Crime
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COVID-19 has taken a heavy toll on police, but suburban departments avoid vaccine mandatesOct 15, 2021 5:30 am - By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas Law enforcement professionals and their supporters gathered Thursday night on the National Mall in Washington for a candlelight v...
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Former Libertarian candidate for governor charged with threatening Lake County judgesOct 15, 2021 1:00 am - A man who ran for Illinois governor in 2018 was taken into custody Thursday in Arkansas and accused of threatening to kill two Lake County judges, authorities said. Gray...
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Deerfield man sentenced for defrauding children's charityOct 15, 2021 1:00 am - A Deerfield man who once ran a charity for disabled children was sentenced to 3½ years in federal prison for defrauding the organization out of more than $800,000. Prose...
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Trial starts in 1984 killing of girl shown on milk carton
Oct 14, 2021 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - A former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate on trial in the 1984 killing of a 12-year-old Colorado girl wasn't even remotely considered a suspect to la...
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South Africa's ex-president says he was unfairly imprisoned
Oct 14, 2021 7:00 am - DURBAN, South Africa (AP) - Former South African President Jacob Zuma claims he was sent to prison in July because the country's justice system is unfair. Zuma addresse...
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Bow-and-arrow killings in Norway seen as an 'act of terror'
Oct 14, 2021 7:00 am - KONGSBERG, Norway (AP) - The bow-and-arrow rampage by a man who killed five people in a small town near Norway's capital appeared to be a terrorist act, authorities said...
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Fugitive sought in scheme to sell Raymond Pettibon forgeries
Oct 14, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Federal authorities are accusing a fugitive of selling forged paintings by Raymond Pettibon, a successful contemporary artist who got his break decades a...
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Ex-Dominion worker's attorneys fight for defamation suit
Oct 14, 2021 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, top campaign attorneys and conservative media outlets recklessly spread an uncorroborated report that a form...
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Dozens of US nuclear lab workers sue over vaccine mandate
Oct 14, 2021 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Workers at one of the nation's premier nuclear weapons laboratories face a deadline Friday - be vaccinated or prepare to be fired. A total of 1...
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Trump campaign, others want Dominion worker's suit dismissed
Oct 14, 2021 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - Attorneys for President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, its onetime attorney Rudy Giuliani and conservative media figures asked a judge Wednesday to d...