Prosecutors: Tapes capture R. Kelly threatening his victims
Prosecutors want a New York City jury at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial to hear profane video and audio recordings they say demonstrate how he threatened his victims with violence.
View ArticleAld. James Gardiner under federal probe
Federal investigators have launched an inquiry into Ald. Jim Gardiner’s conduct in office, including whether he retaliated against constituents for political purposes, sources told the Tribune.
View ArticleFuneral for U.S. Marine Cpl. Humberto Sanchez
Marine Cpl. Humberto Sanchez was remembered Tuesday as a “gap filler and bridge builder” who gave his life to help American citizens and Afghan refugees trying to escape the Taliban.
View ArticleSeven more businesses cited for violating Chicago’s mask mandate
Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection cited seven businesses between last Thursday and Sunday for failing to follow the city’s indoor mask mandate, according to a Tuesday...
View Article‘A perfect Marine’: Pastor and politicians honor Indiana’s Cpl. Humberto...
He was remembered Tuesday as a “gap filler and bridge builder” who gave his life to help Americans and Afghan refugees trying to escape the Taliban.
View ArticleLightfoot proposes new ordinance targeting gang members for fines and...
Under pressure to crack down on Chicago’s homicide problem, Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would slap gang members with fines and give police the authority to seize their...
View ArticleChicago police get first new contract since 2017, with 20% raises including...
FOP represents more than 11,000 active officers in the Chicago Police Department.
View ArticleChicago cop files suit saying he faced retaliation after blowing whistle on...
Marc Vanek, a Chicago Police Department sergeant, has filed a lawsuit alleging retaliation for reporting on then-acting Cmdr. Jason Brown.
View ArticleGov. Pritzker, Illinois legislators call on Congress to protect women’s...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Illinois lawmakers came to Aurora Tuesday to urge Congress to pass new federal legislation to protect women’s access to reproductive health care in the wake of a new Texas law...
View ArticleChicago charter elementary school shifts to remote learning after 3 COVID-19...
Vaccinated students can still attend in person but there are very few old enough to be inoculated.
View ArticleIllinois Board of Ed defends punishment over mask mandate violations, tactics...
The state schools' chief has warned that noncompliance with the mask mandate “is not an option.”
View ArticleSouthern Illinois reported zero available ICU beds this week, amid COVID-19...
An advocacy group of medical workers described it as “signaling a public health emergency of epic proportions.”
View ArticleLightfoot to name San Antonio schools chief Pedro Martinez as new CPS CEO,...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is scheduled to announce the selection Wednesday at Benito Juarez high school in Pilsen, where Pedro Martinez reportedly graduated from.
View ArticleChicago woman attended her first therapy session the day before allegedly...
Cook County prosecutors have said Fallon Harris shot and killed her 12-year-old son this weekend over a missing digital storage disc. Her mother and her estranged husband point to a single culprit...
View ArticleHolocaust survivors penned memoirs of their hometowns so future generations...
Some 200 “Yizkor” books ("remember" in Hebrew) written by Holocaust survivors offer the stories of communities whose inhabitants were killed by Nazis.
View ArticleDaywatch: Southern Illinois reports zero ICU beds | Lightfoot to name new CEO...
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View ArticleMan charged with attempted murder in connection with Labor Day weekend shooting
A Chicago man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a Labor Day weekend shooting, according to police.
View ArticleJames Newberry, who documented life on Maxwell Street and started photography...
James Newberry founded Columbia College Chicago’s department of photography and taught at the college from 1967 until 1975.
View ArticleFBI investigating Red Line assault, ethnic slur against Asian victim as a...
The FBI this week announced it is investigating an August assault at a Red Line station in Uptown as a hate crime.
View ArticleAlderman tries, fails to get City Council to do away with 6-mph-over speed...
The tickets have "nothing to do with safety” and “everything to do with revenue,” Ald. Anthony Beale said.
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