Articles filed under Crime
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Lake County launches task force to combat human traffickingFeb 09, 2022 12:00 am - Lake County law enforcement officials and community leaders announced a new task force Wednesday that aims to free those being forced into labor or commercial sex work a...
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'Cheer' star from Naperville to plead guilty in federal sex crimes caseFeb 09, 2022 12:00 am - Jerry Harris, a former star of the Netflix docuseries "Cheer," is expected to plead guilty in his federal sex crimes case Thursday, according to U.S. District Court reco...
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Schaumburg man faces child pornography chargesFeb 09, 2022 12:00 am - A 24-year-old Schaumburg man is facing child pornography charges for, authorities allege, distributing sexually explicit images of children under the age of 13. Cook Cou...
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Journalist who spoke to Peng Shuai says doubts remainFeb 08, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - One of the journalists who conducted the first sit-down interview with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai said Tuesday that the carefully controlled conversat...
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Breonna Taylor case resumes with 1st questioning of jurorsFeb 08, 2022 6:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Jury selection resumed Tuesday with the first questioning of potential jurors for the trial of a former Kentucky police officer involved in the de...
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EXPLAINER: How are jurors chosen in the Breonna Taylor case?Feb 08, 2022 6:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Jury selection began this week for the trial of a former Kentucky police officer who took part in a botched raid that left Breonna Taylor dead. B...
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Justice Dept. signals it may allow safe injection sitesFeb 08, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A year after winning a major court battle against the opening of so-called safe injection sites -- safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcoti...
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Australian political leaders apologize to staff for abusesFeb 08, 2022 6:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian political leaders apologized to staffers who have endured decades of bullying, harassment and sexual assault inside Parliamentary H...
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Police: 1 dead in Washington state grocery store shootingFeb 08, 2022 6:00 am - RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) - Authorities are searching for a man who opened fire Monday at a grocery store in Washington state, killing one person and injuring another. The su...
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UCLA settles gynecologist sex abuse suit for $243.6 millionFeb 08, 2022 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The University of California has agreed to pay $243.6 million to settle allegations that hundreds of women were sexually abused by a former UCLA gynec...