Articles filed under Chicago
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Lawsuit: City's impound policy is 'racket'Apr 30, 2019 11:00 pm - Spencer Byrd's 1996 Cadillac DeVille meant a lot to the 51-year-old carpenter and part-time mechanic. Byrd, who lives in Harvey, kept most of his tools in the trunk and ...
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Suburban Chicago students protest classmates' blackface useApr 30, 2019 7:00 am - FLOSSMOOR, Ill. (AP) - Social media-posts reportedly showing students of a suburban Chicago high school in blackface and disparaging blacks prompted a walkout by their f...
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Police: Man fled in Uber after fatal Chicago I-55 crashApr 30, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Bond has been set at $100,000 for a suburban Chicago man who fled in a ride-hailing car after causing a fiery fatal crash on Interstate 55. Twenty-two-yea...
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Chicago police summer strategy: More visibilityApr 30, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police will be more visible along the lakefront, in parks and at train stations during the summer months in the hopes of reducing the spike in cri...
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City of Chicago sued over vehicle impound policyApr 30, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's vehicle impound policies are being challenged in a class-action lawsuit. Attorneys for the Institute for Justice claim in a lawsuit Tuesday the ...
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How Chicago police plan to combat summer spike in crimeApr 30, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago police will be more visible along the lakefront, in parks and at train stations during the summer months in the hopes of reducing the spike in crime that comes e...
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Lawyer says R. Kelly didn't show up for court because he can't readApr 30, 2019 1:00 am - R. Kelly's new lawyer says the embattled R&B superstar didn't show up to hearings in a sex abuse lawsuit because he can't read. The Sun-Times first reported that, on Apr...
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Foxx says there's no need for special prosecutor in Smollett caseApr 30, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx says that neither she nor her top deputy needs to appear at a hearing this week on a former judge's request to appoint a special pr...
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McDonald's turns to bacon and wins (surprise, surprise)Apr 30, 2019 1:00 am - McDonald's turned to a sure thing in the first quarter, bacon, and it paid off. Global rose 5.4% at stores open at least a year, a key metric of a retailer's health. Tha...
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Best Bets: Howie Mandel plays Arcada; Rosemont hosts rising country starsApr 28, 2019 7:32 am - British bulwark Actor Randy Otto performs as the iconic World War II British prime minister in his one-man show "Winston Churchill: The Blitz" at Elgin Community College...