Crime
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Workers at federal prisons are committing some of the crimes
Nov 14, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 100 federal prison workers have been arrested, convicted or sentenced for crimes since the start of 2019, including a warden indicted for sex...
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'Europe's last dictator' raises the stakes with the West
Nov 14, 2021 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - For most of his 27 years as Belarus' authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko's repressions and truculent statements frequently offended the West. Thi...
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Child sex offender charged with sexual assault two days out of prisonNov 14, 2021 12:00 am - A convicted child sex offender is in custody and facing charges after he sexually assaulted an Aurora woman two days after he was released from prison, Aurora police sai...
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State trooper injured when squad struck by suspected impaired driverNov 14, 2021 12:00 am - A driver accused of being intoxicated crashed his vehicle head-on into a parked Illinois State Police squad early Sunday morning near Plainfield, injuring a trooper sitt...
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Chicago man charged in shooting at Villa Park Safari LandNov 14, 2021 12:00 am - Editor's note: An earlier version had an incorrect spelling of the defendant's name. A Chicago man has been charged in connection with a shooting that hurt a person...
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Sinema's shift: 'Prada socialist' to corporate donor magnet
Nov 13, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Twenty years ago, a Green Party activist running for the Phoenix City Council named Kyrsten Sinema likened raising campaign cash to 'œbribery.'ť Now a...
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Motorist badly hurt after separate crashes in Lake County: policeNov 13, 2021 12:00 am - A Spring Grove man remained hospitalized in critical condition Saturday after striking two vehicles and a traffic pole with his truck in northwestern Lake County the day...
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Police: More charges expected against suspect in Wheeling murder, kidnappingNov 13, 2021 12:00 am - As police in two states continued investigating the murder of a Wheeling woman and the death of her 17-month-old daughter, authorities on Saturday said additional charge...
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Ex-'Apprentice' contestant Zervos drops suit against Trump
Nov 12, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A former 'œApprentice" contestant who accused former President Donald Trump of sexual assault dropped her defamation lawsuit against him Friday. Summer Z...
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Homer Plessy, key to 'separate but equal,' on road to pardon
Nov 12, 2021 6:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana board on Friday voted to pardon Homer Plessy, whose decision to sit in a 'œwhites-only" railroad car to protest discrimination led to the ...