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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Man who swam to US from Canada to deliver books is released

By ED WHITE | February 11, 2020

DETROIT (AP) — A man who said he swam across the Detroit River from Canada to try to deliver handmade books before Christmas won his release Tuesday after two months in U.S. custody.Christopher Sagajllo, 56, was arrested in December after crossing the...

Feds: Ex-convict extorted college students for nearly $1M

By JIM MUSTIAN | February 11, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — An ex-convict accused of bilking several college students out of nearly $1 million and forcing some into prostitution or unpaid labor was arrested Tuesday on extortion and sex trafficking charges.Lawrence “Larry” Ray was previously...

Philippines notifies US of intent to end major security pact

By JIM GOMEZ | February 11, 2020

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines notified the United States on Tuesday it would end a major security pact allowing American forces to train in the country, in the most serious threat under President Rodrigo Duterte to their 69-year treaty...

Coast Guard officer accused of terror plot appeals sentence

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN | February 11, 2020

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling guns and targeting Supreme Court justices, prominent Democrats and TV journalists is appealing his prison sentence of more than 13 years.Christopher Hasson’s defense attorneys...

Kansas City man convicted in shooting that killed missionary

February 11, 2020

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man was convicted of killing a Christian missionary from China and wounding two others while high on PCP.Jurors found Curtrail Hudson, 20, guilty Monday of second-degree murder and five other charges in the April...

Honduran national police chief accused of money laundering

February 11, 2020

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduran authorities on Tuesday arrested the head of the national police, accusing him and his wife of money laundering.Authorities arrested Leonel Luciano Sauceda and his wife, Patricia Sbeltlana Estrada on money laundering...

Police: Driver traveling 79 mph when Oklahoma students hit

By KEN MILLER | February 11, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A pickup truck was traveling 79 mph (127 kph) in a 25 mph (40 kph) zone when it struck members of a high school cross-country team on a sidewalk in suburban Oklahoma City, killing two and injuring the others, a police sergeant said...

Judge tosses more drug convictions in Chicago cop scandal

By DON BABWIN | February 11, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — A Cook County judge on Tuesday threw out the felony drug convictions of 12 men who were framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant, bringing to 94 the number of overturned convictions linked to a massive scheme to shake down...

Appeals court halts deportation of child with head injury

By NOMAAN MERCHANT | February 11, 2020

HOUSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court in California temporarily halted the deportation of a 5-year-old child who injured his head before immigration agents arrested his family and whose advocates say needs to be seen by a neurologist.The 9th U.S. Circuit...

Switzerland investigating alleged CIA, German front company

By FRANK JORDANS and JAMEY KEATEN | February 11, 2020

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss authorities said Tuesday they have opened an investigation into allegations a Zug, Switzerland-based maker of encryption devices was a front operated by the CIA and West German intelligence that enabled them to break the codes of...

Man convicted of killing woman in church lot sentenced

February 11, 2020

CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio man accused of running over and killing a woman who tried to stop him from stealing her family's van in a church parking lot has been sentenced to life in prison with parole eligibility in 23 years.The sentencing on Monday came...

Russian charged in brazen Berlin killing of Georgian man

February 11, 2020

A Russian man was charged by federal prosecutors Tuesday with the brazen killing of a Georgian man on the streets of Berlin last year, in a case that has already prompted political fallout between Berlin and Moscow.Vadim K., who used the alias Vadim S.,...

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