Friday, April 19, 2024
The Illinois House unanimously passed a plan Thursday to prohibit the use of artificial intelligence to create child pornography that involves real children or obscene imagery. The proposal also prohibits non-consensual dissemination of certain AI generated sexual images.
A Joliet woman was arrested Sunday after her 12-year-old daughter ingested suspected heroin and fentanyl and later died of an overdose.
Convicted former Ald. Ed Burke (14th Ward) spent more than $3.8 million in campaign cash in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid being convicted of racketeering, bribery, and attempted extortion, according to records filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections.
The state’s attorney has declined to file charges in connection with three in-custody deaths of McHenry County Jail inmates. A fourth inmate death is still under investigation.
A McDonough County jury found a Macomb man guilty of three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child after a three-day jury trial that ended Wednesday at the McDonough County Courthouse in Macomb.