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Under the law, confessions made by juvenile suspects who were deceived by law enforcement officers during the interrogation process will be deemed “inadmissible as evidence.” Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the legislation on Thursday, and it is set to go into effect in January. The Illinois Legislature had passed the bill, Senate Bill 2122, in

“All of what you thought you knew about car buying from last year, two years ago, six years ago, however long it’s been since you were in the market, has changed,” says Ivan Drury, an automotive analyst for the car-shopping website Edmunds.com. Angela Hill, a 36-year-old recruiter in the Orlando, Fla., area, has her heart

Around 3 a.m. the center console boat hit a day marker, officials said. July 17, 2021, 5:40 PM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article One person has been confirmed dead and seven others were rescued following a boating accident in the Boston Harbor early Saturday. At about 3 a.m. a

Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, are displayed before a press conference regarding a major drug bust, at the office of the New York attorney general in New York City on Sept. 23, 2016. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Bags of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, are displayed before

The shooting victims were taken by ambulance to a hospital, where at least one of them was being treated for what police described as serious, life threatening wounds. Officers did not locate a suspect or suspects and no arrests had been made, police said. Parts of Southwest Third Avenue were closed during the investigation, police

LOS ANGELES—One month after California fully reopened for business, many of the state’s most populous counties are putting their masks back on. Seven counties in the Bay Area issued recommendations that residents wear masks indoors, even if they are fully vaccinated, citing rising Covid-19 infections and the rapid spread of the Delta variant. Two Northern

Huntah and Duke are the first COVID-19 detecting canines in a police K-9 unit. July 17, 2021, 9:00 AM • 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article The Bristol County Sheriff’s Office in Massachusetts is the first law enforcement agency in the country to implement a K-9 unit with canines able to

Firefighters rescue people from under a collapsed walkway in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Mo., on July 17, 1981. The collapse killed 114 people and injured more than 200. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Firefighters rescue people from under a collapsed walkway in the lobby

John Lewis’ life in pictures US Rep. John Lewis poses in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in March 2018. The civil rights icon, who helped organize the Selma to Montgomery marches in 1965, was elected to Congress in 1987. John Lewis’ life in pictures Lewis, right, and fellow student demonstrator James

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Two California men have been charged with plotting to blow up the Democratic Party’s headquarters in the state capital, a bombing they hoped would be the first in a series of politically-motivated attacks, federal prosecutors said Thursday. The pair used multiple messaging apps to plan to attack targets they associated with Democrats after the