Articles filed under Chicago
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In revealing new memoir, Michelle Obama candidly shares her storyNov 09, 2018 7:10 am - As Michelle Obama's highly anticipated memoir "Becoming" arrives, it's clear that the former first lady is occupying a space in the culture beyond politics. With an aren...
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Chicago man blamed for swastikas, charged with hate crimesNov 09, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago man has been charged with felony counts of committing a hate crime after a surveillance camera captured him scrawling the swastika symbol on pro...
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Likely El Chapo trial witness pleads guilty in ChicagoNov 09, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A former top lieutenant to Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and likely witness at the Mexican drug lord's New York trial has pleaded guilty to trafficking conspi...
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Former Chicago tanning salon owner pleads guilty in 2nd caseNov 09, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A former Chicago tanning salon operator convicted of sexually assaulting a former employee nearly 10 years ago has pleaded guilty to one count of criminal...
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Swastika sent to phones of students at Chicago-area schoolNov 09, 2018 6:00 am - OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) - Some students at a suburban Chicago high school received an image of a swastika on their smartphones days after racist graffiti was found scrawled ...
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Theater events: Danai Gurira's family comedy “Familiar” opens at SteppenwolfNov 09, 2018 5:00 am - Theatreworks USA returns to the McAninch Arts Center with its 60-minute, family-friendly production of the musical “Pete the Cat,” based on the children's series by Jam...
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Willie Wilson vows to re-open some of 50 schools Emanuel closedNov 08, 2018 10:00 pm - Mayoral candidate Willie Wilson vowed Friday to reopen at least some of the 50 schools closed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and blamed the record closings for the steady decline...
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$150,000 reward offered in 2 recent Chicago slayingsNov 08, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Police are hoping an offer of the largest reward in Chicago history will help them find whoever is responsible for the recent slayings of two men. ...
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US finds closed Chicago bank involved in massive fraudNov 08, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago bank that federal regulators shut down last year had been involved in an $82.6 million fraud scheme. An audit by the U.S. Treasury Department's ...
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Ex-Mexican officer-turned-cartel mole sentenced in ChicagoNov 08, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge in Chicago handed a more than three-year prison sentence Thursday to a former Mexican intelligence-unit commander on charges he divulged A...