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Veldarin Jackson, Sr., center, talks about receiving the call that his mother, Janice Reed, had died as his wife Adjoa Jackson, left, becomes emotional, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Chicago. Reed was one of the three senior victims who died in a Rogers Park building where residents complained of heat. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office has yet to determine the causes of death for the three women on May 14. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Deaths of 3 Women in Early Heat Wave Raise Questions, Fears
  • 31 May 2022
Temperatures barely climbed into the 90s and only for a couple of days.
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Deaths of 3 Women in Early Heat Wave Raise Questions, Fears
FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2020, image from Chicago Transit Authority video provided by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, police officers attend to Ariel Roman, bottom right, after he was shot by Chicago police in a subway station in Chicago. Chicago Police officer Melvina Bogard, who shot Roman, an unarmed man, in the back as he tried to escape capture by running up an escalator last year has been charged with felony aggravated battery with a firearm and official misconduct, prosecutors said Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021.  (Chicago Transit Authority via AP File)
Chicago Police Officer Charged in Downtown Subway Shooting
  • 5 August 2021
A Chicago police officer who shot an unarmed man in the back as he tried...
  • AP News
Chicago Police Officer Charged in Downtown Subway Shooting
This June 13, 2021 photo provided by the Forest Preserve District of Will County in Naperville, Ill., shows a tree at Whalon Lake Dog Park in Naperville that dog owner Asher Thomas sprayed, along with over a dozen other trees, with a pruning sealer that he thought would prevent further damage after another dog owner's German shepherd had gnawed away the bark. Thomas is accused of "altering flora" and was ticketed by Forest Preserve police with a $225 fine. (Anthony Schalk/Forest Preserve District of Will County via AP)
Man Ticketed in Suburban Chicago Dog Park for Tree Treatment
  • 30 June 2021
A man who said he sprayed trees in a suburban Chicago park to protect them...
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Man Ticketed in Suburban Chicago Dog Park for Tree Treatment
Police Overseers Fire 4 Officers in McDonald-Related Case
  • 19 July 2019
The nine-member board found the officers exaggerated the threat posed by the 17-year-old McDonald to...
  • AP News
Police Overseers Fire 4 Officers in McDonald-Related Case
Chicago skyline.
US Customs Agents Seize Rat Meat at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport
  • 3 July 2019
Customs officials prohibit the entry of African meats to prevent the spread of African swine...
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US Customs Agents Seize Rat Meat at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport
Argument at Chicago Hospital Erupts Into Deadly Shooting
  • 20 November 2018
The attacker, Juan Lopez, also died Monday but it was not clear if he took...
  • AP News
Argument at Chicago Hospital Erupts Into Deadly Shooting
police officer
Chicago Police: Shots Fired Near Hospital, Multiple Victims
  • 19 November 2018
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said at least one potential suspect was shot but offered no...
  • AP News
Chicago Police: Shots Fired Near Hospital, Multiple Victims
Some Kids Killed in Chicago Fire Were There for Sleepover
  • 27 August 2018
The cause of the fire remains under investigation but there's no indication that it was...
  • AP News
Some Kids Killed in Chicago Fire Were There for Sleepover
Feet sticking out of drawer in morgue
Did 600 Murders Take Place in Chicago Last Weekend?
  • 15 August 2018
Omarosa Manigault said that 600 murders took place in Chicago during the second weekend of...
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Did 600 Murders Take Place in Chicago Last Weekend?
Will UN Peacekeepers Be Deployed on the Streets of Chicago? There are no plans to put UN Peacekeeper boots on the ground in Chicago.
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Will UN Peacekeepers Be Deployed on the Streets of Chicago?
Judges to Examine if Drug Stash-House Stings Racially Biased
  • 14 December 2017
A question about whether federal agents stage phony stash-house stings overwhelmingly in black neighborhoods is...
  • AP News
Judges to Examine if Drug Stash-House Stings Racially Biased
16-year-old from Minnesota Finally Identified as Victim of John Wayne Gacy
  • 20 July 2017
Jimmy Haakenson is one of eight previously unidentified victims found under the serial killer's Chicago-area...
  • AP News
16-year-old from Minnesota Finally Identified as Victim of John Wayne Gacy
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