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Dec 03, 2024
China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications, as a general principle, lashing back at U.S. limits on semiconductor-related exports.
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Dec 03, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an "emergency martial law," Tuesday accusing the country's opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities.
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Dec 03, 2024
Chicago firefighters responded to a call of a fire at an abandoned building Monday night and found a woman on fire and unresponsive in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said.
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Dec 03, 2024
A 14-year-old boy was found fatally wounded Tuesday night in an apartment building in the Little Village neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after midnight, officers responded to a call of a person shot at an apartment building in the 2200 block of South Christiana Avenue and found a boy with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said. Officers began life saving measures and when paramedics arrived the boy was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead. No one was in custody for the fatal shooting and detectives were investigating.
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Dec 03, 2024
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 03, 2024
As charities in Chicago and beyond prepare for Giving Tuesday, a global day of charitable giving that takes place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, authorities urge donors to double check their funds are going to legitimate change-making organizations.
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Dec 03, 2024
SEIU 73 is threatening to sue CPS over a CTU proposal that it says would effectively take jobs from SEIU and give them to CTU.
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Dec 03, 2024
Illinois is known for many things: Abraham Lincoln, the third largest city in the country, sprawling farmland, political corruption and die-hard sports fans.
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Dec 03, 2024
1982 — Tommy Hearns wins the WBC welterweight title with a 15-round decision over Wilfred Benitez in New Orleans.
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Dec 03, 2024
On Dec. 3, 1947, the Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" opened on Broadway.
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Dec 02, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump will attend the reopening celebration for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this weekend, his first foreign trip since the election.
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Dec 02, 2024
Gov. JB Pritzker has appointed Teresa Ramos as the first head of the newly created Illinois Department of Early Childhood.
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Dec 02, 2024
A growing chorus of Chicago Public Schools principals voice support for district CEO Pedro Martinez, whose job has been on the line as Chicago Teachers Union negotiations continue.
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Dec 02, 2024
A Monday afternoon shooting left two people dead and four others wounded in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
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Dec 02, 2024
A Monday afternoon shooting left two people dead and four others wounded in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
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Dec 02, 2024
The mayor said he did not know about allegations against Ronnie Reese until his office received a Freedom of Information Act request for Reese's personnel file.
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Dec 02, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products, a Canadian minister who attended their recent dinner said Monday.
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Dec 02, 2024
Mariyana Spyropoulos beat incumbent Clerk Iris Martinez with promises to be more transparent, ethical and fiscally responsible than previous clerks.
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Dec 02, 2024
Already reeling from their November defeats, Democrats now are grappling with President Joe Biden's pardoning of his son for federal crimes, with some calling the move misguided and unwise.
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Dec 02, 2024
A top Federal Reserve official said Monday that he is leaning toward supporting an interest rate cut when the Fed meets in two weeks but that evidence of persistent inflation before then could cause him to change that view.
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Dec 02, 2024
Lake County Property Tax Assessment Board of Appeals member Samantha Steele, who was charged last month for driving under the influence of alcohol after crashing a car in Chicago, seemingly can serve on two taxing boards under murky state laws.
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Dec 02, 2024
I-94 is shut down in both directions due to a multi-vehicle crash, the Michigan State Police reports on Monday, Dec. 2.
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Dec 02, 2024
President Joe Biden arrived for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa on Monday to the cheers of thousands in Angola.
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Dec 02, 2024
A Monday afternoon shooting left two people dead and four others wounded in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department.
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Dec 02, 2024
An objection to the candidate petitions of Jim Dodge, hoping to run against Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau, will be heard next week
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Dec 02, 2024
Wisconsin public worker and teachers unions scored a major legal victory Monday with a ruling that restores collective bargaining rights they lost under a 2011 state law that sparked weeks of protests and made the state the center of the national battle over union rights.
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Dec 02, 2024
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Dec 02, 2024
Steele did not address the incident during the meeting, only congratulating fellow commissioner Larry Rogers on his re-election.
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Dec 02, 2024
Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke pledged to get "seismic things done" Monday morning as she took her oath of office in front of a bipartisan crowd, announcing a strict detention-seeking policy for some gun crimes.
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Dec 02, 2024
Frank Nitikman, an attorney who for 17 years was a supernumerary with the Lyric Opera of Chicago, has died.
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Dec 02, 2024
Hezbollah fired into a disputed border zone held by Israel on Monday, the militant group's first attack since its ceasefire with Israel took hold last week, after Lebanon accused Israel of violating the truce more than 50 times in recent days.
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Dec 02, 2024
Travelers heading home after the Thanksgiving holiday set a record on Sunday, as airport officers screened more than 3 million people.
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Dec 02, 2024
Daniel Solis, the former Chicago alderman at the center of the federal prosecution of Michael Madigan faced questions from the once-powerful politician's lawyers Monday.
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Dec 02, 2024
Daniel Solis, the former Chicago alderman at the center of the federal prosecution of Michael Madigan faced questions from the once-powerful politician's lawyers Monday.
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Dec 02, 2024
Chicago homicide data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Nov. 29, 2024.
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Dec 02, 2024
Snow seasons in Chicago are tracked from July through the following June. The area normally can expect 38.4 inches.
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Dec 02, 2024
The reopening of Notre Dame this coming weekend is going to be a high-security affair, with a repeat of some measures used during the Paris Olympics and the sealing-off to tourists of the cathedral's island location in the heart of the French capital.
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Dec 02, 2024
President Joe Biden is finally making his long-promised visit to Africa to showcase a U.S.-backed railway project in three countries that he has pushed as a new approach in countering some of China's global influence.
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Dec 02, 2024
President Joe Biden's decision to go back on his word and issue a categorical pardon for his son, Hunter, just weeks before his scheduled sentencing on gun and tax convictions was a surprise that wasn't all that surprising.
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Dec 02, 2024
Many of us have felt it, and now it's official: "brain rot" is the Oxford dictionaries' word of the year.
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Dec 02, 2024
Consumers in the United States are scouring the internet for online deals as they look to take advantage of the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon with Cyber Monday.
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Dec 02, 2024
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Dec 02, 2024
President Joe Biden had long pledged that he would not pardon his son, Hunter, who was set to be sentenced this month for gun and tax convictions. But on Sunday, the president did it anyway.
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Dec 02, 2024
Stateville prison was emptied due to decrepit conditions. For some inmates, that has made family visits difficult and disrupted educational programs.
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Dec 02, 2024
Renewable energy operates in a use-it-or-lose-it fashion that can't satisfy society's demand. U. of C. researcher targets sodium-ion batteries.
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Dec 02, 2024
1947 — Notre Dame quarterback Johnny Lujack wins the Heisman Trophy.
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Dec 02, 2024
On Dec. 2, 1982, in the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who lived 112 days with the device.
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Dec 01, 2024
President Joe Biden has pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family members.
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Dec 01, 2024
Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi was arrested following a shootout with Chicago police officers.
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Dec 01, 2024
The man had entered the building's lobby and reportedly confronted residents with the power tool.
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Dec 01, 2024
President Joe Biden on Sunday had the AIDS Memorial Quilt spread on the White House South Lawn for the first time in observance of World AIDS Day.
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Dec 01, 2024
Bitterly cold weather is set to continue into early next week, as the Chicago area has not seen such chilly weather since mid-January. The daily highs in the coming week are predicted to be around freezing in the high 20s and lower 30s, with a chance of "a little bit of light snow" on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
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Dec 01, 2024
Canada's ambassador to the United States said Sunday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was successful in getting President-elect Donald Trump and key Cabinet nominees to understand that lumping Canada in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the U.S. is unfair.
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Dec 01, 2024
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Sunday it is halting aid deliveries through the main cargo crossing into the war-ravaged Gaza Strip because of the threat of armed gangs who have looted convoys.
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Dec 01, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump's intent to nominate loyalists to fill key Cabinet posts has set up a possible confrontation with the Senate, which has the constitutional responsibility for "advice and consent" on presidential nominees.
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Dec 01, 2024
Israeli jets Sunday launched an airstrike over a southern Lebanese border village, while troops shelled other border towns and villages still under Israeli control, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported.
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Dec 01, 2024
A Cicero man was charged with the murder of a 62-year-old in the West Garfield Park neighborhood on Thanksgiving afternoon. Police arrested Gad Hughes, 29, on Friday. Authorities said Hughes had fired gunshots outside in the 4000 block of West Monroe Street around 3:20 p.m. Thursday, striking Ignacio Mendiola, 62, while he was inside his […]
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Dec 01, 2024
Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, said Sunday he has joined the race to lead the national party.
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Dec 01, 2024
The top United Nations court will take up the largest case in its history on Monday, when it opens two weeks of hearings into what countries worldwide are legally required to do to combat climate change and help vulnerable nations fight its devastating impact.
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Dec 01, 2024
Local churches, synagogue for the Deaf transcend spoken language to inspire spiritual formation.
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Dec 01, 2024
A twice-yearly shot was 100% effective in preventing HIV infections in a study of women.
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Dec 01, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump's stunning announcement that he will nominate Kash Patel as FBI director sets the stage for a fresh round of turbulence at a law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the homeland and investigating federal crimes.
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Dec 01, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump's stunning announcement that he will nominate Kash Patel as FBI director sets the stage for a fresh round of turbulence at a law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the homeland and investigating federal crimes.
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Dec 01, 2024
Lou Carnesecca, the excitable St. John's mens basketball coach whose outlandish sweaters became an emblem of his team's rousing Final Four run in 1985, died at 99 on Saturday, just a few weeks shy of his 100th birthday.
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Dec 01, 2024
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, after an unsuccessful bid to end DACA in his first term, the roughly 535,000 current recipients are bracing yet again for a whirlwind of uncertainty.
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Dec 01, 2024
Miguel Martinez learn to fly via a Thornton High School District 205 program, Governor State University and D14 Aviation.
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Dec 01, 2024
Transgender patients and providers of gender-affirming care in Illinois are preparing for dramatic upheaval once Donald Trump takes office.
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Dec 01, 2024
The Nation of Islam flourished in Chicago after Elijah Muhammad took over from the movement's founder, Fard Muhammad.
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Dec 01, 2024
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz expected to escalate investigation into Chicago's policy of having migrants sleep at the airports.
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Dec 01, 2024
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz expected to escalate investigation into Chicago's policy of having migrants sleep at the airports.
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Dec 01, 2024
Peoria became the largest city in Illinois to penalize public camping on the heels of a Supreme Court decision earlier this summer that allowed municipalities to enforce bans on people sleeping outdoors.
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Dec 01, 2024
Despite tough living conditions at shelters, migrant families appear to be mostly intact and able to care for themselves, according to DCFS data provided to the Tribune.
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Dec 01, 2024
Only 15% of the lakebed has been documented to modern standards, making it difficult to predict how floods, storms and erosion affect communities.
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Dec 01, 2024
Regardless of the outcome, Michael Madigan's federal trial has offered a fly-on-the-wall opportunity to see how the levers of power are pulled in private.
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Dec 01, 2024
1996 — Wayne Gretzky becomes the first player in NHL history to reach the 3,000 point plateau.
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Dec 01, 2024
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus; the incident sparked a yearlong boycott of the buses and helped fuel the U.S. civil rights movement.
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Nov 30, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Kash Patel to serve as FBI director, turning to a fierce ally to upend America's premier law enforcement agency.
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Nov 30, 2024
Illinois State Police confiscated more than $40 million worth of cocaine during an inspection of a semi-truck driving on the interstate in western Illinois, authorities announced Saturday. Two Canadian men, Vanshpreet Singh, 27, and Manpreet Singh, 36, both of Ontario, were arrested and charged with multiple felonies for cocaine possession, cocaine possession with intent to […]
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Nov 30, 2024
Although much of the electorate shifted right to varying degrees in 2024, young men were one of the groups that swung sharply toward Trump.
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Nov 30, 2024
Beginning on Dec. 4, a company spokesperson said, flight attendants will begin preparing the cabin for landing at an altitude of 18,000 feet (5,486 meters) instead of 10,000 feet (3,048 meters).
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Nov 30, 2024
Hoping to promote smaller shops, American Express introduced a marketing promotion called "Small Business Saturday" 15 years ago.
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Nov 30, 2024
With December's arrival, bitterly cold weather is set to continue into early next week with wind chills in the single digits. The Chicago area has not seen such chilly weather since mid-January, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures on Saturday and Sunday nights are predicted to reach lows in the teens, according to the […]
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Nov 30, 2024
A 37-year-old Chicago man has been charged with first-degree murder for the Friday morning shooting of an Oak Park police detective, according to local authorities.
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Nov 30, 2024
During the last two months of its year fighting Hezbollah, Israel imposed a siege on southern Lebanon that kept hundreds of fishermen at this ancient Phoenician port, upending their lives and the industry.
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Nov 30, 2024
An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed five people, including employees of World Central Kitchen.
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Nov 30, 2024
Two people, including a secretary at Portage High School, died and a third was injured in a shooting after what police are calling a "domestic disturbance" Friday night at a Portage home.
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Nov 30, 2024
The Chicago Police Department said the stabbing took place in the 8200 block of South Ellis Avenue around 7:17 p.m. on Friday.
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Nov 30, 2024
A national advocacy organization has published its seventh semi-annual hospital price transparency report, and a Northwest Indiana health system has three hospitals included. PatientRightsAdvocate.org is a nonprofit organization focused on systemwide health care price transparency, according to its website. The Hospital Price Transparency rule came into effect on Jan. 1, 2021, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' website. Hospitals are required to post accessible pricing information online as either a machine-readable file with all items and services or in a display of shoppable services in a consumer-friendly format. Ilaria Santangeloi, PRA's director of research, said that the […]
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Nov 30, 2024
Former State Senator Karen Tallian, who served in the legislature for 16 years, said the news about sexual harassment allegations against State Senator Greg Taylor wasn't a surprise to her.
"Anything that was in the paper was not news to me, and that's all I'm going to say about that," said Tallian, of Ogden Dunes.
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Nov 30, 2024
A 33-year-old man was fatally wounded Friday night and a 30-year-old woman was left in serious condition following a shooting in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 9:50 a.m., the victims were standing outside in the 6700 block of South Western Avenue opened fire, striking them both multiple times to the body. The man was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn where he was pronounced dead. The woman was listed in serious condition, police said. No one was in custody and detectives were investigating.
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Nov 30, 2024
At the Brown Family Ranch's annual rodeo in Gary, many Black equestrians say the legacy must be passed to the next generation.
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Nov 30, 2024
Some say there could be a role for states like Illinois, where Gov. JB Pritzker has vowed to make the state "the best state in the nation for families raising young children."
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Nov 30, 2024
1996 — Michael Jordan becomes the 10th player in NBA history to reach 25,000 points after scoring 35 in the Bulls 97-88 win at San Antonio. Jordan reaches 25,000 in 782 games, faster than any other player but Wilt Chamberlain (691).
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Nov 30, 2024
On Nov. 30, 1999, an estimated 40,000 demonstrators clashed with police as they protested against the World Trade Organization as the WTO convened in Seattle.
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Nov 29, 2024
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has flown to Florida to meet with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products.
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Nov 29, 2024
Insurgents breached Syria's largest city Friday and clashed with government forces for the first time since 2016, according to a war monitor and fighters.
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Nov 29, 2024
An Oak Park police officer was fatally wounded Friday morning in a shooting in which the gunman also was shot, officials said.
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Nov 29, 2024
Cucumbers shipped to 13 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces and organic eggs sold in 25 Costco stores in five southern U.S. states were recalled this week for potential salmonella contamination.
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Nov 29, 2024
Skating approximately 12 miles along city streets during regular Friday night "Road Raves," the Windy City Skaters have been putting their wheels to the pavement for over a decade.
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Nov 29, 2024
Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia.
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