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Police say Chicago homicide toll not at 500 yet
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police say it's too soon to say whether the city has had its 500th homicide of the year. The Chicago Police Department homicide tally stood at 499 on Thursday before a man was fatally shot in the head outside a convenience...
Tags: Murder, Shootings
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Chicago lottery winner's body to be exhumed
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago medical examiner says he plans to exhume the body of a lottery winner poisoned with a lethal dose of cyanide. Cook County Medical Examiner Stephen Cina (SEE'-nuh) said Tuesday that paperwork is being prepared for a judge...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Rogers Park, Lotteries, Services and Shopping, Prescription Drugs
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Chicago man held in pregnant Ind. woman's slaying
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — A Chicago man has been arrested in northwest Indiana on charges of killing his pregnant girlfriend. The Times reports (http://bit.ly/SYy25b ) that 28-old Isiah Barker was in custody Friday on preliminary charges of...Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth
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House passes gun bill over Quinn, Emanuel objections
SPRINGFIELD — Over objections of Gov. Pat Quinn and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the House approved a concealed weapons bill today that is aimed at ending Illinois’ status as the last state in the nation without a law to allow its citizens to carry...
Tags: Interior Policy, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Politics, Chicago Mayor
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Illinois House introduces less restrictive gun bill
— An Illinois House version of legislation to allow people to carry concealed weapons that emerged Wednesday would not let Chicago have its own set of rules and could make it easier to get a permit. The latest proposal is an attempt to address...
Tags: Interior Policy, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, Politics, Health
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Man wounded in Far South Side shooting
Tribune reporterA man was wounded this afternoon in a shooting on the Far South Side in the city's Longwood Manor neighborhood, police said. Shortly before 1:30 p.m., a man, believed to be in his 60s, suffered a gunshot wound to his shoulder, said Chicago Police...Tags: Shootings, Chicago Fire Department
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12-year-old accidentally shot on West Side, juvenile charged
Tribune reportersA 12-year-old boy was hospitalized after being accidentally shot while handling a gun with another boy in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday afternoon, police said Sunday morning. The boy was one of at least nine people shot during six separate...Tags: Englewood, Shootings, Little Village, Hospitals and Clinics, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
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Man injured in Far South Side shooting
Tribune reporterA 30-year-old man was shot Tuesday night in the West Pullman neighborhood, authorities said. The shooting happened about 9:45 p.m. in the 500 block of West 119th Street, Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said. The man was...Tags: Shootings, Hospitals and Clinics, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Pullman, West Pullman
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Body of man pulled from Chicago River in South Loop
Tribune reporterThe body of a man was pulled from the Chicago River in the South Loop. Police recovered the body, believed to be that of a man in his 30s or 40s, around 6:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 1200 block of South Lumber Street, officials said. The body was brought...Tags: Chicago Loop, South Loop
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Man, 19, dies after South Side shooting
Tribune reportersA 19-year-old man was fatally shot in the South Side's Lake Meadows neighborhood in one of three shootings Monday night on the South and West Sides, officials said. Torri Stewart, of the 900 block of East 81st Street, was shot in the head about 8:20 p....Tags: Shootings, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Hospitals and Clinics, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
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Cops respond to call of suspicious package on boat
Tribune reporterChicago police were called to the Michigan Avenue Bridge this afternoon after someone reported seeing a suspicious package on an empty boat on the Chicago River, police said. Police determined that the call was unfounded and no item was found. The...Tags: Michigan Avenue
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Transit agencies look to keep South Side moving during CTA work
The time for campaigning is about to end. Now the hard work — delivering on promises made to 80,000 daily CTA Red Line customers who will lose a vital transportation lifeline for five months — is set to begin Sunday. Public outreach for...
Tags: Metra, Labor Legislation, Forrest Claypool, Politics, Chatham
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