Articles filed under Chicago
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Police keep marchers off major Chicago expresswayAug 15, 2020 7:00 am - A march that could have snarled traffic on Chicago's South Side on Saturday turned out to be a lot less disruptive than expected when police kept protesters off of the m...
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One night in 1988, Jim Thompson twisted arms to keep the Sox in ChicagoAug 15, 2020 1:00 am - Time didn't just stand still for the White Sox in 1988. It went backward. The clock on the wall of the Illinois House of Representatives chamber read 12:03 a.m. when the...
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Chicago convenience store ransacked twice since MayAug 14, 2020 7:00 am - Security cameras captured the pillaging of a West Side Chicago convenience store hours after Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned vandals that the city would hold them accountabl...
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How the deal to turn McCormick Place into a $66M field hospital happenedAug 14, 2020 1:00 am - Taxpayers spent nearly $66 million fashioning McCormick Place into an emergency coronavirus hospital with 2,750 beds this past spring amid fears that COVID-19 patients w...
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Chicago Police post looting videos to identify suspectsAug 12, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police started giving people another look Wednesday at the looting that happened downtown and around the city this week and are hoping they will r...
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Chicago police: Driver struck pedestrian twice, killing herAug 12, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man was ordered held Wednesday for using an SUV to strike and kill a pedestrian and injure her daughter while they walked along a Chicago street. During...
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Chicago mayor names committee to review public monumentsAug 12, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday announced the formation of a committee to review the city's monuments three weeks after ordering the removal of ...
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Jazz Showcase owner Joe Segal diesAug 12, 2020 1:00 am - Joe Segal, the Chicago impresario who promoted jazz for more than seven decades, died Monday at 94, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Mr. Segal, whose love affair with...
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Wind knocks down wall of fire-gutted historic Chicago churchAug 11, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Strong winds caused additional damage to a historic Chicago church but may have also swept in a badly needed 'œblessing'ť for a sanctuary where Mahalia Ja...
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Lack of body cameras fuels suspicion in Chicago shootingAug 11, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A police force with a history of brutality and racism created a new crime-fighting team, but on one of its first forays into the streets, the group did no...