Weeks after Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed a crackdown on civil disobedience and protesters who target police, a Florida prosecutor has instructed her staff to stop pursuing resisting arrest charges in many cases.
Read MoreExtraditing a 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters in Kenosha would “turn him over to the mob” in Wisconsin, defense attorneys argued in court records Thursday. Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested at his home in Antioch, a day after he shot and killed two protesters and injured a third on the streets of Kenosha on Aug. 25. He has been held in Illinois since then. His attorneys say he acted in self-defense.
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Residents of Flint, Michigan, have filed a civil lawsuit against three investment banks for claims arising from the poisoning of “minors, residents and water users of the City of Flint during the period when Flint utilized the Flint River as a primary water source without implementing proper corrosion controls,” according to a complaint in federal court.
Read MoreA new interpretive area was dedicated Thursday at Moraine Hills State Park, east of the Fox River near McHenry, with a surprise appearance by a special guest. You needed binoculars to know for sure, but there indeed was an osprey soaring above Lake Defiance near the center of the expansive 2,200-acre park.
Read MoreU.S. Senate candidate Willie Wilson, 72, announced Thursday he tested positive for COVID-19.
Read MoreStan Bowman made a bombshell announcement Thursday that the Blackhawks will not be re-signing goaltender Corey Crawford for next season. Thus ends a remarkable career for the only netminder to win multiple Stanley Cups with the Blackhawks.
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A police officer charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Jonathan Price in Wolfe City, Texas, was fired on Thursday, city officials said.
Read MoreThe top Republican in the Illinois House on Thursday called for Democrats, including Gov. J.B. Pritzker, to demand that Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan either answer questions before a Special Investigating Committee or resign immediately.
Read MoreA foreclosure suit on the mortgage for the estate home of fired Harvest Bible Chapel pastor James MacDonald has been dropped by the bank.Kane County court records show that Republic Bank filed an order Wednesday, saying it agreed to dismiss the suit because it reinstated the mortgage.
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A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked an attempt to allow absentee ballots in Wisconsin to be received six days after Election Day, the latest twist in the legal fights over voting during the coronavirus pandemic.
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