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Las protestas contra la guerra han invadido los campus universitarios en las últimas semanas. Los estudiantes apoyan a los palestinos en los ataques de Israel contra Gaza, denuncian lo que llaman censura por parte de sus universidades y piden a las instituciones que dejen de invertir en fabricantes de armas y empresas que apoyan a Israel.
An attorney for plaintiff Angela Valadez argued for a direct link between her cancer diagnosis and Zantac, which she took for nearly 20 years. Defense attorneys cited the drug’s proven safety record and blamed other health factors for her cancer.
The city has until the end of the year to allocate hundreds of millions of federal dollars or risk losing them.
FBI agents responded Monday to a robbery at the Chase Bank at 7941 Lincoln Ave.
A man, 32, was near the sidewalk in the 5600 block of West Diversey Avenue just before 6 p.m. when someone approached him and shot him with a handgun, police said. He was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital where he later died.
Hundreds of University of Chicago students set up an encampment in the Main Quadrangle on Monday, joining groups on over 100 university campuses nationwide in support of Palestinians.
They were standing near the sidewalk when someone opened fire around 1 p.m. Monday in the 1200 block of North Keeler Avenue, Chicago police said.
The teachers union was happy to see “more people in the first session ... with direct understanding and clarity about how school works,” CTU President Stacy Davis Gates said.
Family, friends and fellow law enforcement officers filled St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel for the funeral. “This day is for Officer Luis Huesca,” said Police Supt. Larry Snelling. “This is his day, nothing else.”
“Bad actors are using the cover of free speech in this moment of tension to normalize dangerous ideas that cause real harm to Jewish students and communities,” the museum said. But a member of Chicago’s Jewish Voice for Peace said the protesters are saying what Jewish institutions are “afraid to say.”
The man, 28, was found with multiple gunshot wounds around 3:15 a.m. Sunday in a parking lot of the Walgreens, 2001 N. Milwaukee Ave., officials said.
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, whose brother is a Chicago police officer, spoke with the mother and sister of Officer Luis Huesca at Sunday’s wake and passed their wishes along to the mayor’s office that night.
State Sen. Ram Villivalam and state Rep. Eva-Dina Delgado are calling for the creation of the Metropolitan Mobility Authority to oversee all public transit operations and replace the RTA.
Officials say the project is the biggest ecological restoration project ever for the preserves.
“Prisons exist to punish and rehabilitate people — not to torture and destroy them,” says the report from the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights.
The alleged gunman fled into a nearby building and a SWAT team responded, police said.
The man was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The line of mourners who paid their respects to the slain officer stretched around Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. A combined reward of $100,000 is offered for the arrest of his attacker.
A Chicago man allegedly fired shots at another vehicle following a road rage incident. No injuries were reported.
Miram Chapman, 42, has been charged with shooting a 24-year-old after an argument inside a home in the 5700 block of South Wabash Avenue.
The couples, mostly from Venezuela, gathered at Park Community Church for the nearly two-and-a-half-hour ceremony. The afterparty went on even longer.
They were with a group of people in the 6100 block of West Dickens Avenue when someone in a dark sedan fired shots.
Police have released a detailed description of a suspect after the incident on Thursday.
Rebuild Together Metro Chicago and its network of 1,500 volunteers from local unions and businesses completed work ranging from installing mobility aids like grab bars to overhauling electrical and plumbing systems.
Xavier L. Tate Jr., 22, is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Huesca in the 3100 block of West 56th Street, court records show.
The Affordable Connectivity Program offered eligible households $30 per month toward their broadband internet bill, but with the program ending, some service providers are offering their own options.
As the death toll mounts in the war in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis worsens, protesters at universities all over the U.S. are demanding that schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies they say are enabling the conflict.
Hundreds of protesters from the University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago and Roosevelt University rallied in support of people living in Gaza.
The crane was captured and relocated by the International Crane Foundation and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
The owner hopes the rebrand will appeal to more customers after the spot suffered losses in recent years. The restaurant downstairs, for now, will be used for private events and catering.
First bison babies of year born at Fermilab: ‘Calving season is the most rewarding time of the year’
Two bison were born Friday at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia. The facility’s 30-acre pasture has long been home to the grazing mammals.
Gordon will run in the November general election to fill the rest of the late Karen Yarbrough’s term as Cook County clerk.