Articles filed under Chicago
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Protesters sue Chicago Police over 'brutal, violent' tacticsNov 19, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Activists who protested in Chicago over George Floyd's death and the killing by police of other Blacks across the U.S. filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing c...
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Chicago park renamed for abolitionist Frederick DouglassNov 19, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A sprawling park on Chicago's West Side will now bear the name of 19th century abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Anna Murray-Douglass and not that of a...
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Constable: Drone view of city and suburbs comes to WTTWNov 19, 2020 4:00 am - Any of us who have flown into Chicago have gazed out the airplane window and tried to spot landmarks, expressways or maybe even our house. “It's hard to get your bearing...
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Chicago police release video in drive-by shooting of boy, 5Nov 18, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Video released by Chicago police after a 5-year-old boy was shot in the head while playing on an iPad at home shows that an SUV drove past the apartment b...
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Hacker closing out prison sentence in Chicago halfway houseNov 18, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Computer hacker Jeremy Hammond, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for breaking into computer systems of security firms and law-enforcement agencies...
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HUD official to Chicago: delay shredder's final permitNov 18, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago should delay a final operating permit to the owner of a scrap shredder while the government looks into whether a pending move to the city's southe...
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Madigan confidant and ex-ComEd CEO among those charged with briberyNov 18, 2020 12:00 am - In another blow to embattled House Speaker Michael Madigan, his Springfield confidant, Michael McClain, was charged with bribery Wednesday, along with former ComEd CEO A...
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Chicago's Shedd Aquarium closing through end of yearNov 17, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Shedd Aquarium will voluntarily close to the public through the new year as part of a commitment to the health and safety of the Chicago community, th...
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Chicago schools to resume to in-person classes in JanuaryNov 17, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools will resume in-person learning in January, noting that remote learning instituted in March due to COVID-19 has not well-served many...
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Chicago police: 5-year-old shot in head in drive-by shootingNov 17, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 5-year-old Chicago boy has been hospitalized in critical condition after he was shot in the head in a drive-by shooting as he sat on a couch at home pla...