Crime
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Naperville accountant gets 8-year sentence for bilking employersJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - A Naperville man was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to bilking four employers and three lenders out of more than $1...
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25 men cited in sex sting in Leyden TownshipJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - Officers from the Cook County sheriff's police Special Victims Unit issued citations Thursday to 25 men and towed 21 vehicles as part of an undercover operation in an ar...
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Police: No victims found after report of gunfire in WheatonJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - Wheaton police found evidence indicating a gun was discharged on the city's north side Thursday night, but authorities said Friday they did not locate any victims. Polic...
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Bartlett police investigating home invasionJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - Bartlett police are investigating a reported home invasion officers responded to about 4:15 a.m. Friday on the 1000 block of Georgian Place. The officers learned that mu...
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Garland vows crackdown on gun trafficking as violence surges
Jul 22, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Merrick Garland vowed Thursday that the Justice Department would crack down on gun trafficking corridors as part of a comprehensive ap...
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Violence overshadows memorial Mass for slain Haitian leader
Jul 22, 2021 7:00 am - CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) - A priest told mourners at a memorial service Thursday for slain President Jovenel Moïse that too much blood is being shed in Haiti as authorit...
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Jurors convict former Georgia insurance chief in $2M fraud
Jul 22, 2021 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - It took less than two hours Thursday for jurors to decide that Georgia's suspended insurance commissioner was indeed a 'œfraudster'ť and not an innovator,...
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South Africa's jailed ex-leader attends brother's funeral
Jul 22, 2021 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Former South African president Jacob Zuma was allowed to leave prison briefly Thursday to attend his brother's funeral. Zuma is currently serving a ...
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Democrats back Biden US lands pick assailed by Republicans
Jul 22, 2021 7:00 am - BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A bitterly divided U.S. Senate panel deadlocked Thursday on President Joe Biden's pick to oversee vast government-owned lands in the West, as Demo...
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Investigators question warden at California women's prison
Jul 22, 2021 7:00 am - Federal investigators questioned the warden of a federal women's prison in California and searched his office on Thursday, weeks after a former correctional officer at t...