Articles filed under Chicago
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'16 Shots' documentary to premiere at University of ChicagoJun 04, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A year ago, filmmaker Richard Rowley was able to sell to the cable network Showtime a documentary about the 2014 fatal shooting of Chicago teenager Laquan...
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Man sentenced to 32 years for sex-trafficking Chicago teenJun 04, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man convicted of sex-trafficking a Chicago teenager who was later strangled has been sentenced to 32 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson...
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Chicago-area man gets more than 27 years for sex traffickingJun 04, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has sentenced a suburban Chicago man to more than 27 years in prison in a sex trafficking case. Federal prosecutors in Chicago said Monday...
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California businessman convicted of fraud in Chicago courtJun 04, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Federal jurors in Chicago have convicted a Silicon Valley businessman of defrauding investors in his computer companies of more than $5 million after earn...
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Chicago Alderman Burke pleads not guilty in corruption caseJun 04, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - One of the most powerful aldermen in Chicago's history has pleaded not guilty to federal political corruption charges. Alderman Edward M. Burke entered th...
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Spotlight: Angela Ingersoll channels Judy Garland in Marriott cabaret performanceJun 04, 2019 6:00 am - Get happy Joseph Jefferson Award-winner Angela Ingersoll, an Emmy Award nominee for her 2018 PBS special, brings her tribute to Hollywood legend Judy Garland to the...
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Meet Emma Boettcher, the Chicago librarian who dethroned 'Jeopardy!' champ James HolzhauerJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - Emma Boettcher has spent a lot of time thinking about what makes a “Jeopardy!” clue difficult. The 70-page final paper she wrote in 2016 as the capstone for her master's...
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Chicago Alderman Burke pleads not guilty in corruption caseJun 04, 2019 1:00 am - One of the most powerful aldermen in Chicago's history has pleaded not guilty to federal political corruption charges. Alderman Edward M. Burke entered the plea Tuesday ...
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Pritzker: Forget downtown, put Chicago casino in area that has 'been left out, left behind'Jun 03, 2019 11:00 pm - Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday he would prefer a newly-allowed Chicago casino be located separately from the downtown business district and away from McCormick Place. Wh...
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Flight from El Paso, Texas, to Chicago turns back twiceJun 03, 2019 7:00 am - EL PASO, Texas (AP) - An American Airlines flight from El Paso, Texas, to Chicago turned back twice, apparently because of the same faulty mechanical-problem warning. Fl...