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In a court filing, Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke said the petition backed by a coalition of elected officials and community groups is a "heavy-handed attempt" to "usurp" her authority.
A medida que el presidente Donald Trump utilizó el “devastador” asesinato de la estudiante de la Universidad Loyola de Chicago, Sheridan Gorman, para justificar su impulso hacia las deportaciones masivas, el presunto hombre armado permanecía hospitalizado y se perdió su audiencia judicial inicial en
The U.S. Department of Transportation must dispense more than $3 billion it was withholding from the Chicago Transit Authority for the Red Line extension and other projects, a federal judge in Chicago ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin granted the CTA's temporary restraining order a
Mayor Brandon Johnson said Tuesday he was unaware before Garien Gatewood was fired that the deputy mayor for community safety had filed a complaint against the top mayoral aides who lowered the boom. Gatewood oversaw the community safety plan Johnson credits with historic drops in violent crime. Las
NEW YORK — The WNBA Board of Governors unanimously ratified the terms of a new collective-bargaining agreement on Tuesday. Their vote came a day after the players also unanimously approved the seven-year CBA, which will begin this season and run through 2032. It represents a landmark labor deal for
A proposal for a new apartment building on the block initially spared the longtime restaurant from having to move. But now construction will cause the Belmont Avenue building to be demolished, forcing Ann Sather to find a new Lakeview home.
Two gunmen walked up to a 67-year-old man and fatally shot him Tuesday afternoon near United Center. The man was outside in the 2100 block of West Madison Street when two armed assailants on foot pulled guns and opened fire, police said. He was hit in the head and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he
On Friday, Quiana Nichol received an email that filled her with dread. For three years, the 26-year-old has lived in an Elmhurst apartment that has been partially subsidized by a federally funded Emergency Housing Voucher. But the email warned that funding for the voucher she uses to pay most of her
Stuck front man Greg Obis forged his band in response to bad times. The group dropped their gnarly, serrated debut album, Change Is Bad, a couple weeks after the pandemic shut down the country in 2020, and their 2023 follow up Freak Frequency skewed even more wound-up and aggressive. This Friday, Ex
Stuck front man Greg Obis forged his band in response to bad times. The group dropped their gnarly, serrated debut album, Change Is Bad, a couple weeks after the pandemic shut down the country in 2020, and their 2023 follow up Freak Frequency skewed even more wound-up and aggressive. This Friday, Ex
Certain issues just seem to belong to Chicago. Dibs, for instance. That peculiar tradition of trying to claim a parking space with a few scattered chairs, or dinette tables, or whatever, just because you took the trouble of shoveling it out. A weird blend of private effort and public display, these
Los agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) estuvieron presentes en el Aeropuerto O'Hare el lunes, luego de que la administración de Trump anunciara que los agentes ayudarían en la escasez de personal de seguridad del aeropuerto en todo el país en medio de la actual paralizaci
Once scolded to “stay out of White Sox business,” Hall of Famer Frank Thomas now is suing the team for allegedly cutting him out of it. The greatest hitter in Sox history argues the team is profiting off his name and likeness on a new line of jerseys without compensation or his consent, according to
Cook County's top prosecutor argued Tuesday that a bid to name a special prosecutor to investigate the federal agents behind last fall’s Operation Midway Blitz amounts to a “frivolous” and “heavy-handed” attempt to usurp her authority — and could come at a cost. State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke
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Video of a delivery robot rolling through the shattered glass of the bus shelter it destroyed in West Town went viral earlier this week. The video, which has amassed 3.6 million views on X as of Tuesday afternoon, captures the moments after the robot went through the glass of the shelter near the in
Energy leaders from around the world are gathering in Houston for the CERAWeek conference. What are they saying about the global spike in oil prices amid the Iran war? And what are protestors outside the event calling for?
ELMONT, N.Y. — Blackhawks rookie Anton Frondell stepped on the ice Tuesday morning at UBS Arena and, frankly, felt "very nervous." Just three days earlier, his season in Sweden had ended in a disappointing playoff loss, after which he almost immediately received a call from the Hawks: "You're coming
Un juez federal anuló el domingo el toque de queda del poblado de Broadview sobre las protestas, dictaminando que las restricciones impuestas por los líderes suburbanos han violado los derechos de los manifestantes bajo la Primera Enmienda. El abogado de Chicago, Robert Held, solicitó una orden de r
“I got a fake eye that a guy gave to me. He wants it back,” says comedian and singer-songwriter Ryan Oliver. I let out a “whoa,” like a little kid, and Oliver nods. “It was at a comedy show. I’d seen him a few times. He was saying he really likes my jokes. I think […] The post Fake eyes and forklift
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