Chicago
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Former longtime Illinois legislative leader Michael Madigan is convicted in corruption trial
Feb 12, 2025 11:28 am - Jurors convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan 10 counts and acquitted him of seven, but could not reach a decision on six counts. They returned the verdict after deliberating more than 10 days in a bribery case that led to the downfall of a man who was nicknamed the “Velvet Hammer” for his forceful yet quiet leadership style.
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CTA train service mostly restored on Green Line after derailmentFeb 10, 2025 9:14 am - Riders had to be evacuated from the train by the fire department.
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Justice Department sues Illinois, Chicago over immigration enforcement
Feb 06, 2025 10:45 am - The Justice Department sued the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago on Thursday, accusing them of impeding the Trump administration’s immigration policies. The department seeks a court order to bar protections for immigrants that exist at the state and local level.
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Top Trump administration officials in Chicago for start of immigration enforcement crackdown
Jan 26, 2025 4:33 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — Top Trump administration officials, including “border czar” Tom Homan and the acting deputy attorney general, visited Chicago on Sunday to witness the star...
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Secret Service agents, not ICE, attempted to access Hamline Elementary School in Chicago, officials say
Jan 24, 2025 7:43 pm - Agents from the U.S. Secret Service came to a South Side school on Friday to investigate a threat and were not immigration agents, according to a Secret Service spokesman...
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Threat of immigration raids turns Chicago’s ‘Little Village’ into ghost town
Jan 21, 2025 10:31 am - The second busiest retail corridor in Chicago is typically a bustling area dotted with taquerias and Mexican grocery stores in the southwestern part of the city. By Monday afternoon it had turned into a ghost town.
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CTA chief announces exit amid funding woesJan 13, 2025 10:47 am - CTA President Dorval Carter, who oversaw projects like the Red Line extension, is retiring. He faced pressure to step down over issues like ridership drops and crime.
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Dead body found in wheel well of United plane from Chicago to Maui
Dec 26, 2024 7:34 am - Maui police are investigating the discovery of a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Maui, the airline and police department said in statements on Wednesday.
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Chicago middle-schooler finds goose poop that has cancer-fighting compound
Dec 23, 2024 3:06 pm - When Camarria Williams, 13, stumbled upon goose poop in a neighborhood park, she enthusiastically scooped some up. She and six other students were looking for bacteria samples. She learned, with university researchers’ help, that her goose poop contained a cancer-fighting compound.
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Suspect in 3 deaths killed by police in far-right influencer's Chicago-area neighborhood
Dec 20, 2024 1:47 pm - A man suspected in the killings of three people in Illinois was fatally shot by police in Berwyn while in the neighborhood of a far-right political influencer.