Articles filed under Crime
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Illinois Democrats join Biden in taking aim at 'ghost guns'Apr 12, 2022 1:00 am - Illinois is poised to become the first state in the Midwest to ban "ghost guns," as Democrats respond to election-year pressure to curb violent crime and President Joe B...
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'People are safe': Elgin police try to reassure residents after deadly shootingApr 12, 2022 1:00 am - Elgin police officers returned Tuesday to the site of a deadly shooting to assure residents at the apartment complex that they are safe and that resources are available ...
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Former Chicago alderman's secret deal with feds made publicApr 12, 2022 1:00 am - The secret deal that former Alderman Danny Solis truck more than three years ago with federal prosecutors is now a public document. A four-page deal known as a deferred-...
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Gunman shoots at least 10 people in Brooklyn subway shootingApr 12, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - A gunman in a gas mask and a construction vest set off a smoke canister on a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn and shot at least 10 people Tuesday, authoriti...
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Barrington man convicted of running $20 million retail theft ringApr 12, 2022 1:00 am - A Barrington man who authorities say ran a $20 million, nationwide retail crime ring now faces up to 25 years in federal prison, after a Texas jury convicted him of mult...
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Media mogul Jimmy Lai appeals to UN over Hong Kong casesApr 11, 2022 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Lawyers for Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai are asking the United Nations to investigate his imprisonment and multiple crimin...
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California utility to pay $55 million for massive wildfiresApr 11, 2022 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Pacific Gas & Electric, the nation's largest utility, has agreed to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for two major wildfires ...
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Mariupol mayor says siege has killed more than 10K civiliansApr 11, 2022 7:00 am - LVIV, Ukraine (AP) - The mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol said Monday that more than 10,000 civilians have died in the Russian siege of his city, and that th...
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St. Louis prosecutor, disciplinary panel reach agreementApr 11, 2022 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has reached an agreement with the Missouri Office of Disciplinary Counsel in which she acknowledges mistakes in h...
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Biden aims at 'ghost gun' violence with new federal ruleApr 11, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Monday took fresh aim at ghost guns, the privately made firearms without serial numbers that are increasingly cropping up in vio...