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View ArticleCity watchdog’s harsh report on Chicago police handling of George Floyd...
The scathing inspector general report on how Chicago police handled the George Floyd protests last spring drew sharp responses from across the city.
View ArticleThousands of Chicago vaccination appointments postponed after ‘really...
Thousands of COVID-19 vaccination appointments in Chicago must be rescheduled as the city on Thursday evening still awaited delayed shipments stemming from a winter storm that pummeled the Midwest this...
View ArticleDaywatch: Thousands of Chicago vaccinations postponed, Madigan resigns from...
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View Article10 years of Madigan coverage: Read the Tribune’s investigations into...
The Tribune has spent the last decade chronicling how Madigan operates, including how he places allies in taxpayer-funded jobs.
View ArticleGroups pushing for civilian oversight of CPD lambast Mayor Lori Lightfoot...
In a rare joint statement, the two groups pushing separate versions of a civilian police oversight ordinance in Chicago on Thursday accused Mayor Lori Lightfoot of blocking progress on the now...
View ArticleFire in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood injures 7 firefighters
Seven firefighters were injured, some of them suffering minor burns, when an extra-alarm fire in the Bridgeport neighborhood “flashed over” as a large part of the interior of a coach house caught fire...
View Article7 firefighters hurt as ‘Mayday’ called during extra-alarm fire in Bridgeport...
Six fighters were injured, some of them suffering minor burns, when an extra-alarm fire in the Bridgeport neighborhood “flashed over” as a large part of the interior of a coach house caught fire all at...
View ArticleJudge tosses bribery counts in case related to ex-Clerk Dorothy Brown
A federal judge on Friday dismissed several bribery charges against the owner of a Pennsylvania debt-collection business accused of steering money to then-Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy...
View ArticleMan identified after body found during fire on Far South Side
The identity of a 58-year-old man was released Friday after he was found during a fire in the Brainerd neighborhood on the city’s Far South Side.
View ArticleMetra equipment train derails at Museum Campus, no injuries
A Metra train heading toward Millennium Station derailed Friday morning near the Museum Campus/11th Street stop, according to Metra Electric.
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends spending $281.5 million in federal...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended Friday the city’s decision to use $281.5 million in federal CARES Act money on Chicago police payroll costs, saying criticism from progressive aldermen and community...
View ArticleHunger strikers see glimmer of hope as Lightfoot asks EPA for advice about...
Chicago hunger strikers over scrap metal shredder see glimmer of hope as Mayor Lori Lightfoot asks EPA for advice on permit
View ArticleColumn: Female faculty wrote a brave letter to Northwestern about sexual...
It would have been easy for the professors to wring their hands in private and remain tight-lipped in public. I’m glad they chose the courageous path.
View ArticleIllinois surpasses 2 million COVID-19 vaccinations, but 7-day average down...
More than 2 million COVID-19 vaccinations have now been administered in Illinois, public health officials reported Friday.
View ArticleFord City Mall worker shot, seriously injured
A person was shot inside the Ford City Mall Friday afternoon on the Southwest Side, fire officials said.
View ArticleSuburbanites are getting COVID-19 vaccine appointments on Chicago’s South and...
Desperate for COVID-19 vaccines, some suburbanites are driving to Chicago's South and West sides to get the shots. But is that ethical?
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot said she has ‘1,000% confidence’ in Chicago police...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday she has “1,000% confidence” in Chicago police Superintendent David Brown despite a scathing inspector general this week that faulted his department’s handling of last...
View ArticleColumn: Every day at sunrise, 3 Chicago women are ‘swimming through’ the...
The ecstasy of swimming through a Chicago winter on Lake Michigan.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: State surpasses 2 million COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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