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Good afternoon, Chicago.Two men were killed and three others were wounded when a gunman opened fire in the Loop early this morning. A group of five men had left a downtown business and were in an argument with the unknown gunman when he…
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In Illinois, only 713 individuals are licensed to display fireworks, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. And, despite the annual booming Fourth of July display that lights up over Winnemac Park in Lincoln Square…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first lawsuits have been filed only days after an Amtrak train collision and derailment in rural Missouri that left four people dead and injured up to 150 others.In a federal lawsuit filed Friday, surviving…
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A man is in custody after several Jefferson Park stores were defaced with swastikas, authorities said.Swastikas were painted on the Supreme Smoke Shop’s back door, boarded-up front door and street sign on Tuesday night. The white…
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Ukraine has started July with a bang with the country's Command Air Force saying troops destroyed a Forpost unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to Russia. The Command Air Force wrote in an update on its Facebook page: "On the morning…
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Zach LaVine will remain a Bull after agreeing to a five-year, $215.2 million deal to return to Chicago after his first summer as an unrestricted free agent.The deal, announced Friday by agency Klutch Sports Group, includes a player…
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· A story about swastikas being painted on Jefferson Park stores that ran on Page 3 on July 1 misspelled Casey Brown’s name. The Tribune regrets the error.Publishing information quickly and accurately is a central part of the Chicago…
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday urged President Joe Biden to boost federal funding to Illinois and other states where abortion remains legal and to support doctors across the country who provide telehealth services as more states begin…
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Baristas at one of the first union Starbucks in Chicago are on strike. Workers at the Starbucks location at 5964 N. Ridge Ave. in Edgewater are calling on the company to remedy what they describe as chronic understaffing.Teddy Hoffman, a…
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The charges against R. Kelly came down like an avalanche: First, four indictments in Cook County. Another in Minnesota. Then a one-two punch of federal cases in Chicago and Brooklyn.Three years later, the Chicago native, reputed sexual…
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