Articles filed under Chicago
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United wants to make it easier to reach your connectionMar 07, 2019 12:00 am - It's the airport equivalent of road rage: You race to your gate on a tight connection to see the door shut and your plane inching backward. One reason gate agents are so...
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Lightfoot defends image, gets firefighter backingMar 06, 2019 10:00 pm - Lori Lightfoot is fighting back - with a vengeance - against Toni Preckwinkle's attempt to destroy Lightfoot's reputation as a reformer. Lightfoot released her first neg...
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Chicago man charged in crash that killed 2-year-old girlMar 06, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Police say a 21-year-old Chicago man who sped away from a traffic stop and then crashed, killing a 2-year-old girl who was thrown from the vehicle, has be...
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Prosecutors: 6 accused of corruption in Chicago suburbMar 06, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Federal prosecutors accused six people of government corruption Wednesday, including alleging that the brother of a suburban Chicago mayor extorted paymen...
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Prosecutors: Drug bust recovers more than 1,000 pounds of marijuanaMar 06, 2019 12:00 am - The Illinois State Police North Central Narcotics Task Force, composed of officers from Arlington Heights, Wheeling and other suburban police departments, recovered more...
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Bears ink Pitt's Blewitt to join kicking competitionMar 06, 2019 12:00 am - The Bears are signing Pitt product Chris Blewitt to join their kicking competition. The Panthers' all-time scoring leader, Blewitt emerged from the Bears' second group t...
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Aon says it's no longer pursuing Willis Towers acquisitionMar 06, 2019 12:00 am - Aon said it's no longer pursuing a combination with rival insurance brokerage Willis Towers Watson, a day after confirming that it was considering a tie-up. The company ...
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R. Kelly taken back into custody after child-support hearingMar 06, 2019 12:00 am - CHICAGO — R. Kelly was taken back into custody Wednesday after appearing at a child-support hearing, authorities said, hours after the broadcast of an interview in which...
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$5.25 million settlement adds to legal tally from Burge-era police torture casesMar 05, 2019 10:00 pm - Chicagoans may never know what former Mayor Richard M. Daley had to say in his only sworn deposition about the role he played in the Jon Burge torture era. But one thing...
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Sun-Times cancels mayoral debate after Preckwinkle won't commit to showing upMar 05, 2019 10:00 pm - The Chicago Sun-Times canceled a mayoral debate scheduled for later this week because candidate Toni Preckwinkle was "noncommittal" about her participation. The debate s...