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College Girl Carried Her Suffocated Newborn in a Backpack

• The 20-year-old University of Illinois scholarship student from Monee was charged with first-degree murder and other felonies this week after giving birth in her University of Illinois dormitory bathroom last month. Prosecutors say she suffocated the newborn shortly after delivery and hid the body under her bed when cops came to question her.

Mall Cop Secretly Recorded Teen Using Bathroom: Police

• The mall security guard secretly recorded McDonald’s workers using an employee restroom at the mall, police said. Then he posted the videos to a porn site.

Awful Couple Tried to Keep Indentured Servant: Indictment

• Richard and Maribel Tinimbang are accused of lying to Homeland Security to hire Filipino housekeeper and force her into servitude contract. They also scammed Medicare out of $45 million, the feds say.

Dennis Hastert's Lawyers Say Sexual Misconduct Wasn't Really Misconduct: Court Filing

• The former speaker of the house falsely claimed he was being extorted by a former student. With: Hastert Support Letters Must Be Made Public for Judge to Consider Them

Drunk-Driving Mom Sped Off With 3 Kids In Car as Deputy Wrote a Ticket: Cops

• They caught her in a Walgreens parking lot, police said.

Green Fireball in the Sky Thrills Illinoisans Friday Night

• Twitter lit up with reports of a meteor or fireball streaking across the sky and seen in in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Kentucky.

Highland Park Girl Gets a Chance to Dance With Justin Bieber Onstage (VIDEO)

• Jordyn Shapiro, 11, is one of two suburban dancers from Soul2Sole Dance who will perform with the pop star when he's in Chicago.

Richard Marx to Drop Price on Lake Bluff Mansion and It's Right Here Waiting for You

• The 9-bedroom home has been off the market for 3 months, but now Marx and his ex-wife will be relisting it later this month for $13.99M.

Elizabethkingia: 5 Things We Know and a Few We Don't

• An outbreak in Wisconsin and deaths in Illinois and Michigan have sparked concern about the rare bacterial infection. With: Dead Illinois Resident Had Same Bacterial Infection as Wisconsin Outbreak

Supposedly Not Horrible Woman Spat in Trooper's Mouth, Claimed She Has AIDS: Prosecutor

• The Orland Park woman spat in a state trooper’s mouth and then mentioned she has AIDS, herpes and hepatitis, according to a court filing.

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Car Bursts Into Flames on I-80 Near New Lenox

• VIDEO: No one was hurt, but that automobile was cooking by the side of the highway.

Teen Returns From Spring Break with Fisherman's Tale and the Photos to Prove It

• A Hinsdale Central senior caught a strange-looking leucistic swell shark in the Sea of Cortez.

Letter Describes Murder-Suicide Plot to Escape Immigration Investigation

• A letter written by a Downers Grove man accused of shooting his mother in 2013 may be used as evidence in the case.

Police Accountability Task Force Report Disturbing, Painful to Read

• “A painful but necessary reckoning is upon us. That is what these times demand,” report says.

My Unarmed Son Was Shot by Chicago Police

• A father shares his grief and outrage as CPD confronts its violent history and uncertain future.

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6-Year-Old 'Honorary Chicago Police Officer' Dies of Cancer

• Madison Pruitt dies days after Chicago police fulfill her lifelong dream by making her an honorary police officer.

Mark Kirk to Miss Republican Convention; Is This a Good Campaign Move?

• The senator is skipping July's event in Cleveland so he can focus on his re-election. But is he also distancing himself from Donald Trump?

Last Spring Freeze: When Should We Plant Our Gardens?

• Saturday and Sunday, so warm and sunny. Did anyone hit 80° in the last 24 hours?

A glimpse of crime-n-shame last week. Follow our crime page on Facebook, too.

• State Trooper Pleads Guilty to Drinking, Driving on Duty: Prosecutors
• Cut off at the Bar, Father and Son Pull Out Security Guard's Hair: Prosecutor
• Cruel Teen Surrenders To Cops, Arrested For Letting Dog's Skin Grow Over Harness: Police
• 'Kid Bandit' Charged in Bank Stickup: Cops
• Panhandler Assaults 2 at I-80 Ramp in Mokena
• Nurse Jailed For Allegedly Ripping Off Human Services
• 'Uninvited Guest' Smashes Flower Pot Over Ex-Girlfriend's Boyfriend's Head: Prosecutor
• Man Recants Story About Attack Outside Sporting Goods Store: Cops
• See the Video of Councilman Larry Hug Getting Slapped at the Double J and Hear the 911 Call
• Harasser Kept Calling Hospital, Also Broke Police Department's Door and Chair: Cops
• Teen Accused in Elderly Woman Carjacking Arrested Again
• Woman Bit Nurse at Evanston Hospital: Cops

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