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James, left, and Jennifer Crumbley are shown during the video arraignment of their son, Ethan Crumbley, in Rochester Hills, Michigan on Wednesday. A prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges Friday against the Crumbleys whose 15-year-old son is accused of killing four students at a Michigan high school.

Chief: Michigan school shooting suspect's parents found hiding in building

The parents of a teen accused of killing four students in a shooting at Oxford High School were found hiding in a Detroit building early Saturday, several hours after a prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges against them, officials said.
Actor Jussie Smollett arrives Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse for day two of his trial in Chicago.

4 things to know from first week of Jussie Smollett trial

Prosecution witnesses have pointed the finger at "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, who has yet to take the stand himself as his trial wrapped its first week.
Police have cordoned off a single-family home in Senzig, a district of the town of Kownigs Wusterhausen in the Dahme-Spreewald district, Saturday, Dec.4, 2021. Police found five dead bodies in a home there. The police assume a homicide, a spokesman said. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)

5 bodies found in house just outside Berlin

German authorities say five bodies with gunshot and stabbing wounds have been found Saturday in a house just outside Berlin

Avalanche in Austria kills 3 skiers, injures 2

Authorities say three skiers have been killed and two injured in an avalanche in central Austria
21 die when bus heading to wedding swept into river in Kenya
Police say at least 21 people died after a bus carrying choir members to a wedding plunged into a river in Kenya on Saturday
Chicago executive to be 1st woman to lead Ali Center
A Chicago executive will be the first woman to lead the Muhammed Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky
FILE - Chris Cuomo attends The Hollywood Reporter’s annual Most Powerful People in Media cocktail reception on April 11, 2019, in New York. CNN fired Cuomo for the role he played in defense of his brother, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as he fought sexual harassment charges. CNN said Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, it was still investigating but additional information had come to light. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
CNN fires Cuomo for helping brother, the ex-NY governor who faced sex harassment allegations
CNN fired anchor Chris Cuomo on Saturday after details emerged about how he assisted his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as the politician faced sexual harassment allegations earlier this year.
In this courtroom sketch, defense attorney Jeffrey Pagliuca, left, confers with Ghislaine Maxwell after making an argument to Judge Nathan regarding the removal of a juror due to holiday travel plans that would disrupt the trial schedule during Maxwell's sex trafficking trial, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, in New York. A longtime pilot for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein resumed his testimony at Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial Tuesday, saying that the British socialite charged with helping the financier find teenage girls to sexually abuse was "Number 2" in the hierarchy of Epstein's operations. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)
Scenes from Week 1 of Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-abuse trial
The first week of the sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell saw the first of her four main accusers taking the witness stand to give emotional testimony accusing the British socialite of coaxing her into sexual encounters with financier Jeffrey Epstein
FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2000, file photo, former senator and former presidential candidate Bob Dole salutes after a speech at the Republican National Convention in the First Union Center in Philadelphia. Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98. His wife, Elizabeth Dole, posted the announcement Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, on Twitter. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File)
Bob Dole, a man of war, power, zingers and denied ambition
Americans are remembering Bob Dole, a man who defied the odds in war, only to fall short of his ultimate goal in politics
FILE - Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi waits to address judges of the International Court of Justice on the second day of three days of hearings in The Hague, Netherlands on Dec. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
3 feared dead as Myanmar army truck runs down protesters
Witnesses say an army vehicle plowed into a peaceful march by anti-government protesters in military-ruled Myanmar's biggest city, reportedly killing at least three people
Pope Francis boards an aircraft departing from Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport in Athens, Greece, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. Francis' five-day trip to Cyprus and Greece has been dominated by the migrant issue and Francis' call for European countries to stop building walls, stoking fears and shutting out "those in greater need who knock at our door." (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)
Leaving Greece, pope asks youth to resist tempting 'sirens'
Pope Francis is wrapping up his visit to Greece by encouraging its young people to follow their dreams and not be tempted by the consumerist 'sirens' of today that promise easy pleasures
China attacks potential US Olympic diplomatic boycott
China is threatening to take 'firm countermeasures" if the U.S. proceeds with a diplomatic boycott of February's Beijing Winter Olympic Games
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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Colton Lorch, 1, right, of Hoffman Estates is not quite as sure about Santa as his older brother Maddon, 3, is during the annual Tree Lighting and Santa Visit Saturday, November 27, 2021 at the Gary Morava Recreation Center in Prospect Heights.
Don't be afraid to take a peek at The Week in Pictures photo gallery for November 27-December 3, 2021 in the Chicago suburbs.
The Daily Herald Archive, Assignment # 62,498, Scott Sanders photo: After seeing their regular trains delayed by a strike and the ones that were running pass them by, the numbers of commuters at the Arlington Heights train station grew so large that they spilled on to the tracks in April of 1982.
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Kaudia Zski takes a break from shopping with her friend Hailey Shah, both of Chicago, during Black Friday shopping at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg.
Shoppers hit stores for Black Friday deals
Youngsters watch from a window as balloons from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade pass by, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, in New York. The parade is returning in full, after being crimped by the coronavirus pandemic last year. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Images from the 2021 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Coldplay and BTS perform "My Universe" at the American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021 at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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A cluster of large disco balls are the centerpiece of Woodland Wonder at the Morton Arboretum Illumination holiday display in Lisle.
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