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Health officials in Wisconsin, Illinois report 3 West Nile virus deaths
Three people tested positive for the virus in Lake County over the last seven days, health officials say. One of the victims experienced symptom onset in mid-August and died shortly thereafter.
- Reporter 21
- 31 Aug, 2024
How do you feel about politics these days? Here’s what you told us
While the 2024 presidential election has energized some, a lot of people seem to be dissatisfied with the two-party system, the length of campaigns and the money involved.
- Reporter 12
- 23 Aug, 2024
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign settles federal civil rights complaint
Complaints reviewed by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights included 135 antisemitic allegations and four incidents involving anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian or anti-Arab discrimination between 2015 and 2023.
- Reporter 21
- 04 Sep, 2024
City Council's Budget Committee chair to summon CPS CEO Martinez to explain pension defiance
Ald. Jason Ervin (28th) called it borderline “malfeasance” for Schools CEO Pedro Martinez to push through a $9.9 billion school budget that does not include the pension payment the city had absorbed until then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot shifted the cost to CPS.
- Repoter 11
- 04 Sep, 2024
How prosecutors say suspect methodically killed 4 Blue Line riders — and was arrested within hours
Rhanni Davis, 30, accused of killing four people on a Blue Line train early Monday, was ordered held in custody pending trial.
- Repoter 11
- 04 Sep, 2024
Unhoused people who use CTA for shelter call for more security in wake of quadruple murder
After this week’s mass shooting on the Blue Line, some homeless CTA riders say they’ll be more cautious but they will continue to use trains and buses for shelter.
- Reporter 12
- 04 Sep, 2024
Veteran Chicago police officer found dead in vehicle in Grand Boulevard
The 44-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the head about 5:20 p.m. Wednesday in a parked vehicle in the 4000 block of South King Drive, authorities said. He hasn’t been formally identified.
- Reporter 21
- 04 Sep, 2024
Funeral held for American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin killed by Hamas
“Before Oct. 7, you always sought ways to make the world around you better,” Goldberg-Polin’s father Jon Polin told the thousands who had gathered for the funeral. “Since Oct. 7, you have become a global symbol for bringing improvement to our world.”
- Reporter 21
- 02 Sep, 2024
4 killed in shooting on CTA Blue Line train in Forest Park, suspect in custody
About 5:30 a.m., officers responded to the Forest Park Blue Line station at 711 Desplaines Ave. and found four people shot, Forest Park police said. Three people died at the scene; a fourth died at a hospital.
- Reporter 21
- 02 Sep, 2024
Bystander wounded in Roseland carjacking attempt is hospitalized
A 63-year-old man walking in the 700 block of West 107th Street about 7:24 p.m. Sunday was wounded in a shooting, police said. He was hospitalized in fair condition.
- Reporter 21
- 01 Sep, 2024
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