Articles filed under Chicago
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Alderman given an ultimatumJan 30, 2019 12:00 am - Four Chicago aldermen demanded Wednesday that colleague Danny Solis make a choice: Come "out of the shadows," apologize for his transgressions and start serving his cons...
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Study: A third of young adults want out of ChicagoJan 29, 2019 10:00 pm - Over a third of young adults in Chicago - especially African Americans - want out of this city, citing racism, fractured police-community relations, neighborhood disinve...
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Felon accused of threatening cops in barJan 29, 2019 10:00 pm - A Texas man facing a felony gun charge after he allegedly threatened to kill off-duty Chicago police officers in a Bridgeport bar was ordered held on $25,000 bail Wednes...
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Amtrak cancels all trains into and out of ChicagoJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Extreme weather conditions have prompted Amtrak to cancel all trains into and out of Chicago. Amtrak says short-distance and long-distance, overnight trai...
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Chicago suburb OKs $1.25M settlement for man police tackledJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - The City Council in the Chicago suburb of Evanston has approved a $1.25 million settlement with a black man who sued after police tackled him and a...
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'Empire' cast member alleges homophobic attack in ChicagoJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A cast member on the hit television show "Empire" alleged he was physically attacked by men in Chicago who shouted racial and homophobic slurs, police sai...
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U of Illinois at Chicago gets $12M for Hispanic health studyJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The University of Illinois at Chicago is getting $12 million from the National Institute of Health to continue taking part in a national study of health i...
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The Latest: Chicago using buses to get homeless off streetsJan 29, 2019 6:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - The Latest on a major snowstorm and the expected frigid weather in the Midwest (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Chicago city officials are taking to the st...
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Sun-Times: Federal affidavit details investigation of Alderman SolisJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - Retiring Alderman Danny Solis (25th) received sex acts, Viagra, free weekend use of an Indiana farm once owned by Oprah Winfrey and a steady stream of campaign contribut...
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FBI secretly recorded Madigan pitching law firm's servicesJan 29, 2019 12:00 am - The FBI secretly recorded Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan trying to get business for his private law firm from a developer brought to him by Alderman Danny Solis,...