Crime
Audit: DCSF case backlog biggest since 2006
The Illinois Auditor General says a state agency that reviews child abuse claims missed a deadline to investigate cases nearly 900 times in 2012. An audit showed 884 of roughly 65,000 allegations missed the 60-day deadline required for officials to investigate an abuse allegation. The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises ...
Defense: Dismiss charges against mom of slain girl
Defense lawyers have asked a judge to dismiss neglect charges against northwestern Indiana woman who left her 2-year-old daughter with two people who later killed the child. Melissa Swiontek is scheduled to go on trial Monday in connection with the 2009 slaying of Jada Justice, whose body was found in ...
Actor James Gandolfini, 51, dies of cardiac arrest
James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters. But his portrayal of criminal Tony Soprano in HBO's landmark drama series "The Sopranos" was just one facet of an actor who created a rich legacy of film and stage work in ...
Italy hospital: Gandolfini died of cardiac arrest
A friend of James Gandolfini says the actor was discovered by a family member after he suffered an apparent heart attack in his hotel room in Rome. Michael Kobold, who described himself as a close family friend, read a short statement to reporters Thursday and said little more about the ...
UK gov't challenged over handling of Lawson case
A British lawmaker has questioned whether police may have treated Nigella Lawson's husband too leniently after he admitted assaulting the celebrity chef in a restaurant. Opposition Labour Party lawmaker Sandra Osborne asked Thursday in the House of Commons if there is one rule for the rich and famous and another ...
Attorneys meet to discuss Jodi Arias case
Jodi Arias returns to court Thursday for the first time since the penalty phase of her case ended in mistrial last month as lawyers discuss plans for a new trial to decide the punishment for the convicted murderer. Arias was found guilty of first-degree murder on May 8 in the ...
Qatar convicted 5 in deadly mall fire in 2012
Qatar has convicted five people, including one of the country's diplomats, over a mall fire last year that killed 19 people, including 13 children at a daycare center caught in the blaze. Investigators have blamed faulty wiring for the May 2012 blaze. The International Trade Union Confederation, which has followed ...
RI Senate approves bill on preventing child abuse
The state Senate has approved a bill that would require public schools in Rhode Island to teach children how to protect themselves against child sexual abuse and abduction. Senators passed the so-called Erin's Law legislation Wednesday. It's named after Illinois resident Erin Merryn, who was raped and abused as a ...
Ohio plans human trafficking awareness campaign
The state of Ohio is spending nearly $50,000 to launch a campaign to raise awareness of the problem of human trafficking. Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sihk) said Wednesday that the state is working with a Hudson public relations firm to develop a "multi-pronged outreach and education campaign" that is expected to ...
Audit finds $280K taken from school before suicide
A state audit has found that the treasurer of a northern Indiana school district embezzled about $280,000 before police say she committed suicide soon after being questioned. The Kosciusko (kahs-ee-AHS'-koh) County Sheriff's Department says several Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. checks and district credit card receipts for personal items were found ...
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