Articles filed under Crime
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New Lake County sheriff's dog helps capture two suspects in 24 hoursJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - The Lake County sheriff's office's newest police dog helped his human partner capture two suspects within a 24-hour span last week. Ryker, a 2-year-old German shepherd, ...
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Biden pushed to speak out more as U.S. democracy concerns growJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has gotten the same troubling questions from worried world leaders, ones that he never thought he would hear. "Is America going to be al...
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Cook County medical examiner: Gun-related homicides broke records in 2021Jan 03, 2022 12:00 am - The Cook County medical examiner on Monday confirmed 1,087 homicides in 2021, the first time the county has topped 1,000 homicides in 27 years. The medical examiner's of...
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Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mountJan 02, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - They've interviewed more than 300 witnesses, collected tens of thousands of documents and traveled around the country to talk to election officials who...
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Capitol rioters' tears, remorse don't spare them from jailJan 02, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Florida business owner Robert Palmer cheered on the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 before he joined the fray. Screaming obscenities, he hurled ...
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Fire ravages South Africa's historic Parliament complexJan 02, 2022 6:00 am - CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - A major fire ripped through South Africa's 138-year-old Parliament complex on Sunday, gutting offices and causing some ceilings to collaps...
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Capitol rioters' tears, remorse don't spare them from jailJan 02, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Florida business owner Robert Palmer cheered on the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 before he joined the fray. Screaming obscenities, he hurled ...
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Drew Peterson to ask judge to toss out murder convictionJan 02, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) — Drew Peterson, the former Chicago-area police sergeant who was convicted in 2012 of killing his third wife, is set to return to court this month after a j...
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Elgin man charged after loaded firearms found during traffic stop on I-90Jan 02, 2022 12:00 am - A 23-year-old Elgin man traveling in a vehicle stopped for driving 110 mph on Jane Addams Tollway early Saturday faces a weapons charge after state police found loaded f...
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Two charged with carjacking in West Chicago garageJan 02, 2022 12:00 am - A pair of Chicago men are behind bars in the DuPage County jail facing charges alleging they carjacked a man at gunpoint in his West Chicago garage last week. Tyrell Lou...