CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Three men and one woman who say they were sexually abused by priests decades ago filed a lawsuit Thursday against every diocese in Illinois for an alleged ongoing scheme to cover up sexual assault by priests. The lawsuit was filed in Chicago by attorney Jeff Anderson, who has represented clergy abuse…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Two Kansas water park workers were acquitted Thursday of impeding an investigation into the death of a 10-year-old boy who was decapitated while riding what was billed as the world’s tallest waterslide in 2016. David Hughes and John Zalsman were found not guilty of obstruction of justice in connection to…
By MARYCLAIRE DALE and ERIC TUCKER , Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation of child sexual abuse inside the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania, using subpoenas to demand confidential files and testimony from church leaders, according to two people familiar with the probe. The subpoenas, served last week,…
ST. PAUL, MN (AP) — A former FBI agent in Minnesota who admitted to leaking classified defense documents to a reporter was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. Terry James Albury, 39, pleaded guilty in April to one count each of unauthorized disclosure of national defense information and unauthorized retention of national defense information. He apologized…
EDWARDSVILLE, IL (AP) — Murder charges have been filed against a southern Illinois man in the shooting death of a Godfrey village official. Donald Nelson of Alton was charged Wednesday with first-degree murder in the death of 87-year-old Godfrey Village Board member Eldon Williams on Tuesday. According to Madison County Circuit Court documents, the 34-year-old…
MEXICO BEACH, FL (AP) — More than a week after Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida Panhandle, authorities are reporting three more deaths from the Category 4 storm as residents returning to their homes try to piece together their lives from the rubble left by strong winds and storm surge. Michael slammed into Florida’s Panhandle…
MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin hailed new missiles in Russia’s military arsenals but emphasized Thursday that the country would only use its nuclear weapons in response to an incoming missile attack. Putin emphasized during an international policy forum in Sochi that Russia’s military doctrine doesn’t envisage a preventative nuclear strike. He said Moscow only…
Jefferson County, MO (KTRS) A man is dead after a car collapsed on him in High Ridge Thursday morning. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak says the victim, 37 year-old Justin Dereskey, may have been trying to steal something from the car when it collapsed. The car had been abandoned on Heads Creek Road. Investigators say…
SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) — An Illinois lawmaker says a bill to legalize sports gambling in the state likely won’t be put before the General Assembly until next year. The State Journal-Register reports that Democratic Rep. Lou Lang of Skokie says he’s working on the sports betting bill. Lang says lawmakers likely won’t take up the bill…
MOSCOW (AP) — At least 10 of the wounded in a school shooting and bomb attack carried out by a student at a vocational school in Crimea will be airlifted to hospitals in Russia, the health minister said Thursday. An 18-year-old student went on a rampage at the school on the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia…