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December 10, 2021

Smollett hoax: 'The Five' rips media for gushing over 'really good guy' as Democrats cried 'racism'

The panel on "The Five" blasted the mainstream media and Washington Democrats for gushing over actor Jussie Smollett's now-debunked claims of a Trumpism-induced racial hate crime attack on him in Chicago in 2019.

December 9, 2021

Chicago man charged with murdering 71-year-old in Chinatown

A Chicago resident has been charged after allegedly fatally shooting a 71-year-old man from his car on Tuesday afternoon.

December 9, 2021

Kim Potter trial: Daunte Wright victim's mom faults violent offender, MPD in shooting that left son disabled

Caleb Livingston is permanently disabled after running afoul of Daunte Wright, the Minnesota 20-year-old shot and killed by former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter, whose trial on manslaughter charges is underway.

December 9, 2021

What the Jussie Smollett case reveals about us

The details of the Jussie Smollett case are as sensational as they are disturbing but the bigger story is why a successful actor would invent such a racially-tinged plot out of whole cloth.

December 8, 2021

Omicron in the US: Where is it this week?

Florida and Illinois are the latest states to announce cases of the omicron COVID-19 variant in the country. 

December 8, 2021

Black Lives Matter stands in solidarity with Jussie Smollett: ‘We can never believe police’

Melina Abdullah, a Black Lives Matter leader, said Tuesday that the movement will continue to support former "Empire" star Jussie Smollett regardless of the outcome of his trial, where he is accused of faking a racist, homophobic hate crime against himself in 2019.

December 7, 2021

Chicago police cancel days off for officers following violent weekend

The Chicago Police Department is canceling upcoming days off for its rank-and-file “to address current crime patterns” following a series of violent incidents that took place over the weekend, reports say.

December 7, 2021

Illinois Democrat files measure to punish unvaccinated for 'clogging up health care system'

An Illinois Democrat who claims the unvaccinated are “clogging up the health care system” has proposed a bill that would force them to pay all of their medical expenses out of pocket if they become hospitalized with the coronavirus.

December 4, 2021

Former football coach fired for removing Black Lives Matter poster alleges First Amendment rights violated

A former Illinois State University (ISU) assistant football coach has sued the team's head coach and the school's former athletic director, alleging his First Amendment rights were violated after he removed a Black Lives Matter poster from his door and replaced it with a different one.

December 2, 2021

Semitrailer drags sedan down Illinois highway in captured video footage

A tractor-trailer was captured on video dragging a sedan down an Illinois freeway earlier this week. The incident happened on Tuesday on Interstate 294 northbound just outside Chicago.