Articles filed under Crime
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Church elder seeks new trial before sentencingMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - One of the Jehovah's Witnesses convicted last week of "knowingly and willfully" failing to report to authorities that a 6-year-old girl was being sexually assaulted by a...
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Burr Ridge shooting killer was upset about pay, about to be fired, police sayMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - An over-the-road truck driver who killed his boss Tuesday in Burr Ridge had worked for the company for about one week, had a disagreement about pay and a work assignment...
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Police: Round Lake Beach officer fired at juvenile who brandished replica gunMar 23, 2022 1:00 am - No injuries were reported after a Round Lake Beach police officer fired at a boy who pointed a replica firearm at officers Wednesday evening, authorities said. The poli...
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Navalny sentenced to 9 years in prison by Russian courtMar 22, 2022 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted of fraud and contempt of court and sentenced to nine years in a maximum security prison on Tuesday, ...
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Don't blame bail reform for higher crime, NYC watchdog saysMar 22, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Two years ago, New York joined a growing number of states scaling back the use of cash bail for criminal defendants. Ever since then, critics of the refo...
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Takeaways: Jackson talks 'North star,' GOP airs grievancesMar 22, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The first full day of questions for Supreme Court nominee Judge Kentanji Brown Jackson delved quickly into some of the big ones, a grueling marathon o...
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Jackson pushes back at GOP critics, defends judicial recordMar 22, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully defended her record as a judge Tuesday, pushing back against Republican assertions that she was ...
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Wisconsin dad wants cop charged for restraint of daughterMar 22, 2022 7:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin father wants prosecutors to charge an off-duty police officer who appears to have briefly pressed his knee into his 12-year-old daughter...
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Gold ring stolen from St. Nicholas statue in Italian churchMar 22, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - A thief broke into the Basilica of St. Nicholas in the southern city of Bari overnight, stealing a gold ring from a finger of a statue of the saint, who is v...
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Official guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds Jan. 6Mar 22, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday convicted an elected official from New Mexico of illegally entering restricted U.S. Capitol grounds but acquitted him of eng...