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Chicago mayor makes pick for top copAug 13, 2023 1:00 am - Larry Snelling, the Chicago Police Department's 54-year-old counterterrorism chief, is Mayor Brandon Johnson's choice to be the city's new top cop. Determined to improve...
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As Johnson had promised, Chicago health leader Dr. Arwady fired over 'different views'Aug 12, 2023 1:00 am - Dr. Allison Arwady, the health commissioner who steered Chicago through the COVID-19 pandemic, was fired Friday, as Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson had promised because of...
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Inspired by attacks on bakery, state law allows doxing victims to sue online harassers for moneyAug 11, 2023 5:00 am - The UpRising Bakery and Cafe in Lake in the Hills made national news last year when its plan to hold an all-ages drag brunch sparked not just outcry and protests but thr...
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Sky no match for Liberty's hot start, lose 89-73Aug 11, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Breanna Stewart had 21 points and 12 rebounds to help the New York Liberty beat the Chicago Sky 89-73 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory. New Yo...
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Illinois Supreme Court upholds state's ban on semi-automatic weaponsAug 11, 2023 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court has upheld the state's ban on the sale or possession of the type of semi-automatic weapons used in hundreds of mass killings nat...
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After court ruling, local leaders say they will enforce state gun ban 'as any other statute'Aug 11, 2023 1:00 am - Local law enforcement officials said after Friday's Illinois Supreme Court ruling that they will enforce the state's ban on the sale of high-powered weapons, "We'll enfo...
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Harris to young activists: 'Your generation is critical' to ending gun violenceAug 11, 2023 1:00 am - Vice President Kamala Harris told young activists and leaders gathered in Chicago on Friday they mean "everything" to the future of solving the violence epidemic - as th...
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State mental health center renamed for Elizabeth Packard. Here's her story of exposing abuse.Aug 11, 2023 1:00 am - In June 1860, Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard was committed to the Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane in Jacksonville by her husband, a Calvinist minister, for, ...
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Pritzker vetos bill that would lift nuclear moratoriumAug 11, 2023 1:00 am - Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday vetoed a bill that would have enabled the construction of new nuclear reactors in Illinois for the first time in more than three decades. T...
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Madigan was 'different from any other politician I've seen,' FBI agent testifiesAug 10, 2023 1:00 am - Brendan O'Leary spent more than two decades working for the FBI - most of it in Chicago, and most of it investigating public corruption. But when it came to Illinois' fa...