Crime Stories from August 21, 2019 (Change date)
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Anti-vaccine activist shoves California lawmakerAug 21, 2019 7:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - An anti-vaccine activist was cited for misdemeanor assault Wednesday after shoving a California lawmaker who has worked to limit exemptions for...
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Salvadoran woman restarting life after abortion case retrialAug 21, 2019 7:00 am - SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - A young woman who was acquitted of homicide after authorities accused her of having an abortion said Wednesday she feels she has gotten ...
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Sheriff in conservative county defends free pressAug 21, 2019 7:00 am - SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Journalists are defending a small newspaper after a county attorney asked the sheriff to investigate whether a reporter broke the law by trying repeat...
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2 top researchers quitting MIT Media Lab over Epstein tiesAug 21, 2019 7:00 am - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Two prominent researchers are quitting MIT's Media Lab over revelations that the famed technology research hub and its director took money from J...
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Where Garner died, changes in policing win little applauseAug 21, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A police cruiser constantly sits a few feet from a small floral memorial to Eric Garner on the Staten Island sidewalk where he spent his dying moments fi...
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ACLU sues Downers Grove, says panhandling prohibition is unconstitutionalAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - The American Civil Liberties Union and the Law Project for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless are suing Downers Grove, saying the village's law against panhandling a...
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Man faces attempted burglary, tresspassing chargesAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - A 19-year-old man faces trespassing and attempted burglary charges after police said he tried to enter two Wheaton homes. Dillon Durrett, of the 2100 block of West Creek...
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Prosecutors: Lotz murdered his wife as part of a 'tantrum' over a coffee potAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - Larry Lotz murdered his wife as part of a "tantrum" over a coffee pot, prosecutors argued during closing arguments Wednesday, while defense attorneys said the 2016 killi...
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He applied for a job - and ended up on trial for a murder that took place 2 decades earlierAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - When Todd Barket applied for a job at a Florida nursing home, he likely didn't expect to end up on trial for first-degree murder. The 51-year-old was living in Tampa's s...
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Prosecutors: Kildeer man threatened to shoot Palatine officer at upcoming street festivalAug 21, 2019 1:00 am - A Kildeer man on bond for criminal trespassing charges is charged with threatening to shoot the police officer who initially arrested him at an upcoming Palatine street ...
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