Crime Stories from December 31, 2019 (Change date)
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Report says Des Plaines woman strangledDec 31, 2019 10:00 pm - A 57-year-old woman was strangled Tuesday in Des Plaines, according to the Cook County medical examiner. The woman, whose identity wasn't provided, was attacked about 1:...
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Cyprus' top lawyer says rape case trial must run its courseDec 31, 2019 6:00 am - NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus' attorney general said Tuesday he couldn't suspend the trial of a 19 year-old British woman found guilty of lying about being gang raped by...
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Making misery pay: Libya militias take EU funds for migrantsDec 31, 2019 6:00 am - TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - When the European Union started funneling millions of euros into Libya to slow the tide of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, the money came with...
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Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2019Dec 31, 2019 6:00 am - A lauded writer who brought to light stories overshadowed by prejudice. An actress and singer who helped embody the manufactured innocence of the 1950s. A self-made bill...
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Rio police identify suspect of attack on Netflix filmmakersDec 31, 2019 6:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Police in Rio de Janeiro have identified one of the people responsible for a gasoline bomb attack targeting satirists behind a Christmas program on...
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Lawsuit: Famed Jesuit abused boy 1,000 times around worldDec 31, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A globe-trotting Jesuit priest with ties to Mother Teresa sexually abused an American boy 'œmore than 1,000 times, in multiple states and countries,'ť a l...
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Marines: Hanukkah stabbing suspect kicked out of boot campDec 31, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The man charged with stabbing five people during a Hanukkah celebration in New York began boot camp to enter the U.S. Marine Corps but was separated from...
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Judge dismisses suit against counselors in scholar's deathDec 31, 2019 6:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the estate of a slain Chinese scholar against two University of Illinois counselors it accused of no...
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Elmhurst police hunting for 3 in armed robberyDec 31, 2019 12:00 am - Elmhurst police are hunting for three men who held up a Shell gas station at gunpoint Tuesday morning at 301 W. Butterfield Road. Police said an employee was inside the ...
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Carlos Ghosn joins ranks of big white-collar fugitivesDec 31, 2019 12:00 am - Carlos Ghosn's stunning escape from Japan makes him one of the most famous white-collar fugitives in recent years, joining the likes of Malaysian businessman Jho Low and...
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