Articles filed under Chicago
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Chicago offering scholarships for construction, engineeringJan 03, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago officials are accepting applications for a scholarship program designed to help disadvantaged students pursue schooling and careers in constructio...
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4th arrest in slaying of retired Chicago firefighterJan 02, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A fourth person has been arrested in the slaying of a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant, who was shot and killed killed during an attempt to carj...
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Former Chicago industrial site being eyed as solar farmJan 01, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A toxic former industrial site on Chicago's Southeast Side is being considered for a 36-acre solar farm, according to a published report. The proposal wo...
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Chicago ends 2020 with 769 homicides as gun violence surgesJan 01, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The number of homicides and shootings in Chicago spiked dramatically in 2020, ending with more bloodshed than in all but one year in more than two decades...
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Chicago mayor meets with victim of botched police raidDec 31, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot met Thursday with a Black woman who was the victim of a botched police raid on her home during which she was forced to stand ...
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Hedge fund Alden offers to buy Tribune, valuing it at $521 millionDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Hedge fund Alden, Tribune's largest shareholder, has offered to buy the rest of the newspaper publisher at a price that values it at $520.6 million. Alden sent a letter ...
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Chicago activists offering $10K for tips in man's slayingDec 30, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago anti-violence activists are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the fatal shooting of a man found dea...
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Emails: Chicago mayor told of 'bad' botched raid in Nov 2019Dec 30, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was first told in November 2019 of a 'œpretty bad wrongful raid'ť on the home of a Black woman who wasn't allowed to put on h...
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Mayor's office releases some emails about botched raidDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office on Wednesday released some - but not all - records related to the botched raid of Anjanette Young's home that confirm Lightfoot was alerted...
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Teen shot near O'Hare in apparent 'road rage' caseDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - A 17-year-old girl was injured in a shooting near O'Hare International Airport Wednesday evening in what Chicago police believe might be a "road rage" case. The girl was...