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Ex-boyfriend accused of killing woman targeted in NovemberJan 31, 2020 6:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - A northwest Indiana man who was set free on bond on attempted murder charges is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend, who he allegedly previou...
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Woman who pleaded guilty in deadly crash sent back to jailJan 31, 2020 6:00 am - ELKHART, Ind. (AP) - A northern Indiana woman who pleaded guilty for her role in a hit-and-run crash that killed a man and two children has been returned to jail after v...
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Man convicted for second time in death of 3-year-old boyJan 31, 2020 6:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - A northern Illinois man has been convicted a second time in the 2011 beating death of a 3-year-old boy. Thomas Albea's first conviction in 2015 on...
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Chicago Police unveil sweeping department reorganizationJan 30, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's interim police superintendent announced sweeping changes to the force on Thursday, including a plan to move more than 1,100 detectives and narco...
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Parents charged after Chicago boy shot in struggle over gunJan 30, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot in the head as his parents struggled over a gun inside a Chicago home were each ordered held on Thursday in l...
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Couple in Hoffman Estates hospital are first U.S. case of person-to-person coronavirus spreadJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - Health officials confirmed Thursday that the first U.S. case of person-to-person transmission of coronavirus has occurred between a Chicago woman and her husband, who ar...
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Secretary of state no longer will forward 16-year-olds' info to voter registration systemJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - While the information for approximately 4,700 16-year-olds was forwarded from the Illinois secretary of state's office to the State Board of Elections as p...
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Indiana man wanted for 2018 home repair fraud in AlgonquinJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - A 39-year-old Indiana man is wanted on a felony charge of aggravated home repair fraud stemming from a 2018 agreement to do a project in Algonquin. Kane County prosecuto...
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Illinois ethics laws among the weakest in the nation, legislators toldJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Government reform advocates told a panel of state lawmakers Thursday that Illinois has some of the weakest governmental ethics rules in the country and tha...
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Interim police chief begins shakeupJan 29, 2020 10:00 pm - One of the biggest police reorganizations in Chicago in decades was launched Thursday by Charlie Beck, the former Los Angeles police chief who's temporarily running the ...