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12+ min ago (450+ words) Former Indiana Secretary of Public Safety Jennifer-Ruth Green agreed to a $10,000 fine in her ethics violations complaint, according to an agreed settlement with the Indiana State Ethics Commission. The agreement, which will be voted on by the commission at its Thursday meeting, states the payment has to be made within 60 days from the date the commission accepts it. Under the agreement, the commission will not impose further penalties and both sides "shall result in the final disposition of this proceeding." Green waived her statutory right to a public hearing to contest the complaint, according to the agreement, which Green signed. Tim Edson, a spokesman for Green, declined to comment Tuesday afternoon. Edson previously said the complaint is "a baseless, politically motivated hit job." Green wasn't given the opportunity to obtain counsel or respond to the "false allegations" before the complaint…...

12+ min ago (36+ words) Steven Montano was sentenced to natural life in prison Tuesday for shooting and killing Chicago police Officer Andr's Mauricio V'squez Lasso in 2023. Life sentence for man who killed Chicago police Officer Andr's Mauricio V'squez Lasso...

24+ min ago (515+ words) The La Grange Park Board of Trustees unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to provide $4 million for the Village's Central Area Sewer Separation Project. "We're this much closer to getting relief for the east side of town," Public Works Chair Mike Sheehan told his colleagues Dec. 9 after introducing the ordinance. "It's exciting and it's going to be great to see the project come through. We have a great relationship with MWRD." Total cost of the project is $12,930,000, to be included in the 2025/2026 capital budget, which will be finalized this spring. Besides the $4 million from MWRD, funding will be supplied by an $850,000 Housing and Urban Development grant and a $500,000 Illinois Department of Economic Opportunity grant. The rest of the funds will come from $5 million in general obligation bonds to be issued this spring and $2.58 million from…...

25+ min ago (285+ words) Sheinbaum reaccion" con prudencia ante el paso que dio el presidente Donald Trump para enfrentar el tr'fico de drogas, y en particular del fentanilo, e indic" al ser consultada sobre la nueva medida que "estamos analizando el alcance de lo que se public. Durante su conferencia matutina la mandataria expres" que estaba a favor de que se combata el delito, pero record" que tambi'n se deben atender las causas del consumo de drogas. "Si no se atienden las causas, ser' el fentanilo, ser' otra droga, sostuvo. Sheinbaum plante" que en el an'lisis tambi'n se debe considerar que el fentanilo se emplea de manera legal como anest'sico. Como parte de la orden ejecutiva de Trump se instruy" a varias secretar'as estadounidenses que refuercen la lucha contra el tr'fico de fentanilo, que tiene a M'xico como uno de sus principales productores. En…...

30+ min ago (512+ words) Maryland will create a commission to study potential reparations for slavery after lawmakers voted Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Wes Moore " currently the nation's only Black governor " that disappointed many fellow Democrats. Moore said in his veto letter in May that it was a difficult decision to veto the bill, which was a priority of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. But he wrote there has been enough study of the legacy of slavery, and it was now time to "focus on the work itself" to address it. "Now is the time for continued action that delivers results for the people we serve," Moore wrote. But Democrats who control both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly decided the commission was needed to better examine how to do that. "This topic isn't easy, but, again, without formal study, reparations…...

31+ min ago (228+ words) A posthumous memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's best known accusers, Virginia Roberts Guiffre, has sold 1 million copies worldwide two months after its release. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday that more than half the sales for "Nobody's Girl," came out of North America; in the U.S., the book is now in its 10th printing after an initial run of 70,000 copies. Guiffre's book, co-written by author-journalist Amy Wallace, was published in early October. It helped revive criticism of former Prince Andrew, whom Guiffre alleged had sex with her when she was 17. And it heightened demands that the Justice Department release its files on Epstein, who killed himself in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Guiffre died by suicide in April at age 41. Within weeks of Guiffre's book being published, King Charles III stripped Andrew of his remaining titles and evicted…...

33+ min ago (239+ words) WASHINGTON " The Trump administration is expanding its travel ban to include five more countries and impose new limits on others. This move Tuesday is part of ongoing efforts to tighten U.S. entry standards for travel and immigration. The decision follows the arrest of an Afghan national suspect in the shooting of two National Guard troops over Thanksgiving weekend. In June, President Donald Trump announced that citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the United States and those from seven others would face restrictions. The decision resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term. At the time the ban included Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen and heightened restrictions on visitors from Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. On Tuesday, the Republican administration announced it was expanding…...

37+ min ago (262+ words) A pediatrician has been arrested on charges he allegedly sexually assaulted a teenager with intellectual disabilities in an Elgin hotel swimming pool restroom. Trevor J. Roston, 33, of Chicago, who has been terminated as a hospitalist at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, was charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault, unlawful restraint, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of a child, according to a news release from the Kane County state's attorney's office and the Elgin Police Department. A hospitalist is someone who manages the care of patients while they are in the hospital but is not their primary care doctor. According to the hospital, Roston was certified as a pediatrician but not employed there in that capacity. It's alleged that Roston, who was staying at an Elgin hotel on Nov. 29, followed the teen into a single-use poolside bathroom…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago (639+ words) The newly Grammy-nominated rap star Rod Wave is no stranger to Chicago's character-building cold weather. The newly Grammy-nominated rap star Rod Wave is no stranger to Chicago's character-building cold weather. The Floridian has been bringing Chicago fans along on his journey to superstardom since he was an opener for rapper Kevin Gates in 2019. Six years and several tours of his own later, the "Tombstone" rapper returned to the United Center Monday night for the first of two concerts on his "Redemption Experience" tour, the first under his own Mainstay Touring company. Around 17,900 of Wave's fans endured the burning cold, waiting outside the United Center. Some pregamed with mini bottles of Don Julio before entering, while others stood patiently. Dalion Morgan, a fan who braved the weather to see him, says it means a lot for Wave to perform in Chicago…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago (501+ words) On Dec. 30, the Illinois Fighting Illini will face the Tennessee Volunteers at Nissan Stadium in Nashville in the Music City Bowl. For Illinois edge rusher Gabe Jacas and OL JC Davis are opting out to prepare for the NFL Draft. The other significant injury for the Illini is Xavier Scott, who has not played since week three. For Tennessee the news is that stud receiver Chriss Brazell II (62 catches for 1,017 yards and nine TDs) has opted out of the bowl game to prepare for the NFL Draft. This game will feature two of the best QBs in the country: Luke Altmyer and Joey Aguilar. Neither team plays particularly good passing defense. Tennessee is 15th out of 16 teams in the SEC, while the Illini are 15th in the 18-team Big Ten. So, both teams might be inclined to air it out. The Illini…...