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23/08/2023

A $2,000 reward was announced Tuesday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Rachel Morin's killer after Maryland police said the suspect remains a major threat to the community.The mother of five was brutally murdered Aug. 5 after going for a walk on the Ma & Pa Heritage Trail

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Mayor Brandon Johnson addresses reporters on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, before introducing Chief Larry Snelling as his pick to lead the Chicago Police Department. (Heather Cherone / WTTW News) Despite warnings by the president of Chicago’s largest police union that the election of Mayor Brandon Johnso

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Lake Villa men charged with hate crimes after graffitiing businesses in Round Lake Beach Two Lake Villa men are facing charges after spray-painting hate speech and swastikas on several businesses Tuesday in Round Lake Beach. ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. - Two Lake Villa men are facing charges after spray-

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A Texas man has been arrested and charged in connection with the Aug. 18 kidnapping and murder of a Cincinnati mother of two, according to local authorities. Lance Miller, 32, is facing charges of felony evading, abuse of a co**se and being a fugitive from justice out of Tennessee, on top of murder

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ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Wednesday, August 23, 2023 11:26AMCHICAGO (WLS) -- A 72-year-old man was beaten during a robbery after a crash on the West Side Wednesday morning, Chicago police said.The victim was involved in a crash in the 5200-block of West Chicago Avenue at about 12:25 a.m. When he

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Heatwaves linked to surge in violent crime Published 7:15 am Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Crimes go up as temperatures do. (JR Korpa/Unsplash)

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023 10:22AMCHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was killed in a shooting near a popular beach in Chicago.There was a large police presence shortly before midnight near 31st Street Beach.Police said a 27-year-old man was standing on the street in the 2900-block of South Fort Dearborn Drive w

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023 9:46AMCHICAGO (WLS) -- Four people were shot, one fatally, on the West Side Tuesday night, Chicago police said.Police responded at about 7:49 p.m. to a report of a shooting in the 1500-block of South Trumbull Avenue.A 25-year-old man was shot in the chest and transported t

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EXCLUSIVE: Broken glass, ashes and piles of rubble. These are what remains of the Christian churches and homes in Jaranwala, Pakistan that were burned in a surge of mob violence last week.Images and video obtained by Fox News Digital show the ransacking of churches by an apparent Muslim-led mob in J

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Up to three inches or rain set off flash flooding in the town of Tusayan at the Grand Canyon's South Rim Tuesday, prompting the evacuation of more than 100 people from hotels and employee housing and the temporary closure of a major highway, the Coconino County Sheriff's Office said. Water was three

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A Palestinian man was stabbed to death in the southern town of Lakiya early Wednesday morning, as a record-breaking crime wave continued to plague the Arab community. Majid Dais, an 18-year-old resident of the West Bank town of Yata, was brought wounded by his father to the Ayarot Police Station nea

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ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Tuesday, August 22, 2023 11:24PMCHICAGO (WLS) -- The owners of a popular Lakeview restaurant are looking for help in finding the thieves who smashed into their business early Tuesday morning.Surveillance video shows the thieves use what appears to be a hammer to smash th

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WASHINGTON — A witness in the criminal case against Donald Trump over the hoarding of classified documents retracted “prior false testimony” after switching lawyers last month and provided new information that implicated the former president, the Justice Department said Tuesday.The statements ...

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OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is back from a trade mission in Vietnam, but she returns to a city that is seeing a spike in crime."'I feel there that is an uptick in crime, and I know that that is happening. But that is not unique to Oakland," says Mayor Thao.INTERACTIVE: Take a l

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ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Tuesday, August 22, 2023 11:57AMCHICAGO (WLS) -- By early Tuesday morning, there had been a heavy Chicago police presence on the South Side for hours, after a shooting investigation turned into a standoff, CPD said.While on patrol, officers saw multiple male suspects sho

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Two days after a 7 and 19-year-old were shot and injured in Akron, 3News learned more about resources available for young people. AKRON, Ohio — After a 7 and 19-year-old were shot on Sunday after a youth football game in Akron, 3News sat down with the city’s youth and community

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This story may contain details that are disturbing. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of su***de, please contact the National Su***de Prevention Lifeline at 988.Nearly 40 years of unanswered questions about Catherine Mowrey's grisly death "pushed my mom over the edge," Mowrey's niece, Ca

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ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Tuesday, August 22, 2023 10:16AMCHICAGO (WLS) -- Two men are in custody after robbing a Walgreens Monday night in the Andersonville neighborhood, Chicago police said.The robbery occurred at a store in the 5400-block of North Clark Street at about 6:57 p.m.Police said two

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August 22, 2023 Written by Audrey Smith Intimate partner violence is a significant public health concern in the United States and a leading nonobstetric cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. It can take on many forms, including physical, emotional and sexual abuse as well as patterns of behavio

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The arrest of 28-year-old criminologist Bryan Kohberger in the Idaho student murders case came as a shock but "made sense" to a former high school administrator who kicked him out of a law enforcement vocational program, she said in a new interview.Although program leaders were told that Kohberger's

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A sweeping federal investigation of a crew of Gangster Disciples leaders ended Thursday with a life sentence for a Naperville man, Frank Smith, who is among five regional and national leaders of the gang sentenced this year on racketeering charges.Smith, 50, Walter Griffin, Sean Clemon and Dominique

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ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Tuesday, August 22, 2023 11:55AMCHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash on the South Side Tuesday morning, Chicago police said.Police responded to the 8600-block of South Stony Island Avenue at about 1:44 a.m. and found a man, approximately 50

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The wildfires in Maui have burned thousands of acres since the blaze began earlier this month, and some of the fires were still partially contained as of Monday. The Lahaina fire – the most devastating of the blazes – burned an estimated 2,170 acres, the County of Maui said in a news release on ...

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Dick’s Sporting Goods on Tuesday blamed “organized retail crime” for sinking its quarterly profits by nearly 25% as the company slashed its full-year earnings outlook. The popular retail chain reported a 23% drop in profits in the second quarter across its more than 700 stores nationwide — d...

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Ex-wife charged in death of Microsoft executive Florida State Attorney Melissa Nelson announces first-degree murder charges against Shanna Gardner-Fernandez and the state's intent to seek the death penalty for the killing of Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan.A wealthy Pennsylvania dentist who kille

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ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Tuesday, August 22, 2023 12:26PMCHICAGO (WLS) -- A 45-year-old year-old man was shot during an armed robbery in the South Shore neighborhood Tuesday morning, Chicago police said.Police said the victim was walking in the 7400-block of South Coles Avenue at about 4 a.m. wh

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Today, the Tennessee General Assembly convened for a Special Session at the request of Governor Bill Lee. While the announced purpose of the session is to address public safety, there is an attempt to force through several ineffective gun control measures that were rejected by the General Assembly

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Monday, August 21, 2023 9:57PMCHICAGO (WLS) -- Crime scene tape draped around a black BMW left riddled with bullets at a downtown intersection following a violent and deadly shooting on Sunday morning.One woman, who doesn't want to be identified, said she was standing at the intersection of Orleans