Chicago
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Video shows Chicago police hitting high school student
Apr 12, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Newly released surveillance video shows Chicago police dragging a high school student down a flight of stairs before striking and kicking her and using a ...
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Theater spotlight: Improv Playhouse gathers the faithful, Steppenwolf stages 'The Children'Apr 12, 2019 6:00 am - 'Gathering' returns For the 11th year, Improv Playhouse remounts its production of “The Gathering,” Josephine Raciti and Rolf Forsberg's contemporary take on the last ho...
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Bears sign former AAF kicker FryApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - The Bears will open their offseason program Monday with three kickers vying to replace Cody Parkey, after signing Elliott Fry, most recently with the now-defunct Allianc...
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Was a serial killer at work in 51 unsolved Chicago murders?
Apr 12, 2019 1:00 am - Facing pressure from activists over the unsolved killings of 51 women since 2001, the Chicago Police Department has begun to review those cases to determine if a serial ...
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Star Wars Celebration: Tears, cheers and awe for 'Episode IX'Apr 12, 2019 1:00 am - For a lifelong, 40-year-old fan of "Star Wars," Friday's event presenting the first footage of "Episode IX" - now known as "The Rise of Skywalker" - felt like the beginn...
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Report takes issue with error-prone Chicago gang database
Apr 11, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A poorly managed police database of 130,000 purported street-gang members in Chicago is rife with errors and offers no practical way for those wrongly ent...
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Chicago building once home to Al Capone and family sold
Apr 11, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A red brick two-flat on Chicago's South Side that once belonged to gangster Al Capone has been sold after being on the market for years. Listing agent Rya...
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Chicago company ditches Battle Creek tree farm project
Apr 11, 2019 7:00 am - BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) - A project to turn empty southern Michigan land where a school once stood into a sprawling tree farm and flower garden has been abandoned. Gree...
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City of Chicago sues Jussie Smollett for investigative costs
Apr 11, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago filed a lawsuit against Jussie Smollett on Thursday in a bid to recoup the costs of investigating a racist, anti-gay attack that authorities say w...
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Key moments since Jussie Smollett reported Chicago attack
Apr 11, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - "Empire" actor and R&B singer Jussie Smollett told Chicago police in January that two men physically attacked him and yelled racial and homophobic slurs. ...