Sweden sentences woman to 12 years in prison for genocide, war crimes in Syria
A court in Stockholm on Tuesday convicted a Swedish woman of genocide, crimes against humanity and gross war crimes committed in Syria in 2015 against women and children of the Yazidi religious ...
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Joliet buys land for $12 million downtown levee
The Joliet City Council approved spending $115,000 to buy two of seven parcels needed for the levee to be built along the ...
A Chicagoan’s journey through incarceration, deportation and the fight for ‘A New Path’
Erick vividly remembers stepping off a plane at the Texas-Mexico border, shackled, when he was deported in 2013. The group he was with was marched single-file across the border to Matamoros, Mexico, ...
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Joliet man serving life in prison for 2020 murder
A Joliet man who has tattoos that say "Killinois" and "Angel Of Death" has been serving life in prison for the 2020 murder of a 25-year-old man.