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A downed power line caused an electrical fire at a Belvidere home on Tuesday, but the fire was quickly put out by the Belvidere Fire Department and ComEd was able to disconnect the power.

Three years after his conviction, Charles Jones, 42, has been sentenced for raping a 7-year-old multiple times between 2017 and 2018.

The tariff hike on foreign metals went into effect just after midnight on Wednesday, and they apply to nearly all imports of steel and aluminum.

Authorities asked the public Tuesday for help finding Travis Decker, 32, who is wanted for three counts of murder and kidnapping, according to police in Wenatchee, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of Seattle.

In some states, an income of more than a quarter of a million dollars may be necessary for a family to "live comfortably."

The Trump administration is tapping into federal, state and local databases at an unprecedented scale to garner information on undocumented immigrants in the United States that could be used for deportations, according to a new report. And another report out Tuesday found that immigration criminal prosecutions have increased during the Trump administration.

A Texas man was arrested for allegedly trespassing at Mar-a-Lago early morning on Tuesday, telling law enforcement that he wanted to "spread the gospel" to President Trump and marry the commander-in-chief's granddaughter. 

Lively's lawyers have requested the court sanction Baldoni's lawyers for allegedly abusing the docket.

Mayor Tom McNamara expressed his frustration with Governor JB Pritzker's decision to turn the 1% grocery tax to the municipalities.

Edgar Smith, 22, was arrested and charged with multiple domestic battery charges after allegedly attacking a pregnant woman and an elderly woman on May 30.