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Tracing Martin Luther King's Chicago footsteps in what would have been his 90th yearJan 21, 2019 12:00 am - "He would have been 90 this year," says the Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson was reflecting on this year's holiday honori...
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Man who fell through ice charged with burglarizing trainJan 21, 2019 12:00 am - A man who fell through ice on the Douglas Park Lagoon while running from police on Thursday has been charged with burglarizing a train, authorities said. Travonta Turner...
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Two held, one at large in series of bank robberiesJan 16, 2019 10:00 pm - Two people are in custody following a series of apparently unrelated bank robberies Wednesday afternoon on the Near North Side and in the Loop. Near North District Chica...
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Chicago International Charter School teachers set strike dateJan 16, 2019 10:00 pm - Teachers at four Chicago International Charter School locations on Thursday announced they'll go on strike Feb. 5 unless they reach a new deal with management, setting t...
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Old Cook County Hospital on track to become next city landmarkJan 15, 2019 10:00 pm - In the midst of an overhaul after sitting vacant for 16 years, the old Cook County Hospital, at 1835 W. Harrison St., may soon be given landmark status, solidifying its ...
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Gunman in Hadiya Pendleton murder sentenced to 84 years in prisonJan 13, 2019 10:00 pm - The man convicted of killing 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was sentenced Monday to 84 years in prison, after giving a defiant speech protesting his innocence in a 2013 sh...
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Board of Ethics lays down rules of the road for navigating social mediaJan 08, 2019 10:00 pm - The Chicago Board of Ethics on Tuesday laid down rules of the road for aldermen seeking to navigate social media. The complex, seven-page ruling could leave aldermen see...
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SEIU drops another $500,000 in Preckwinkle mayoral campaignJan 08, 2019 10:00 pm - SEIU Illinois State Council is dropping another $500,000 into Toni Preckwinkle's mayoral campaign as she struggles to recoup from being dragged into the federal corrupti...
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Prosecutor 'sickened' by R. Kelly accusations, urges victims to come forwardJan 08, 2019 12:00 am - Days after the airing of a documentary series on years' worth of sex abuse allegations against R. Kelly, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx on Tuesday said her of...
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Appeals court upholds Chicago cop's convictionJan 07, 2019 12:00 am - A federal appeals court Monday upheld the conviction of a Chicago police officer serving a five-year prison sentence for shooting into a car full of teenagers in Decembe...