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Federal appeals court upholds assault weapons ban in ChicagoAug 29, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A U.S. appeals court Thursday upheld an assault weapons ban that covers Chicago and the rest of Cook County, Illinois, saying guns rights advocates provid...
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Chicago Police sharing info to track suspected gun offendersAug 29, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says his department has started sharing information on suspected gun offenders with local and federal law enfo...
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Owners of Chicago youth center charged with fraudAug 29, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The owners of a suburban Chicago youth counseling center face federal charges accusing them of defrauding Illinois Medicaid out of around $4 million. A We...
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Chicago's mayor faces sobering reality _ huge budget deficitAug 29, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who swept into office five months ago on a promise of wholesale reform, presented a sobering reality Thursday - the city fac...
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Citing $838M deficit, Lightfoot warns of 'hard choices' aheadAug 29, 2019 1:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday entered the living rooms of Chicagoans in a televised address to warn of "hard choices" ahead, revealing a staggering deficit of $838 mi...
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Positives and negatives from the Bears' preseason finaleAug 29, 2019 12:00 am - The best news coming from the Bears' 19-15 defeat vs. the Tennessee Titans Thursday is it marked the end of the preseason and the Green Bay Packers come to town in less ...
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Hub Arkush: Two Bears stand out in preseason finale loss to TitansAug 29, 2019 12:00 am - On a beautiful late summer evening on the lakefront in a half-full Soldier Field, the Chicago Bears finally brought down the curtain Thursday on an exhibition season tha...
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Mayor, police announce plan to track gun offendersAug 28, 2019 11:00 pm - Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Thursday they are planning monthly meetings with Cook County, state and federal officials in an...
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CPS approves new rules for cops in schools, but concern over 'school-to-prison pipeline' remainsAug 28, 2019 11:00 pm - An agreement that set new ground rules for officers working in Chicago Public Schools was approved Wednesday despite months of public scrutiny and heavy criticism from s...
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Girl dies after temporary walls fall at Chicago-area storeAug 28, 2019 7:00 am - ORLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - Police say a 2-year-old died after two temporary steel walls toppled onto her as she played at a suburban Chicago mall. Orland Park's police chi...