Crime
-
Trial against leading jailed Turkish philanthropist resumes
Oct 08, 2021 7:00 am - ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A Turkish court on Friday resumed the trial against a leading philanthropist who has been behind bars for nearly four years despite repeated calls ...
-
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to journalists Ressa and Muratov
Oct 08, 2021 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their fight for freedom of expression ...
-
Slovenia denies excessive police force against protesters
Oct 08, 2021 7:00 am - LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - Slovenia's interior minister on Friday rejected accusations that police used excessive force to curb anti-government protests with water canno...
-
Family of slain Elgin teen wants harsher charges. What would it take for that to happen?Oct 08, 2021 5:30 am - Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect the state's attorney's decision to drop the misdemeanor charge. The family of an Elgin teen stabbed to death last w...
-
Weapon charge dropped in Schaumburg fatal stabbing, but investigation continuesOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - While the Cook County state's attorney's office has dropped the Schaumburg Police Department's charge of unlawful use of a weapon against a 17-year-old in the stabbing d...
-
Authorities: Des Plaines man sexually assaulted massage clientOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man running a therapeutic massage business without a license has been charged with sexually assaulting a female client more than two years ago, authorities...
-
Bensenville teen guilty of involuntary manslaughter in shooting death of boyOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - A Bensenville teen was found guilty Thursday of involuntary manslaughter, for shooting a 13-year-old boy to death in 2019. DuPage County Judge Brian Jacobs also found th...
-
Jury finds Waukegan man guilty of attempted murder in 2018 attackOct 08, 2021 1:00 am - A Waukegan man accused of violently attacking a woman who rejected his romantic advances in 2018 was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder and one count of aggr...
-
Croatia probes reports of police violence against migrants
Oct 07, 2021 7:00 am - SARAJEVO, Bosnia (AP) - Croatia launched an investigation Thursday into new allegations that members of its police carry out systematic violent pushbacks of migrants and...
-
Russia marks 15th anniversary of Politkovskaya's killing
Oct 07, 2021 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Colleagues of investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya on Thursday sharply criticized the Russian authorities for failing to track down the mastermind of ...