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Sep 17, 2024
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday made his first public appearance since Sunday's second apparent assassination attempt against him, speaking to an crowd chanting "God bless Trump!" and "Fight, Fight, Fight."
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Sep 17, 2024
Former President Donald Trump gave his Secret Service detail short notice that he would be golfing at his course in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, causing agents to forgo a scan of the perimeter, according to two people familiar with the events.
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Sep 17, 2024
Illinois legislators who went on a Chicago River cruise to the site of a proposed White Sox stadium said they remain skeptical on the prospects for public funding.
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Sep 17, 2024
A Republican who once headed the Chicago law firm Mayer Brown, Ty Fahner was a leader in Chicago's civic affairs.
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Sep 17, 2024
CO2 pipelines and storage are part of a burgeoning climate industry encouraged under federal climate law but mistrusted by many farmers and environmentalists.
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Sep 17, 2024
Schools, government buildings and elected officials' homes in Springfield, Ohio were among the targets of more than 30 hoax threats made last week that forced evacuations and closures.
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Sep 17, 2024
A key employee who labeled a doomed experimental submersible unsafe prior to its last, fatal voyage testified Tuesday that the tragedy could have been prevented if a federal safety agency had investigated his complaint.
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Sep 17, 2024
Ford Heights Mayor Charles Griffin testified in his defense Tuesday on charges he stole nearly $150,000 for personal use,
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Sep 17, 2024
Pagers used by hundreds of members of the group Hezbollah exploded near simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday, killing at least nine people - including an 8-year-old girl.
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Sep 17, 2024
The committee made the rare decision to overrule the local alderman, and opted to instead side with the Archdiocese of Chicago and defer acting on the proposal.
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Sep 17, 2024
Authorities shifted their strategy Tuesday while trying to track down an interstate highway shooter in Kentucky, pulling searchers from the woods to bolster patrols in communities near where the gunman opened fire.
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Sep 17, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday decried Republican Donald Trump for inflammatory rhetoric about migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and on other topics, saying voters should make sure he "can't have that microphone again."
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Sep 17, 2024
Sean "Diddy" Combs has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.
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Sep 17, 2024
Dawn Michelle Hunt was sentenced to life in a Chinese prison after falling victim to a drug trafficking scheme a decade ago. Her brother is making his first public plea for her release on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
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Sep 17, 2024
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Sep 17, 2024
The Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in one of Chicago's most closely-followed low-level felony cases when attorneys for Jussie Smollett appeared before the state's highest court in Springfield seeking to overturn his convictions nearly three years after he was convicted of staging a fake hate crime.
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Sep 17, 2024
Brian and Sandra Marolt McCarty established a memorial scholarship for the late Oak Lawn High School band director Charles Yara.
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Sep 17, 2024
Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico rose slightly in August, authorities said.
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Sep 17, 2024
The St. Louis region led the nation's largest metro areas in growing its immigrant population last year, according to new census data.
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Sep 17, 2024
Instagram is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects young people's lives.
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Sep 17, 2024
Florida law enforcement will launch a state-level criminal probe of the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday.
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Sep 17, 2024
Sean "Diddy" Combs has been charged with sex trafficking and racketeering, according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.
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Sep 17, 2024
A federal jury will hear closing arguments Tuesday in the case of ex-AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza, who is accused of secretly funneling payments to an ally of then-House Speaker Michael Madigan in an effort to win the powerful Democrat's support of key legislation in Springfield.
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Sep 17, 2024
A federal jury heard closing arguments Tuesday in the case of ex-AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza, who is accused of secretly funneling payments to an ally of then-House Speaker Michael Madigan in an effort to win the powerful Democrat's support of key legislation in Springfield.
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Sep 17, 2024
A federal jury hears closing arguments Tuesday in the case of ex-AT&T Illinois boss Paul La Schiazza, who is accused of secretly funneling payments to an ally of then-House Speaker Michael Madigan in an effort to win the powerful Democrat's support of key legislation in Springfield.
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Sep 17, 2024
The ambulances had left the block by 9 p.m. Monday, but blinking red and green letters still flashed and spun to advertise Body Factory Nutrition while police clustered in the intersection of South Laflin and West 51st Streets. Four people, including a 13-year-old girl, were shot inside the New City business, which advertised Zumba class by its entrance, around 8:30 p.m. Monday. A half hour after the shooting, officers had taped off the apartment building the business occupied and a grassy lot on the south side of 51st Street. Inside the studio a woman was silhouetted standing beneath a garland […]
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Sep 17, 2024
Chicago police responded to a call of shots fired Monday night in the Back of the Yards neighborhood where at least four victims were shot including a 13-year-old girl. Shortly before 8:30 p.m., the victims told officers they were inside a business in the 1500 block of West 51st Street when they heard gunfire and the windows breaking, A 13-year-old girl suffered wounds to the lower back, and was taken to Comer Children's Hospital in fair condition A 48-year-old woman suffered wounds to the upper left arm, and was taken in good condition to UChicago Medicine. A 29-year-old woman was […]
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Sep 17, 2024
A 37-year-old woman was fatally wounded overnight when gunfire from outside veered into her residence in the Roseland neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, the victim was inside a residence in the 10100 block of South Aberdeen Street when she was struck to the chest by gunfire from outside. pol\ice said. She […]
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Sep 17, 2024
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Sep 17, 2024
On the Far South Side, Steelworkers Park and the Calumet sewage plant are among the unexpected sites in the city that offer prime birdwatching during the fall migration.
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Sep 17, 2024
Wadee Al Fayoumi was brutally stabbed to death in Plainfield and his mother was hospitalized in the attack. Their landlord was charged with hate crimes.
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Sep 17, 2024
Wadee Al Fayoumi was brutally stabbed to death in Plainfield and his mother was hospitalized in the attack. Their landlord was charged with hate crimes.
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Sep 17, 2024
Today's Sports Highlight in History: xx On this date:
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Sep 17, 2024
On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
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Sep 16, 2024
Sean "Diddy" Combs faces federal charges in New York, his lawyer said late Monday.
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Sep 16, 2024
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday launched his family's cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, with an interview on the X social media platform in which he also gave his first public comments on the apparent assassination attempt against him a day earlier.
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Sep 16, 2024
A pipeline explosion near Houston erupted in a towering flame over neighborhoods for hours on Monday, forcing evacuations and shelter orders and melting playground equipment.
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Sep 16, 2024
Kentrell Brown faces three felony charges of armed robbery and single counts of home invasion with a firearm, carjacking and armed kidnapping, police said.
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Sep 16, 2024
An autopsy found bronchial asthma and heat stress were the chief causes of the death of an inmate at Stateville Correctional Center.
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Sep 16, 2024
Former Outcome co-founder and CEO Rishi Shah was supposed to surrender himself Sept. 26 to begin his sentence.
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Sep 16, 2024
Former Outcome co-founder and CEO Rishi Shah was supposed to surrender himself Sept. 26 to begin his sentence.
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Sep 16, 2024
The mayor defended former progressive organizer Kennedy Bartley, whose appointment to head up his intergovernmental affairs office set off the controversy.
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Sep 16, 2024
Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said "no one is even trying to assassinate" President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump while he was playing golf.
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Sep 16, 2024
TikTok faced off with the U.S. government in federal court on Monday, arguing a law that could ban the platform in a few short months is unconstitutional.
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Sep 16, 2024
Washington state went to court Monday to try to block a proposed merger between Albertsons and Kroger, saying shoppers would pay hundreds of millions more for groceries each year if the supermarket chains are no longer closely competing.
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Sep 16, 2024
A probate court in Nevada is set to begin reviewing evidence behind closed doors in a case that could determine who will control Rupert Murdoch's media empire after his death.
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Sep 16, 2024
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy assured state election officials that he'll work with them to handle their warnings of problems with election mail delivery during the primary season, while insisting that the Postal Service will be ready for the flood of mail-in ballots ahead of the November election.
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Sep 16, 2024
Wednesday's City Council meeting could offer two chances for aldermen to voice their support for ShotSpotter.
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Sep 16, 2024
The FBI said former President Donald Trump was the target of "what appears to be an attempted assassination " at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life.
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Sep 16, 2024
Among the last words heard from the crew of an experimental submersible headed for the wreck of the Titanic were "all good here," according to a visual re-creation of the journey of the Titan before it imploded, killing all five on board.
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Sep 16, 2024
Republican Liz Cheney is "laser-focused" on a resounding defeat of GOP nominee Donald Trump in this year's presidential race.
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Sep 16, 2024
The Indian Head Park Heritage Center, a 150-year-old building that is home to the village's public library, has been closed since June.
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Sep 16, 2024
For decades the bells at All Saints Episcopal Church in Western Springs signaled kids it was time for lunch or dinner, until last year.
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Sep 16, 2024
The alternative rock band Jane's Addiction has scuttled its latest tour following an onstage scuffle between lead singer Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro.
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Sep 16, 2024
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Sep 16, 2024
A former supervisor with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the city, alleging that he was fired last month after raising concerns of anti-police bias and unprofessionalism within the agency.
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Sep 16, 2024
Most Joliet public schools will operate remotely Monday after violent threats were posted on social media.
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Sep 16, 2024
Among the last words heard from the crew of an experimental submersible headed for the wreck of the Titanic were "all good here," according to a visual re-creation of the journey of the Titan before it imploded, killing all five on board.
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Sep 16, 2024
Police said the man, who was between 18 and 22 years old, was given medical aid at the scene but died soon after officers arrived
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Sep 16, 2024
Residents of the Near South Side should park in well-lit areas and away from large vehicles, which may offer privacy for thieves
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Sep 16, 2024
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Sept. 14, 2024.
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Sep 16, 2024
Monday marks 50 days until the 2024 presidential election in a campaign that was already among the most turbulent in American history even before Donald Trump faced an apparent assassination attempt for the second time.
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Sep 16, 2024
Ryan Routh portrayed himself online as a man who built housing for homeless people in Hawaii, tried to recruit fighters for Ukraine to defend itself against Russia, and described his support and then disdain for Donald Trump — even urging Iran to kill him.
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Sep 16, 2024
Longtime Springfield insider Tom Cullen will face cross-examination Monday in the trial of a former AT&T Illinois boss accused of bribing House Speaker Michael Madigan by funneling payments the speaker's ally through Cullen's lobbying firm.
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Sep 16, 2024
The trial of a former AT&T Illinois boss accused of bribing House Speaker Michael Madigan is winding down as jury sees key evidence.
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Sep 16, 2024
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Sep 16, 2024
Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson 5, has died at age 70.
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Sep 16, 2024
A federal trial set to begin Sept. 16 in East St. Louis poses the latest test for Illinois' sweeping gun ban.
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Sep 16, 2024
Mayor Johnson pledged to create 398 civilian Police Department jobs in his 2024 budget, but only 51 of those roles have been filled.
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Sep 16, 2024
Mayor Johnson pledged to create 398 civilian Police Department jobs in his 2024 budget, but only 51 of those roles have been filled.
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Sep 16, 2024
2000 — Sammy Sosa becomes the second player to hit 50 or more home runs in three consecutive years, joining Mark McGwire.
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Sep 16, 2024
On Sept. 16, 1893, the largest land run in U.S. history occurred as more than 100,000 white settlers rushed to claim over more than 6 million acres of land in what is now northern Oklahoma.
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Sep 15, 2024
Ryan Wesley Routh, the 58-year-old man who was arrested Sunday in connection with what the FBI described as an attempted assassination on former President Donald Trump, had expressed the desire to fight and die in Ukraine.
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Sep 15, 2024
Here are five things to know about what happened Sunday to the Republican presidential nominee.
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Sep 15, 2024
The Trump campaign on Sunday said former President Donald Trump is "safe following gunshots in his vicinity."
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Sep 15, 2024
The Trump campaign on Sunday said former President Donald Trump is "safe following gunshots in his vicinity."
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Sep 15, 2024
Despite Chicago officials' efforts to reduce Mexican Independence Day car caravans this year, the annual festivities prompted the city to implement sudden road closures downtown Saturday evening..
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Sep 15, 2024
The Trump campaign on Sunday said former President Donald Trump is "safe following gunshots in his vicinity."
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Sep 15, 2024
Officials advise drivers to plan ahead and allow extra time when traveling.
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Sep 15, 2024
The Trump campaign on Sunday said former President Donald Trump is "safe following gunshots in his vicinity."
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Sep 15, 2024
Kamala Harris spent five days getting ready for the presidential debate at a hotel in downtown Pittsburgh after a breakneck few weeks of campaigning.
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Sep 15, 2024
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance did not back away on Sunday from the false claims he and Donald Trump have been making that Haitians in an Ohio community are abducting and eating pets.
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Sep 15, 2024
"Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" easily topped the domestic box office charts again with $51.6 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Sep 15, 2024
Ileana has weakened to a tropical depression, the National Hurricane Center said Sunday.
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Sep 15, 2024
A scuffle between members of the groundbreaking alternative rock band Jane's Addiction came amid "tension and animosity" during their reunion tour, lead singer Perry Farrell's wife said Saturday.
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Sep 15, 2024
"Shogun" could be in for an epic night, "The Bear" could clean up for the second time in less than a year, and "Baby Reindeer" has gone from dark horse to contender as the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards arrive on Sunday.
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Sep 15, 2024
Four years and a handful of hospitalizations later (for intestinal and pulmonary problems), Pope Francis finally pulled off an 11-day trip through Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore.
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Sep 15, 2024
A billionaire spacewalker returned to Earth with his crew on Sunday, ending a five-day trip that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA's moonwalkers.
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Sep 15, 2024
At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authorities said Sunday.
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Sep 15, 2024
Groups in Illinois providing harm reduction services are in line for at least $15 million from settlements between states and prescription drug companies.
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Sep 15, 2024
What will change — for new solar roof owners only — is they will get smaller bill credits for the excess solar they produce and export to the the grid.
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Sep 15, 2024
The state's sweeping bail reform measure took effect one year ago on this coming Wednesday, eliminating money as a factor in whether a defendant is released from prison while awaiting trial and ushering in broad changes in how pretrial justice is handled.
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Sep 15, 2024
As society struggles to kick it's addiction to fossil fuels, scientists are exploring geoengineering strategies like deflecting the sun's rays.
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Sep 15, 2024
In Little Egypt, a romance between a pastor and his parishioner led to a double murder in 1924.
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Sep 15, 2024
2021 — US gymnasts, including Simone Biles, testify against former team doctor Larry Nassar at a Senate Committee hearing, criticizing a system that allowed it to happen.
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Sep 15, 2024
On Sept. 15, 1963, four Black girls were killed when a bomb went off during Sunday services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. (Three Ku Klux Klansmen were eventually convicted for their roles in the blast.)
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Sep 14, 2024
The sounds of a guitar and accordion from Chicago band, Los K-Bros, filled Grant Park Saturday afternoon, as thousands of revelers jumped inside bounce houses, browsed shops and sampled quesadillas and elotes to celebrate Mexican Independence Day at the "El Grito" festival downtown. "We came to celebrate our ethnicity," said Liz Castelan, a 37-year-old resident […]
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Sep 14, 2024
Prosecutors on Saturday said DNA and forensic evidence tied a 20-year-old Auburn Gresham to a two-year-old triple homicide in the Morgan Park neighborhood that authorities believe began as a home invasion. Zavier Jacquel Griffin faces charges for first-degree murder, home invasion, residential burglary and armed robbery in the early April 2022 attack that left Arteria […]
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Sep 14, 2024
Dick Cheney's partisan loyalties were cast aside in extraordinary fashion last week when he endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris for the White House.
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Sep 14, 2024
Thousands of people lined the streets in the Turkish coastal town of Didim on the Aegean Sea, as Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was buried in a coffin draped in a Turkish flag.
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