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Kylie Jenner's Alleged Trespasser Sentenced to a Year in Jail
Kylie Jenner’s alleged trespasser is going away for quite a bit of time. Keep reading for all the details.
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Chicago Trader Gets 55 Years in Killing of Childhood Friend
A Chicago Board of Trade trader has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the killing of a friend he’d known since childhood. A Cook County judge sentenced 38-year-old Michael Pelko on Friday for 37-year-old Izat Morrar’s July 2017 slaying.
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Ex-Rep. Chris Collins Pleads Guilty in Insider Trading Case
Former Rep. Chris Collins pleaded guilty Tuesday in an insider trading case, a day after he resigned from Congress and set off a scramble to fill his seat in his Republican-leaning district. Collins had initially denied charges he leaked confidential information about a pharmaceutical company and was set to go to trial next year in federal court in Manhattan. But...
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Suburban Stock Trader Guilty of Murdering Best Friend
A jury Friday found suburban stock trader Michael Pelko guilty of the 2017 murder of his best friend.
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Chinese Woman Accused of Mar-a-Lago Trespass Angers Judge
A Chinese woman accused of trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents is frustrating the federal judge hearing her case as she ignores his questions and leaves him bewildered with her answers. The woman, 33-year-old Yujing Zhang, is acting as her own attorney and faces up to six years in prison if convicted at...
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Arkansas Mom Buys 1,500 Pairs of Shoes in Closing Payless for Kids in Need
Carrie Jernigan of Alma, Arkansas, took her daughter to a Payless going-out-of-business sale to get her a new pair of shoes. She ended up leaving with every pair in the store, NBC News reports. At Payless, Jernigan’s 4th-grade daughter, Harper, saw a pair she wanted to buy for her friend, whose shoes she had noticed were too small. “I know...
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Porous Border Could Hinder Efforts to Stem Spread of Ebola
Several well-trodden paths crisscross this lush area where people walk between Congo and Uganda to visit nearby family and friends and go to the busy markets. The problem is that the pedestrians may unknowingly be carrying the deadly Ebola virus, and hindering efforts to control the current outbreak in eastern Congo, which has killed more than 1,400 people. The busy...
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Ugandan Medics Now Tackling Ebola Say They Lack Supplies
The isolation ward for Ebola patients is a tent erected in the garden of the local hospital. Gloves are given out sparingly to health workers. And when the second person in this Uganda border town died after the virus outbreak spread from neighboring Congo , the hospital for several hours couldn’t find a vehicle to take away the body. “We...
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Ugandan Medics Now Tackling Ebola Say They Lack Supplies
The isolation ward for Ebola patients is a tent erected in the garden of the local hospital. Gloves are given out sparingly to health workers. And when the second person in this Uganda border town died after the virus outbreak spread from neighboring Congo , the hospital for several hours couldn’t find a vehicle to take away the body. “We...
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Sherpa Guide Climbs Everest 24th Time, Outdoing Own Record
A Sherpa mountaineer extended his record for successful climbs of Mount Everest with his 24th ascent of the world’s highest peak on Tuesday. Kami Rita reached the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) peak Tuesday, which was his second time on the summit in a week. He climbed to the top on May 15 then returned to base camp before climbing again this week....
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How African Americans Disappeared From the Kentucky Derby
When the horses enter the gate for the 145th Kentucky Derby, their jockeys will hail from Venezuela, New Mexico, Panama and France. None will be African-American. That’s been the norm for quite a while. When Marlon St. Julien rode the Derby in 2000, he became the first black man to get a mount since 1921. It wasn’t always this way....
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Clerk Beaten by Shoplifters at Loop Convenience Store
A male convenience store clerk was beaten after trying to stop three people from shoplifting Thursday in the Loop.
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California Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty if Suspected Golden State Killer is Convicted
California prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty if they convict the man suspected of being a notorious California serial killer who eluded capture for decades.
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NC Man Battling Stage 4 Cancer Wins Lotto, Plans to Travel the World
A $250,000 lottery prize is providing a ray of light for a North Carolina man battling stage 4 cancer. Richard Beare, of Charlotte, told the North Carolina Education Lottery that he rarely plays the lottery. But when Beare’s wife asked him to buy a Powerball ticket two weeks ago when the jackpot “was so high,” the retired mechanic decided to...
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Upsides, Downsides for Smollett, City in Looming Fines Fight
A brewing battle over Chicago’s demand that Jussie Smollett recoup the city more than $130,000 for an investigation into his report of a racist, anti-gay attack and the “Empire” actor’s apparent determination not to pay it could ultimately land in a civil court, where a jury could have to answer the question that was supposed to be answered in criminal...
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A Look at The Cast of Characters in The Jussie Smollett Saga
Some Cook County employees have received “inappropriate” phone calls concerning the Jussie Smollett case after all charges were dropped against the “Empire” actor this week, an internal memo revealed.
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County Employees Received ‘Inappropriate' Calls on Smollett Case, Memo Shows
Some Cook County employees have received “inappropriate” phone calls concerning the Jussie Smollett case after all charges were dropped against the “Empire” actor this week, an internal memo revealed.
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Sex Exploitation Survivors, Advocates Call on NFL to Ban Kraft From Team Ownership
A coalition of sexual exploitation survivors and advocacy groups are calling on the NFL to ban Robert Kraft from team ownership since he was charged last month with soliciting prostitution. The group sent a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell saying that Kraft should, at a minimum, be suspended six games, and should be banned from owning a team if...