Articles filed under Chicago
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Des Plaines officer who accidentally shot teen won't be prosecutedAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - The Cook County state's attorney's office has declined to prosecute a Des Plaines police officer who accidentally shot a teenager in 2019 at a Northwest Side music schoo...
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Aurora teen killed in Chicago crash that family believes was attempted carjackingAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - A 16-year-old girl from Aurora died after a crash in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood Tuesday night, but her family does not believe it was an accident. Chicago police sai...
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Hyde Park Summer Fest called offAug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Rising COVID-19 cases have prompted organizers of another Chicago festival to cancel their plans for 2021. In June, Jonathan Swain, Hyde Park Summer Fest co-organizer, h...
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Suburban Chicago man gets probation in mom's beating deathAug 03, 2021 7:00 am - GENEVA, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to beating his mother to death with a baseball ball after ...
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Pro skateboarder faces murder charge in suburban ChicagoAug 03, 2021 7:00 am - OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. (AP) - A professional skateboarder who has been featured in music videos by Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams was ordered held without bond Tuesday...
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Pioneering WMAQ cameraman dies at 88Aug 03, 2021 1:00 am - When Billy Jennings was a young news photographer at WMAQ-TV, it hit him: He'd landed a big job in a big market with big on-air talent. He started to pace the newsroom f...
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Chicago's Little Italy festival canceled for 2nd year in rowAug 02, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An annual festival in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood has been canceled for a second straight year, largely to avoid further stressing vendors already...
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Cirque du Soleil's ''Twas the Night Before ...' to return to ChicagoAug 02, 2021 1:00 am - Cirque du Soleil is returning to the Windy City with a revival of "'Twas the Night Before ..." It plays a 17-performance run at the Chicago Theatre from Nov. 26 to Dec. ...
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Blagojevich sues for right to run againAug 02, 2021 1:00 am - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich returned Monday to the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, where he filed a lawsuit challenging a state Senate resolution that prevents him from runn...
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Chicago health care clinics order vaccines for employeesAug 01, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Health care facilities in the Chicago area that serve some 80,000 low-income patients have joined a growing national push to require their employees to ge...