Articles filed under Chicago
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Alderman proposes longer advanced warning of rent hikesJul 26, 2018 11:00 pm - Chicago tenants struggling to pay rising rents would have longer advance warning to brace themselves for those increases, if Ald. Proco Joe Moreno has his way. Moreno re...
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Chicago looking to up efforts to stop blockage of bike lanesJul 26, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's bicyclists are fighting back against motorists who drive, stop or park their vehicles in designated bike lanes. Bicyclists are posting photos of...
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Man killed by officer outside Chicago wanted in PennsylvaniaJul 26, 2018 7:00 am - LAKEMOOR, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a man who was fatally shot by police in suburban Chicago was wanted in connection with the death of an elderly man in Pennsylvania....
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Chicago City Council renames street after civil rights iconJul 26, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's City Council has approved renaming a street after suffragette and civil rights icon Ida B. Wells-Barnett. The council on Wednesday renamed Congr...
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Last Facebook Four defendant sentenced to seven years in prisonJul 26, 2018 1:00 am - Engaging in abusive, hurtful behavior comes with consequences, a Cook County judge said Thursday during a sentencing hearing for the last of four defendants charged in a...
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Deal on court-monitored Chicago police changes closeJul 25, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Lawyers have told a federal judge the only outstanding disagreement in talks on a plan for court-monitored police reforms in Chicago is over a proposal th...
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Chicago suburb reaches pension fund repayment agreementJul 25, 2018 7:00 am - HARVEY, Ill. (AP) - The Chicago suburb of Harvey has reached an agreement with its police and fire pension funds that ends a dispute over withheld state tax revenues. Th...
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Chicago police misconduct settlements reach $45 mln in 2018Jul 25, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago City Council Wednesday approved a settlement of nearly $3 million to the families of two people killed during a police chase, bringing the tot...
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Chicago agrees to pay $4 million in motorcyclist's deathJul 25, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The family of a motorcyclist who died after he hit a pothole and was thrown to the ground while riding through Chicago will receive $4 million from the ci...
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Bodycam video released in fatal Chicago police shootingJul 25, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago investigative agency released body-camera video Wednesday showing the fatal police shooting of a 24-year-old man who family lawyers say was unar...