It’s the latest move to make access to medication abortions more widely available as the Supreme Court weighs whether to block access to the drug mifepristone.
The new law, which limits ballot access after primary elections, is likely to lead to claims of ‘stolen elections’ for years to come, the League of Women Voters writes. Republicans have now filed a lawsuit against the law.
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Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Director Jason Hughes has picked up and brought back 71 drug court participants, working with drug court Judge Charles Burns. “We’re determined to get them back,” Hughes says, because otherwise “it’s just a matter of time before they will get on fentanyl and die.”
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“Flights that are across the country, crossing multiple time zones, or flights that usually require a connection, those were the priorities,” Sky center Elizabeth Williams told the Sun-Times.
Karl Hall, 44, was in the 1300 block of South Halsted Street Wednesday night when someone in a car hit him and fled, police said.
Officers responding about 8:50 p.m. Wednesday to the 800 block of West 59th Street found the 35-year-old in a pickup truck with multiple gunshot wounds to his body, police said.
The Bears face three teams that had winning records in their first four games and have all their NFC North showdowns between Weeks 11 and 18.
One side roots passionately for the league’s success. The other resents being told to root passionately for the league’s success.
Notes: Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ were out of the lineup Wednesday for the second straight game, but for different reasons.
Heather Bergdahl, an ex-administrator, allegedly sent checks worth nearly $500,000 to another individual and received thousands in return. The charges derive from an ongoing federal grand jury investigation into the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination program.
Students and faculty walked out of class to gather at the pro-Palestinian encampment and call for divestment from companies doing business with Israel.
The men were in a store parking lot in the 700 block of West 71st Street about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday when someone fired shots, Chicago police said. A 35-year-old man was killed. Two others were wounded.
Headquartered in Munster, Indiana, the company said it’s the country’s largest family-owned packaged meats manufacturer and it has about 1,500 employees.
CTU members took buses to the state capital and split into groups to meet with legislators and make their case for additional funding as CPS faces a nearly $400 million budget deficit for next school year and some schools are reporting cuts.
The Bears have known since January that they were set to play a game in London this year. Now, they have a date and an opponent.
The Cubs’ home stadium was available for college games, but not until November, when the baseball playoffs will have ended.
No. 7 overall pick Angel Reese is a projected starter Wednesday night.
Reed won a new trial in 2021, the year Gov. J.B. Pritzker commuted his life sentence because of coronavirus pandemic health concerns. “It’s been a long, long process to get vindication,” says Elliot Zinger, his lawyer.
Jareli Reyes, 32, is accused of fraudulently obtaining $41,666 in loans in 2021 through the federal Paycheck Protection Program that was established to provide relief to businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Reyes, who resigned last year, is charged with theft, income-tax fraud and wire fraud.
A board of managers authorized the specialty grocers to file for bankruptcy during an April 23 meeting — the same day Dom’s and Foxtrot announced the immediate closure of its stores.
Empathetic to the late singer’s ex-husband and father, film seems to be a response to the defining, Oscar-winning doc ‘Amy.’
Before its Google glow-up, the Thompson Center housed notable artworks from Jean Dubuffet, Richard Hunt and the Hairy Who. They’ve all been evicted.
Olivia Savicz, turning 2, earned Morel of the Week.
Stars from Steve Carell to Amy Schumer to Matt Damon lend their voices to animated imaginary friends in a fable that turns downright grim at times.
Trashing the polls as wrong when they’re bad for him, lauding them when they’re good, and refusing to accept where he is in the race doesn’t bode well for the president.
About 5 a.m., Arturo Cantu was found shot multiple times in the 7300 block of West 79th Street, Bridgeview police said.
“I am deeply proud of the incredible strides we have made this past year,” Mayor Brandon Johnson writes about his administration’s accomplishments since his 2023 inauguration.
Richard Globensky of Georgia pleaded guilty Wednesday to one criminal charge, for which he faces a maximum of 10 years behind bars.
Plus: North Lawndale residents fight developments, cicada-inspired cakes and more.
‘We have been patient despite believing there is more than enough evidence to move forward with an arrest,’ said the family of Abnerd Joseph, who was shot to death last year at the luxury high-rise where he lived.
What a shame that a wealthy man can buy the name of one of our city’s greatest institutions. Will our entire lakefront someday be named after a billionaire with big riches and an even bigger ego?
Zet Rodríguez-Lara, quien tenía una hija de 6 meses, es recordado como un “gran padre, amigo y hermano” por su familia en su página de GoFundMe. Hasta el martes se habían recaudado más de $28,000.
Luisette Kraal, originaria de Curazao, vive en Estados Unidos gracias a una visa religiosa que se le ha vencido. Desde hace dos años es una figura clave para ayudar a los recién llegados a adaptarse a la ciudad.
The vice president spoke about reproductive rights and the critical importance of the upcoming election at a fundraiser in a Glencoe home.
The proposed restructuring by Bishop Ron Hicks, leader of the Diocese of Joliet, follows other church and school downsizing moves announced earlier this year in and around Joliet.
The draft policy aims to undercut a dramatic rise in stops that disproportionately target people of color and rarely lead to arrests. “It felt like it was time to do something about it,” said Foxx, who is stepping down as Cook County state’s attorney this year.
The man, 38, was shot while driving near the 2400 block of East 91st Street about 11:55 p.m. Wednesday, Chicago police said.
There’s potential in the work, no question. But as is, the production provides flashes of insight and drama rather than really digging into the bleak, essential history it illuminates.
America is staring down the possibility of putting someone back in power who has demonstrated he is willing to use informal violence to achieve his anti-democratic ends.
In handing down the sentence, U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall told Janice Weston, “It’s very troubling. You have a few moments in time where you knew it was illegal and you could have left.”
Neighbors worry the trucks would create a hazardous nuisance as well as air pollution in a low-income Black residential area.
Booker is expected to make about $4.2 million over four years.
Neighbors awoke to FBI agents shouting commands on a bullhorn, then using grenades in a quiet residential area. The local alderperson says the Chicago police district was not informed prior to the action.