Articles filed under Chicago
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'Preventable tragedy': Inverness family sues Peace Corps over daughter's malaria deathDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - Serving in the Peace Corps had been Bernice Heiderman's dream since high school. When the Northwest Suburban resident finally got accepted during her senior year of coll...
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Pastors, Chicago mayor talk about Black woman's botched raidDec 18, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Pastors disturbed over how Chicago police treated a Black woman whose home was the target of a wrong raid spoke with the mayor Friday, demanding more info...
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Police release video of botched raid on Chicago woman's homeDec 17, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Videos released Thursday by Chicago police depict disturbing scenes of officers wrongfully raiding the home of a Black woman who was not allowed to put on...
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Chicago IG says police misconduct cases improperly closedDec 17, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's inspector general said Thursday that most police misconduct investigations were closed for lacking sworn testimony even when other suitable evid...
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Teen charged in Chicago shooting that killed 1, wounded 4Dec 17, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder in a February shooting at a crowded Chicago convenience store in which a young nursing student was killed a...
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Teen charged in killing of retired Chicago firefighterDec 17, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 15-year-old made an initial court appearance Thursday on a murder charge in the death of a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant who was shot and k...
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Chicago mayor apologizes to woman for wrongful police raidDec 16, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot apologized Wednesday to a social worker whose home was wrongly raided by police officers who did not allow the woman to put o...
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37% of eligible Chicago students to attend in-person classDec 16, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Roughly 37% of eligible Chicago Public Schools students plan to return to in-person classes when the nation's third-largest school district begins reopeni...
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Round Lake Park man accused of revenge killing in ChicagoDec 16, 2020 12:00 am - A Round Lake Park man wanted revenge when he shot into a crowd of people in Chicago's Austin neighboorhood over the summer and killed a man he believed was responsible f...
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Judge tosses more drug convictions in Chicago cop scandalDec 15, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A judge on Tuesday threw out the felony drug convictions of six men who were framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant's team, bringing to 100 ...