Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Avowed 'boogaloo boi' says he roamed Kenosha streets with Kyle Rittenhouse before shootingsSep 01, 2020 1:00 am - An adherent to the far-right boogaloo movement - whose most extreme followers are reportedly looking to spark a civil war - was with Kyle Rittenhouse last week in Kenosh...
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'Mask up, so we don't have to close up,' Cook County leaders urgeAug 31, 2020 1:00 am - Facing the beginning stages of a second surge of COVID-19 in suburban Cook County, officials said Monday they're launching a campaign to urge people to "mask up, so we d...
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Exelon vows to shut down Byron, Dresden nuclear plantsAug 27, 2020 1:00 am - Exelon said Thursday it will close its Byron and Dresden nuclear power plants in fall 2021 unless it gets a change in state law, a demand that will be intensely scrutini...
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Rapper Kanye West off the ballot in IllinoisAug 21, 2020 1:00 am - The Illinois State Board of Elections has booted rapper Kanye West from the November ballot, ending his presidential run in the state after finding petitions he submitte...
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Northwestern undergrads must take COVID-19 test at home before returningAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Northwestern University announced Wednesday its three-step COVID-19 testing plan for undergraduate students returning to campus. Northwestern students will have to compl...
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Judge delays R. Kelly's trial in ChicagoAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - A federal judge in Chicago agreed Tuesday to delay the fall trial of R&B singer R. Kelly, finding that prosecutors had raised legitimate concerns about whether the trial...
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Mayor, police clash with protesters over who's to blame for Saturday's meleeAug 16, 2020 1:00 am - A day after a chaotic downtown protest led to 24 arrests and injuries to more than a dozen cops, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Sunday faulted agitators at the demonstration fo...
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James Thompson: Fierce prosecutor including of a governor, became one, defended oneAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - Back when there was such a thing as a liberal Republican politician, James R. Thompson was the GOP's rising star. "Big Jim" - he stood 6 feet 6 inches - was Illinois' lo...
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How the deal to turn McCormick Place into a $66M field hospital happenedAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - Taxpayers spent nearly $66 million fashioning McCormick Place into an emergency coronavirus hospital with 2,750 beds this past spring amid fears that COVID-19 patients w...
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Jazz Showcase owner Joe Segal diesAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - Joe Segal, the Chicago impresario who promoted jazz for more than seven decades, died Monday at 94, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Mr. Segal, whose love affair with...