Articles filed under Chicago
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Immigrant sues Chicago police alleging gang database errorJul 11, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Mexican immigrant ordered to leave the U.S. this month filed a lawsuit against Chicago police Tuesday, alleging he was wrongly listed in a gang database...
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Chicago woman gets probation for dropping baby to her deathJul 11, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago woman who threw her newborn from a window because she feared her Muslim parents from Pakistan wouldn't approve of her pregnancy has been sentenc...
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Drug convictions tossed due to Chicago cop's corruptionJul 11, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two men with drug convictions have had their verdicts vacated because of a former Chicago police officer's corruption. Former Sgt. Ronald Watts was known ...
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APNewsBreak: Priest who abused child still working with kidsJul 11, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Claretians Roman Catholic order has settled a lawsuit from a man sexually abused as a 6-year-old by a teenager who later became a prominent priest in ...
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Man gets 55-year prison sentence for murder of his motherJul 11, 2017 7:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A 55-year prison sentence has been handed a suburban Chicago man convicted in the 2013 shooting death of his mother. DuPage County Circuit Judge Dan...
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The Latest: Lawsuit challenges Chicago police gang databaseJul 11, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on a federal lawsuit involving the Chicago Police Department's gang database (all times local): 2:15 p.m. A Mexican immigrant brought to the U....
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Chicago police investigate free heroin sample distributionJul 11, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Police say "free samples" of tainted heroin may have resulted in the hospitalization of at least eight people in Chicago over the weekend due to overdoses...
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Chicago woman shot as she slept in her apartmentJul 11, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago woman was fatally shot as she slept in her South Side apartment. Police say a man fired several shots into the apartment in the Washington Park ...
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The Latest: Lawyer: Ex-cop not guilty in Chicago death caseJul 10, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on the indictment of a Chicago police officer and two former officers stemming from the death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald (all times local):...
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Activists charged after banner hung at Chicago's Trump TowerJul 10, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors have brought felony charges against four of six Greenpeace activists accused of unfurling a banner from Trump Tower in Chicago to protest the ...