Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Accused cop killer Wilson to be released from jail after judge tosses confessionJun 21, 2018 11:00 pm - A Cook County judge Friday ordered accused cop killer Jackie Wilson released without having to post any bail after throwing out his confession in the case, paving the wa...
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Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis to retire, has faced brain cancerJun 21, 2018 11:00 pm - Chicago Teachers Union president Karen Lewis submitted retirement papers Friday, a union spokeswoman said. Lewis had a tumor removed in October 2014 when she was diagnos...
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Teen gets maximum juvenile sentence for Endia Martin murderJun 19, 2018 11:00 pm - A teenager who shot and killed 14-year-old Endia Martin four years ago received a maximum term in juvenile court, a sentence that could see her paroled on her first-degr...
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Chicago aviation boss resignsJun 19, 2018 1:00 am - After negotiating new airline leases needed to bankroll an $8.7 billion O'Hare Airport expansion project, Aviation Commissioner Ginger Evans announced her resignation Tu...
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Covered with sheet at shooting scene, teen still alive; officials seek answersJun 17, 2018 11:00 pm - Authorities are trying to determine how first responders placed a sheet over the body of a teenager who was shot multiple times in the head - then, minutes later, realiz...
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Veteran Chicago TV journalist Brackett dies after bicycle accidentJun 17, 2018 1:00 am - TV journalist Elizabeth Brackett, critically injured Wednesday in an apparent lakeshore bicycle accident, died Sunday at Stroger Hospital surrounded by family, WTTW anno...
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Two teens arrested at Six Flags on FridayJun 16, 2018 1:00 am - Two girls were arrested Friday after they were involved in a fight at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. Officers responded to a call of a large group causing a dist...
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Mayoral challengers, academics raise caution flags about Musk's O'Hare ExpressJun 13, 2018 11:00 pm - Mayoral challengers, academic experts and aldermen raised caution flags Thursday about Mayor Rahm Emanuel's choice of visionary billionaire Elon Musk to build a high-spe...
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After snow removal safeguards, sidewalk cafés get OK to operate year-roundJun 13, 2018 11:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to let Chicago's 1,200 sidewalk cafés stay open year-round even in the dead of winter sailed through a City Council committee Tuesday, but only...
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Florida woman dies in fall from swing at NeoCon Show in Merchandise MartJun 13, 2018 11:00 pm - A 57-year-old woman died after falling from a swing Tuesday afternoon at the NeoCon show held at the Merchandise Mart in River North. Jacqueline E. Albertine, 57, fell f...