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Chicago state senator indicted in red-light camera scandalSep 20, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago state senator was indicted Tuesday on federal charges that he sought a bribe to oppose legislation that would have required a statewide evaluati...
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Chicago Fire Department says 6 people injured in apartment explosionSep 20, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Fire Department says 6 people injured in apartment explosion. ...
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Officials: 8 injured in Chicago apartment building explosionSep 20, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Eight people were rushed to hospitals after being injured when an explosion Tuesday tore through the top floor of a Chicago apartment building, officials ...
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State Sen. Emil Jones III hit with federal bribery charges tied to red-light camera investigationSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - State Sen. Emil Jones III has been hit with federal bribery charges as part of a yearslong investigation involving the politically connected red-light camera company Saf...
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Cook County deputy and boyfriend indictedSep 20, 2022 1:00 am - A Cook County sheriff's deputy and her boyfriend have been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug charges, officials announced Thursday. Bridgett Massey, 35, and Sean ...
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Steelworker dies after industrial accident at Indiana millSep 19, 2022 7:00 am - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - A steelworker who was injured last week in an industrial accident at a northwest Indiana steel mill has died at a Chicago hospital, officials s...
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US contractor freed by Taliban in swap for drug traffickerSep 19, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - An American contractor held hostage in Afghanistan for more than two years has been released in exchange for a convicted Taliban drug lord jailed in th...
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What really happens when cash bail ends? Task force preparing, but amendments may comeSep 17, 2022 3:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, cash bail will be abolished in Illinois. The measure that will eliminate it has been on the books since early 2021, giving the jus...
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2 Chicago cops charged in shooting that wounded unarmed manSep 16, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two Chicago police officers face felony charges for allegedly shooting and seriously wounding an unarmed man during a July shootout on the city's southwes...
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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this weekSep 16, 2022 7:00 am - A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media...