Articles filed under Crime
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Police investigate suspect's motive in Atlanta-area killingsMar 17, 2021 1:00 am - ATLANTA - A white man was charged Wednesday with killing eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, at three Atlanta-area massage parlors in an attack that sent ...
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Federal judge dismisses suit against Palatine, Mount Prospect officersMar 17, 2021 1:00 am - A federal judge has dismissed a Chicago man's lawsuit against several Palatine and Mount Prospect police officers over his shooting during a June 2016 drug bust. Michael...
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Advocates seek Biden push on gun bills, but prospects iffyMar 16, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After President Joe Biden's giant COVID-19 relief bill passed Congress, he made a prime-time address to the nation and presided over a Rose Garden cere...
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UK funds street lights, CCTV amid anger over woman's killingMar 16, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Britain's government plans to increase funding for street lighting and closed-circuit TV as part of a package of measures to help protect women and girls. ...
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Once tortured in Iranian jail, ex-Marine fights spy claimsMar 16, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After Amir Hekmati was released from Iranian custody in a 2016 deal trumpeted as a diplomatic breakthrough, he was declared eligible for $20 million fr...
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Man suspected of killing 4 in fight over stimulus checkMar 16, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indianapolis man suspected of killing three adults and a child told police he fatally shot the four victims after he and his girlfriend argued bec...
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Accountant testifies he saw Honduras president take bribesMar 16, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A Honduran accountant testified Tuesday that he fled Honduras because he felt his life was in danger after witnessing two meetings in which an alleged dr...
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Army under fire from Congress over Fort Hood responseMar 16, 2021 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers expressed frustration Tuesday with how slowly improvements are being made to criminal investigation at Fort Hood, Texas, where rates of viole...
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Russia threatens to block Twitter in a monthMar 16, 2021 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Russian authorities said Tuesday they would block Twitter in a month if it doesn't take steps to remove banned content, a move that escalates the Russian g...
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Deadly violence resumes in Myanmar after peaceful protestsMar 16, 2021 7:00 am - YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - At least two people protesting last month's military coup were reported shot and killed by Myanmar security forces Tuesday after a morning of peac...