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October 6, 2021

Chicago gang shooting: Lightfoot asks feds to review evidence after prosecutor Foxx files no charges

After no charges were filed in a deadly broad daylight shootout, quarreling between Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx continued, as Foxx called on the mayor to “tell the truth.”

October 6, 2021

Chicago woman in Bali 'suitcase murder' to be released

A Chicago woman convicted of assisting her boyfriend in her mother’s murder and stuffing the body in a suitcase on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali in 2014 is being released early from a 10-year sentence, a prison official confirmed Wednesday.

October 5, 2021

Chicago shooting: Lightfoot, prosecutor Foxx exchange war of words over no charges filed in gang gunfight

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is lashing out at Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx for her decision not to press charges in a deadly daylight neighborhood shootout between rival gang members.

October 3, 2021

Democrat Tammy Duckworth slammed for getting tax break on her Illinois home

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., a disabled U.S. military veteran, has been criticized by a Chicago newspaper for getting a tax break that has allowed her to avoid paying property taxes on her Cook County, Illinois, home since 2015.

October 2, 2021

Chicago mayor Lightfoot, police union clash after warning of 'consequences' for non-vaccinated city workers

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot vowed Friday there would be "consequences" for any city employees who aren’t fully vaccinated by Oct. 15, according to reports, as the city continued negotiations with labor unions. 

October 1, 2021

Northwestern professor accused of murder asked if he could use knife during sex, man claims

A twisted Northwestern University professor accused of murdering his boyfriend in 2017 pulled a knife on a man he met on Grindr a year earlier while asking if he could pretend to stab him as they had sex, according to court testimony.

September 30, 2021

Bat bites and rabies: What to know

An Illinois man died this month after being bitten by a bat in the state's first human case of rabies since 1954.

September 30, 2021

Minnesota prosecutors seek more prison time for Chicago gunman charged in highway shooting of baseball coach

Minnesota prosecutors seek an “upward sentencing departure” for a Chicago man in the deadly July highway shooting of a baseball coach who was driving his son home from a game when he was killed.

September 29, 2021

Illinois man dies of rabies in state's first human case since the 1950s

An Illinois man died this month in the state's first human case of rabies since the 1950s, according to health officials on Tuesday.

September 28, 2021

Chicago food delivery driver shot and killed as police investigate potential robbery, carjacking motive

A Chicago food delivery driver was shot and killed Monday night – and police continue to investigate whether the deadly encounter happened as part of a robbery or carjacking attempt.