Crime
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Defense begins in trial of Philadelphia official, union boss
Nov 02, 2021 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Prosecutors put on sufficient trial evidence over four weeks to send corruption charges against a powerful Philadelphia labor leader and city council...
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Judge freezes Alex Murdaugh's money as lawsuits grow
Nov 02, 2021 7:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A prominent South Carolina lawyer whose wife and son were killed five months ago and has since found himself part of a half-dozen state investigati...
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New Ronald Greene autopsy dumps crash theory in fatal arrest
Nov 02, 2021 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A reexamined autopsy ordered by the FBI in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene has rejected the Louisiana State Police claim that a car crash caus...
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EXPLAINER: Why Arbery slaying video will be 'star witness'
Nov 02, 2021 7:00 am - BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - It's hard to overstate the importance of the video recording of Ahmaud Arbery's death and the evidentiary weight that the short, sometimes shaky cl...
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Thieves strike Northbrook Court's Louis Vuitton for second time in a monthNov 02, 2021 1:00 am - For the second time in a month, the Louis Vuitton store in Northbrook Court has suffered a sizable loss, police said. About 13 men wearing masks and gloves went into the...
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South Elgin man charged with felony stalking of Geneva woman
Nov 02, 2021 1:00 am - A South Elgin man was charged with felony stalking of a woman he sat next to in high school more than 10 years ago, according to Geneva police reports. Daniel J. McSween...
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Instigator or victim? Jurors heard starkly different portrayals of Kyle Rittenhouse
Nov 02, 2021 1:00 am - KENOSHA, Wis. - Jurors heard starkly different portrayals of Kyle Rittenhouse - instigator or victim - in opening statements at his trial Tuesday on charges of shooting ...
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Sheriff: Hoffman Estates man arrested in Elgin with 4 pounds of pills of fentanyl and methNov 02, 2021 1:00 am - A Hoffman Estates man was arrested in Elgin carrying more than four pounds of pills manufactured on the black market and containing either Fentanyl or methamphetamine, a...
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Oklahoma panel recommends governor spare Julius Jones' life
Nov 01, 2021 7:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole Board on Monday recommended that Gov. Kevin Stitt spare the life of Julius Jones, a man who has been on death row while...
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How Rittenhouse jury might take shapeNov 01, 2021 5:30 am - Lawyers might have to consider up to 200 people to finally seat the 12 jurors plus alternates who will ultimately decide the fate of Antioch resident Kyle Rittenhouse wh...