City Hall identified stores whose weapons regularly were used in crimes. ATF has been lenient with those stores for violations such as selling to straw buyers, transferring guns without background checks and doctoring records.
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Dart says he has to give pretrial detainees on home confinement time free of electronic monitoring. Judge Edward Maloney, who ordered a suspect held with no furlough, says sheriff must follow his ruling.
The Hawks’ constant losing seems to be eating away at Toews, who hasn’t been his usual self for months. “There’s no connection in our team game,” he grumbled Thursday.
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Parolee threatened man 8 times before shooting him in drug dispute in Humboldt Park, prosecutors say
Kevin Change, 32, was shot and killed on March 17 in the 900 block of North St. Louis Avenue.
Sheridan died of natural causes overnight Friday, according to Deadline and CNN.
In Round One of the 2019 mayoral sweepstakes, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas finished with 5.43% of the vote behind. Vallas believes the outcome will be dramatically different if he goes again.
The extra-alarm fire broke out at the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 6322 S. Stewart Ave., according to the Chicago Fire Department.
We can all do something to support peace in Ukraine and echo the call for a truce by Pope Francis.
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The ex-president’s latest attempt to extract money from small donors centers on his supposed luck on the links.
The announcement was made on what would have been the labor union pioneer’s 133rd birthday.
Pound cakes are the pleasing plain-Janes of desserts: figurative no-nonsense confections that provide a welcome pick-me-up without wandering into sugary oblivion.
No one is doubting that the first-round playoff meeting with the defending champions will be an uphill climb for the Bulls. There will be five major keys to this series, and if the Bulls have any hope of shocking the world they would have to be on the winning side of all five.
Juno Miles, 24, was arrested Thursday and charged with the Saturday evening incident, police said.
This was the smallest number of Division I coaches out on the road evaluating during any “live” period I’ve ever seen.
The bird was found dead Friday near McCormick Place. Authorities say it was attacked by a coyote or a dog.
This week marks Mayor Harold Washington’s 100th birthday and the 39th anniversary of his 1983 mayoral victory. Here’s how his campaign fared in the days leading up to Election Day.
The man, 33, was shot in the chest in the 2200 block of North Kilpatrick Avenue Thursday night, police said.
Even after her death at 18, Maddie “Maddog” Grobmeier keeps on giving in organ donations, including the passage of “Maddog’s Law” to make it easier to register for donation.
Ariana Taylor’s body was found in a drainage ditch near the interstate Wednesday morning, more than a mile south from where her vehicle was found crashed April 3.
The child was struck near the intersection of Iowa Street and Hamlin Avenue Thursday evening.
Maleek Smith was found with a gunshot wound to the head Thursday afternoon in the 600 block of South Lawndale Avenue, Chicago police said.
One hint of a possible scam artist: He posted a photo of the woman’s lake house and claimed it was his.
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The teen was found fatally shot in Homan Square on the West Side.
He studied under Aaron Copland, played French horn in an Army band at JFK’s funeral and had a four-decade teaching career even as he continued to write music.
Both men were taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in fair condition, police said.
The man was riding in the 300 block of South California Avenue early Friday when someone in a car opened fire, striking him in the hand, arm and leg, police said.
The accident happened on a Dan Ryan feeder ramp just before 10 p.m., Chicago fire officials said.
The officers were taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in good condition, according to police and fire officials.
Cubs first baseman Frank Schwindel hit his first home run of the season.