Articles filed under Crime
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States diverge on police reforms after George Floyd killingDec 30, 2021 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - Maryland repealed its half-century-old Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights. Washington state reformed use-of-force policies and created a new agency to...
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Self-described German soldier in COVID threat video arrestedDec 30, 2021 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - A man identifying himself as a German army soldier who recorded a threatening video with demands including the removal of coronavirus restrictions was arre...
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Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burningsDec 30, 2021 6:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs t...
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Wednesday shooting brings gunfire incidents to five-year high in ElginDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - A shooting Wednesday night in Elgin left two people injured and brought the number of gunfire incidents in the city this year to a five-year high of 66. Elgin police sai...
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Woman shot at Westmont hotelDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - ssarkauskas@dailyherald.com A woman was shot Wednesday evening at the Oak Brook Hills Hotel and Conference Center in Westmont, according to Westmont police. The woman wa...
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Palatine man charged in hit-and-runDec 30, 2021 12:00 am - Palatine police announced Thursday that a suspect has been charged in a Sunday hit-and-run case that injured a pedestrian. Agustin N. Cabrera's bail was set at $50,000. ...
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Judge refuses to dismiss alleged Proud Boys leaders' chargesDec 29, 2021 6:00 am - A federal judge refused to dismiss an indictment charging four alleged leaders of the far-right Proud Boys with conspiring to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress fr...
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How democracy was dismantled in Hong Kong in 2021Dec 29, 2021 6:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - As the days of 2021 dwindled, so did any remaining traces of democracy in Hong Kong. On Wednesday, a vocal pro-democracy media outlet -- one of the last...
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Mom: 14-year-old shot by LA police 'died in my arms'Dec 29, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 14-year-old was shopping for Christmas clothes last week with her mother when the pair heard screams and hid in a dressing room, where the girl was ...
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Trial to open next month in spectacular German jewelry theftDec 29, 2021 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Six men will go on trial in Germany next month over their alleged role in the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum in 2019, a cou...