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Old Second Bancorp: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Apr. 17, 2024 16:53 PM EDT

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Old Second Bancorp Inc. (OSBC) on Wednesday reported first-quarter profit of $21.3 million. The Aurora, Illinois-based bank said it had earnings of 47 cents per share. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The...

Black man pistol-whipped by Colorado officer testifies that he feared for his life

Apr. 02, 2024 19:44 PM EDT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado police officer used excessive and unreasonable force in the 2021 arrest of a Black man, pointing his gun at his head, repeatedly hitting the man with a gun and strangling him for 39 seconds, a prosecutor said Tuesday during opening statements in the...

Paramedic gets 5 years in prison for Elijah McClain’s death in rare case against medical responders

Mar. 01, 2024 22:04 PM EST

BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado paramedic was sentenced Friday to five years in prison in a rare prosecution of medical responders following the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020. ...