Articles filed under Crime
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Hong Kong pro-democracy news site closes after raid, arrestsDec 29, 2021 6:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - A vocal pro-democracy website in Hong Kong shut down Wednesday after police raided its office and arrested six current and former editors and board memb...
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Bringing home the bacon tops new California laws in 2022Dec 29, 2021 6:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - It's not often that bacon leads a roundup of new laws taking effect with the New Year in California. But even in progressive California, that's...
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Police: Would-be burglar lied about Des Plaines house being on fireDec 29, 2021 12:00 am - A would-be burglar lied about a Des Plaines woman's house being on fire after she caught him trying to break in, police said Wednesday. The confrontation occurred about ...
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Authorities: Fight in line at pretzel store led to Oakbrook Center shootingDec 29, 2021 12:00 am - An argument between three men standing in line at a pretzel shop two days before Christmas resulted in a shooting that left one of the men and four bystanders with gunsh...
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Ghislaine Maxwell convicted of recruiting girls to be sexually abused by Jeffrey EpsteinDec 29, 2021 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein...
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Russian court shuts renowned rights groupDec 28, 2021 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's highest court on Tuesday shut down one of the country's oldest and most prominent human rights organizations, the latest move in a relentless crac...
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DA: No charges for Cuomo from allegations by 2 womenDec 28, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo won't face criminal charges stemming from allegations from two women - including a state trooper - that he planted unwa...
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California man gets second life term for synagogue attackDec 28, 2021 6:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 22-year-old white supremacist was sentenced Tuesday to life in federal prison for killing a woman and injuring three others when he burst into a South...
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Police: Gunman in Denver who killed 5 targeted some victimsDec 28, 2021 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - A gunman who went on a shooting rampage in several locations around the Denver area, killing five people and wounding two, targeted his victims based on pr...
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California governor mulls RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan paroleDec 28, 2021 6:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's governor must soon decide whether to free one of America's most notorious assassins, a decision he has said evokes one of the dark...