Articles filed under Crime
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Lawsuit seeks to block 2 geothermal power plants in NevadaDec 31, 2021 6:00 am - RENO, Nev. (AP) - Conservationists and tribal leaders are suing the U.S. government to try to block construction of two geothermal plants in northern Nevada's high deser...
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Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021Dec 31, 2021 6:00 am - They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service. But both also saw their legacies tarnished by their actions in ...
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The 'evolving crisis' that has law enforcement across the suburbs and country worriedDec 31, 2021 4:30 am - When the Arlington Heights Police Department put out a call for recruits in 2014, 589 would-be officers downloaded an application, and 243 of them passed a test to quali...
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Chicago man charged with firing gun into air in NapervilleDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - Naperville police have charged a Chicago man with firing a gun into the air near his girlfriend's head Thursday night. Ryan S. Mlady, 35, of the 2300 block of West Diver...
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Among new state laws in 2022, higher ethical standards for lawmakers, at least somewhatDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois lawmakers have resolved to hold themselves to a higher ethical standard in 2022. About 300 pieces of legislation were approved by Democratic Gov. ...
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Cook County judge carjacked at gunpointDec 31, 2021 12:00 am - A Cook County judge was carjacked at gunpoint along with a 3-year-old boy late Thursday in Humboldt Park. Judge Anna Loftus was robbed of her 2018 Subaru Crosstrek, her ...
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Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew's civil caseDec 30, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Prince Andrew wasn't on trial in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case, but her conviction is bad news for the man who is ninth in line to the British...
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Colorado governor slashes trucker's prison term to 10 yearsDec 30, 2021 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday shortened the prison sentence of a truck driver convicted in a deadly crash to 10 years, drastically reducing his ori...
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Hong Kong police charge 2 from news outlet with seditionDec 30, 2021 6:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Two former editors from a Hong Kong online pro-democracy news outlet were charged with sedition and denied bail Thursday, a day after the outlet said it...
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Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burningsDec 30, 2021 6:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs t...