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View ArticleColumn: When police kill a child like Adam Toledo, all of us bear the shame...
Adam Toledo did everything the officer told him to do, but it couldn’t save him, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleLittle Village quietly mourns as video of Adam Toledo’s fatal shooting by a...
The scene of 13-year-old Adam Toledo’s death was marked by quiet displays of sorrow Thursday after the release of body camera video of a Chicago police officer shooting him.
View ArticleBasement fire in Back of the Yards kills two people
Two people are dead after an early morning fire in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, according to police and fire authorities.
View ArticleTrump appointees blocked EPA from investigating ethylene oxide polluters and...
A handful of career staffers at the Chicago office helped bring local impacts to light by deploying air monitoring equipment outside an agency warehouse that happened to be next door to Sterigenics,...
View Article3 Chicagoans arrested in Georgia police pursuit caught on video
Three Chicago men were arrested in a small city in Georgia northeast of Atlanta this week following a police pursuit caught on video that showed deputies ramming the car the men and another passenger...
View ArticleOne will get a COVID-19 vaccine. The other will not. How do couples navigate...
For couples where one person might be hesitant or resistant to vaccines, it can create a difficult space to navigate.
View ArticleColumn: A cop killed Adam Toledo. There aren’t two sides to this story. It’s...
Adam Toledo was a kid and a Chicago cop shot him to death while his hands were up. There aren’t two sides to this story. It’s simply unacceptable.
View ArticleChicago public health department announces changes amid ongoing Johnson &...
Chicago public health officials announced changes to the city’s inoculation deployment strategy on Friday, as they deal with the ongoing pause in administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
View ArticleChicago aldermen consider adding gender identity protection to city’s...
The city of Chicago would add protections for gender identity under its anti-hate crime ordinance, alongside race, sexual orientation, religion and military status as part of a plan aldermen advanced...
View ArticleTeenage girl killed in Little Village shooting
A 17-year-old girl is dead after being shot in the head Thursday evening while riding in a vehicle in Little Village, authorities said.
View ArticleWinfield man pleads guilty in 4-year-old boy’s fatal shooting
A Winfield man has pleaded guilty in a case where a 4-year-old boy fatally shot himself with an unsecured gun inside his house where he and a girlfriend were babysitting the child, records show.
View ArticleEmbattled former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s legal bills...
Michael Madigan’s legal bills connected to an ongoing federal corruption probe skyrocketed in the first three months of this year
View ArticleA deal to reopen CPS high schools Monday advances to a full teachers union...
CTU's House of Delegates "overwhelmingly" endorsed the pending agreement.
View ArticleCelebrations marking 420 — marijuana’s ‘high holiday’ — will stay low-key due...
Last year, the first year recreational marijuana was legalized in Illinois, the COVID pandemic shut down most 420 cannabis celebrations. This year, the occasion comes as Illinois officials still have...
View ArticleIn letter to FEC, Illinois Democratic Party acknowledges its chair, U.S. Rep....
In a letter to the Federal Election Commission, the Illinois Democratic Party acknowledges that its new chair, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, cannot raise money for the party’s main state account because...
View ArticleIllinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch creates task force to review all...
Illinois House Speaker forms task force to look at monuments on state property
View ArticleArrest warrant issued after Gary man skips last day of rape trial
An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday after a Gary man skipped the last day of his 3-day rape trial, court records show.
View ArticleChicago man accused of using ‘large machete’ to slash co-worker to death at...
A 21-year-old man allegedly used a “large machete” to slash his co-worker to death at an auto body shop before stuffing the body in the trunk of a Cadillac Wednesday on the Northwest Side, prosecutors...
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