Articles filed under Chicago
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Father admits striking 3-month-old son at relative's Mount Prospect homeJan 10, 2018 12:00 am - A father from Chicago admitted on Wednesday that he struck his 3-month-old son on the back with his fist last September while he, the baby and the baby's mother were sta...
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Man accused in Facebook video torture faces new chargeJan 10, 2018 12:00 am - One of the men accused of beating and torturing a mentally disabled man last year in an attack broadcast on Facebook is facing a new battery charge following a recent ja...
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Another $9.3 million settlement added to mountain of Burge torture claimsJan 09, 2018 10:00 pm - It's been 25 years since former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge was fired by the city for overseeing a "midnight crew" that systematically tortured African-American s...
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Exonerated men ask court for certificates of innocenceJan 09, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Fifteen Chicago men whose convictions were thrown out in November are asking for certificates of innocence. The drug convictions were tossed following all...
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Wisconsin launches ads to lure Chicago millennials northJan 09, 2018 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gov. Scott Walker's job-creation agency has launched a push to convince Chicago-area millennials to leave the big city and relocate to Wisconsin in ...
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Police: 1 child dead, 1 seriously injured in Chicago crashJan 09, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Police say a 6-year-old boy is dead and an 8-year-old boy was seriously injured after being ejected from an SUV during a crash in Chicago. Police say a 28...
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Man resentenced to 75 years in teen's Chicago shooting deathJan 09, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Cook County judge has resentenced a man to 75 years in prison for the 2007 shooting death of a high school student on a Chicago bus. Judge Matthew Coghl...
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University group announces opposition to Obama CenterJan 09, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The proposed Obama Presidential Center has aroused the opposition of a group of University of Chicago professors, faculty and staff. About 120 people have...
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Caterpillar names Deerfield its headquarters in SEC filingJan 09, 2018 6:00 am - DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Caterpillar Inc. for the first time has officially listed its address with the Securities and Exchange Commission as being in the Chicago suburb o...
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Man's conviction tossed in Chicago in 1995 gang killingJan 09, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a 41-year-old who spent more than half of his life in custody amid continued scrutiny over the pr...