Articles filed under Chicago
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Ostrowski: Cubs' problem is erratic offenseJul 01, 2017 1:00 am - Thirty-six of the last 37 days have been spent lingering in the range of two games above .500 to two games below for the Cubs. Excuses or just sound reasoning, we've hea...
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Train with oil tanker cars derails outside ChicagoJun 30, 2017 7:00 am - PLAINFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a freight train that included cars transporting crude oil has derailed outside Chicago. The Plainfield Fire Department is respond...
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Chicago police, feds team up on new effort to curb violenceJun 30, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police, federal agents and prosecutors launched an initiative Friday aimed at stemming the flow of illegal firearms in the city as part of efforts...
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The Latest: Feds prosecuting most Chicago gun cases in yearsJun 30, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on a local and federal initiative to curb gun violence in Chicago (all times local): 3:20 p.m. Authorities say a growing partnership between fe...
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More than 1,000 extra police on streets for holiday weekendJun 30, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say they'll put more than 1,000 extra officers on the street during the long Fourth of July weekend in the hopes of stemming the violence o...
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Off-duty police officer who pinned teen placed on leaveJun 30, 2017 7:00 am - LANSING, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago police officer captured on video pinning a black teenager to the ground and threatening him for trespassing has been placed on le...
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Chicago-area teens charged with giving 5-yr-old cannabisJun 29, 2017 7:00 am - WARRENVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Two teenage brothers have been charged with allegedly giving their 5-year-old nephew a marijuana joint after locking themselves in a bathroom at...
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Search of Chicago waterway turns up no Asian carp so farJun 29, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Officials say an intensive search so far has turned up no additional Asian carp in a Chicago-area waterway system where one of the invasive fish recently ...
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Ted Cruz finds a doppelganger in Cubs owner Tom RickettsJun 29, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A photo of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts has some people seeing double over the two men's remarkable resemblance. Cruz tweeted...
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Judge: Statements by Chicago officer to detective admissibleJun 29, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A judge says statements a Chicago police officer made to a detective shortly after fatally shooting a black teenager can be used by prosecutors at the off...