Crime
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Son now faces first-degree murder charges in Algonquin double homicide
Dec 03, 2021 12:00 am - Prosecutors on Friday approved first-degree murder charges against the 36-year-old Algonquin man who on Wednesday was charged with hiding his mother's and stepfather's b...
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Crest Hill couple admit guilt in Capitol breach
Dec 03, 2021 12:00 am - A Crest Hill couple pleaded guilty Friday to their roles in the U.S. Capitol breach, admitting they spent about an hour in the building Jan. 6 after entering through a b...
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Capitol riot committee has interviewed 250 people so far
Dec 02, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection has interviewed about 250 people so far, its chairman said Thursday, a staggering pace over ...
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AP: US military explosives vanish, emerge in civilian world
Dec 02, 2021 6:00 am - The Marine Corps demolition specialist was worried - about America, and about the civil war he feared would follow the presidential election. And so, block by block, he ...
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State rests case at Smollett trial after star witnesses
Dec 02, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The state rested its case at Jussie Smollett's trial Thursday after key testimony from two brothers who said the former 'œEmpire" actor plotted a racist a...
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Baldwin: Key question is who put live round in 'Rust' gun
Dec 02, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Alec Baldwin said the only issue that matters in the shooting that killed a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set is how the bullet ended up in the g...
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Teen charged with extorting official with explicit photos
Dec 02, 2021 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - A South Florida teen tried to get $5,000 from a state senator after threatening to release what he said were sexually explicit photos of her, authorities sa...
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Durbin: Prisons chief has 'no intention of reforming' system
Dec 02, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee lambasted the director of the beleaguered federal prison system on Thursday, saying he has 'œno intentio...
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Murder charge for Ohio deputy in Casey Goodson Jr. shooting
Dec 02, 2021 6:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The Ohio sheriff's deputy who shot Casey Goodson Jr. in the back five times was charged with murder Thursday, as Goodson's family also filed a fede...
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UAW votes for direct election of leaders in wake of scandal
Dec 02, 2021 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Members of the United Auto Workers union have overwhelmingly approved picking their leaders by direct ballot elections, rejecting a system that many blame...