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Armed robbers strike minutes apart near Portage Park

In both Thursday morning attacks, five robbers emerged from a white SUV with guns to take victims’ wallets, police say.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 17, 2022

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Rocky road ahead for McCarthy

For the past two years, Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi has conducted a political science class in how to manage the House of Representatives with a bare four-seat majority.

Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022

Idaho murder victim’s sister calls for students to flee town as police admit threat is wider than thought

Police say suspect still at large with no trace of muder weapon

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Virginia football player Devin Chandler killed in sleep, prosecutor says

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Devin Chandler was fatally shot in his sleep as he and other University of Virginia classmates were on a bus returning to campus after a field trip, a prosecutor said Wednesday.

Tribune News Service · Nov 17, 2022

Idaho police backtrack and admit there is a threat to the public after four students murdered

‘There's still a person out there who committed horrible, horrible crimes,’ admits Moscow police chief James Fry

The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2022

Trial begins for man who allegedly was with Adam Toledo the night 13-year-old was killed by CPD officer

Ruben Roman, who was 21 when Toledo killed in 2021, faces charges for allegedly shooting at a car shortly before fatal footchase with police.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 17, 2022

Denver police officers who shot 6 bystanders seek to avoid court testimony

DENVER — The three Denver police officers who shot at a man with a gun in Lower Downtown — wounding him and six bystanders — should not be forced to testify at the man’s preliminary hearing, the officers’ attorney argued Wednesday.

The Denver Post · Nov 16, 2022

New York’s concealed carry gun laws reinstated as appeal plays out in courts

ALBANY, N.Y. — A federal appeals court, for the second time, reinstated New York’s strict concealed carry law after portions of the statute were temporarily suspended by a judge last week.

Tribune News Service · Nov 16, 2022

Suspect held in fatal South Shore shooting

A 40-year-old man was shot in his torso about 12:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 1900 block of East 71st Street.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 16, 2022

Attorneys demand arrest of guards in jail detainee's beating

Attorneys for a Georgia jail detainee are demanding the firings and arrests of guards recorded by security cameras repeatedly punching the inmate in his cell

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2022