on trial in Germany next month over their alleged role in the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum in 2019, a cou...
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Hong Kong pro-democracy news site closes after raid, arrests
Dec 29, 2021 6:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - A vocal pro-democracy website in Hong Kong shut down Wednesday after police raided its office and arrested six current and former editors and board memb...
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Bringing home the bacon tops new California laws in 2022
Dec 29, 2021 6:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - It's not often that bacon leads a roundup of new laws taking effect with the New Year in California. But even in progressive California, that's...
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Police: Would-be burglar lied about Des Plaines house being on fireDec 29, 2021 12:00 am - A would-be burglar lied about a Des Plaines woman's house being on fire after she caught him trying to break in, police said Wednesday. The confrontation occurred about ...
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Authorities: Fight in line at pretzel store led to Oakbrook Center shootingDec 29, 2021 12:00 am - An argument between three men standing in line at a pretzel shop two days before Christmas resulted in a shooting that left one of the men and four bystanders with gunsh...
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Ghislaine Maxwell convicted of recruiting girls to be sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein
Dec 29, 2021 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein...
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Russian court shuts renowned rights group
Dec 28, 2021 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's highest court on Tuesday shut down one of the country's oldest and most prominent human rights organizations, the latest move in a relentless crac...
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DA: No charges for Cuomo from allegations by 2 women
Dec 28, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won't face criminal charges stemming from allegations from two women - including a state trooper - that he planted unwa...
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California man gets second life term for synagogue attack
Dec 28, 2021 6:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 22-year-old white supremacist was sentenced Tuesday to life in federal prison for killing a woman and injuring three others when he burst into a South...