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Former NASCAR driver Townley killed in Georgia shootingOct 03, 2021 7:00 am - ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - A former NASCAR driver was killed Saturday in a shooting in Georgia that also wounded a woman, investigators said. John Wes Townley, 31, died in the s...
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The stories that stick with us: In the wake of a tragedy, strangers step in to help orphaned girlsOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Cook County courts is a bleak beat. Justice - when it prevails - is rooted in loss and frequently in tragedy seeing as how it results from crime. In 2013, after five yea...
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The stories that stick with us: Tylenol murders: a big crime story with lasting impactOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - One of the biggest stories of my nearly 43-year newspaper career started with an early morning phone call. I was one of the first — if not the first — reporters in the n...
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The stories that stick with us: How a victim of unthinkable tragedy prevailed over his darkest daysOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Tom Burleson had just about every excuse to give up in August 1999, after a drunken driver heading the wrong way on a McHenry County highway slammed into his family's va...
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Juvenile seriously injured in Elgin shooting Sunday morningOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Elgin police are investigating a shooting near the city's downtown early Sunday morning that left a juvenile hospitalized with serious injuries. According to police, off...
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Man arrested in Molotov cocktail attack on Austin Dems' HQOct 02, 2021 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A man seen on surveillance video wearing an American flag bandana when he threw a Molotov cocktail into the headquarters of the Democratic Party's c...
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The Latest: More US airlines requiring employee vaccinationsOct 02, 2021 7:00 am - American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue are joining United Airlines in requiring employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, as the Biden administration steps up...
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Libya's migrant roundup reaches 4,000 amid major crackdownOct 02, 2021 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - A major crackdown in western Libya has resulted in the detention of at least 4,000 migrants, including hundreds of women and children, officials said Saturd...
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Philippine leader Duterte announces retirement from politicsOct 02, 2021 7:00 am - MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday announced he was retiring from politics and dropping plans to run for vice president in elect...
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Georgia votes in election shadowed by ex-president's arrestOct 02, 2021 7:00 am - TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Georgians voted in municipal elections across the country that were seen as a test for the strength of the ruling party and which opposition part...