Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Black Lives Matter activists protest police brutality at Millennium ParkJul 09, 2016 1:00 am - Black Lives Matter activists gathered at Millennium Park on Saturday to protest police brutality. Days after police-involved fatal shootings of black men in Louisiana an...
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Lawsuit: Ex-Fisk U student falsely imprisoned for 10 yearsJul 07, 2016 11:00 pm - A former Fisk University student says he lost a decade of his life when he was framed for dealing drugs on Chicago's North Side in 2006 and falsely imprisoned. Now, Jerm...
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Emanuel defends record property tax hike as bills hit mailboxesJul 05, 2016 11:00 pm - Five days after agreeing to raise property taxes by another $250 million for teachers pensions, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday defended the record increase for police and...
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Ex-cop admits he dodged taxes in Wrigleyville rooftop schemeJul 04, 2016 11:00 pm - A former suburban cop pleaded guilty Tuesday to dodging about $140,000 in federal taxes in connection with a fraud scheme at a Wrigleyville rooftop business. Richard Zas...
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Extra cops, 'targeted' arrests tamp down July 4 weekend shootingsJul 04, 2016 11:00 pm - Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson credited targeted arrests of gang members ahead of the Fourth of July weekend with the relatively small number of shootings and homici...
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Still some goals for White SoxJul 01, 2016 1:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The White Sox officially were eliminated from American League Central title contention Sunday, a foregone conclusion that almost no one noticed. So it...
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First store opens at Englewood Square, soon home to Whole FoodsJun 30, 2016 11:00 pm - When the city approached DL3 Realty and Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives about redeveloping 13 acres of vacant land in Englewood on the South Side, DL3's Leon Walker tho...
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CPS will make $676 million teacher pension payment, then what?Jun 30, 2016 11:00 pm - The Chicago Public Schools will make a $676 million payment to the Chicago Teachers Pension Fund due Thursday even though that massive payment will leave the nearly bank...
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At least 25 sickened in E. coli outbreak at Bridgeport restaurantJun 30, 2016 11:00 pm - An E. coli outbreak at a restaurant in the South Side Bridgeport neighborhood has sickened at least 25 people, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. Carb...
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Chicago's top cop backs new gun-crime crackdownJun 30, 2016 11:00 pm - The same day the Chicago Police Department released crime stats showing the city is on course to have one of the bloodiest years in recent memory, the city's top cop sai...