Articles filed under Crime
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US imposes sanctions against Bosnian Serb leader DodikJan 05, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced sanctions Wednesday against Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik, accusing him of 'œcorrupt activities'ť that threaten ...
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Man whose arrest led to '~separate but equal' is pardonedJan 05, 2022 6:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana's governor on Wednesday posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy, the Black man whose arrest for refusing to leave a whites-only railroad car in 1...
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Georgia governor aims to loosen rules for carrying handgunsJan 05, 2022 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will push for a new state law that would loosen requirements to carry a handgun in public, as he aims to blunt a primary challenge...
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US prisons director resigning after crises-filled tenureJan 05, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is resigning amid increasing scrutiny over his leadership in the wake of Associated Press reporting that ...
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The year in crime: First-degree murder, DUI-related deaths, sexual assault among the major suburban crimes for 2021Jan 05, 2022 5:00 am - For the first time in 27 years, the Cook County medical examiner's office registered more than 1,000 homicides in 2021. While a majority of the 1,087 homicides - 836 - ...
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DCFS worker fatally stabbed during home visitJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Sangamon County authorities are holding a Thayer man suspected in the stabbing death of an Illinois Department of Children and Family Services worker. Poli...
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'We were trapped': Trauma of Jan. 6 lingers for lawmakersJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Long after most other lawmakers had been rushed to safety, they were on the hard marble floor, ducking for cover. Trapped in the gallery of the House, ...
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'We have to be there': AP photographer recalls Capitol siegeJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The U.S. Capitol was under siege. By Americans. It was Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington, and Associated Press photographer J. Scott Applewhite wa...
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Milwaukee man charged with attempted murder in shooting at Aurora partyJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - A Milwaukee man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting during a New Year's Eve party in Aurora. Bail has been set at $1 million for Cameron...
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FBI still hunting Jan. 6 suspects, pipe bomber a year laterJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - The suspect was covered from head to toe, skulking through the dark streets of the nation's capital before methodically placing two explosives outside the o...