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5 Arrested As Police From 6 Districts Respond To Large Crowd Near North Avenue Beach
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5 Arrested As Police From 6 Districts Respond To Large Crowd Near North Avenue Beach

CHICAGO — A large group of beachgoers spilling out of North Avenue Beach on Tuesday night prompted a significant law enforcement response, with officers ...

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Aurora Man Gets 3 Years for Catalytic Converter Theft Across 8 Illinois Counties
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Aurora Man Gets 3 Years for Catalytic Converter Theft Across 8 Illinois Counties

CHICAGO — An Aurora man has been sentenced to three years in prison for orchestrating a bold string of catalytic converter thefts across eight ...

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2 Stabbing Victims Fight Back, Disarm Attacker With His Own Knife In Grant Park, Police Say
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2 Stabbing Victims Fight Back, Disarm Attacker With His Own Knife In Grant Park, Police Say

CHICAGO — A violent encounter at Grant Park’s skate park ended in dramatic fashion Tuesday evening when two stabbing victims managed to disarm their ...

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Downtown Chicago Sees Stabbings, Track Attack, and CTA Chaos in Broad Daylight
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Downtown Chicago Sees Stabbings, Track Attack, and CTA Chaos in Broad Daylight

CHICAGO — In what residents described as a “broad-daylight crime spree,” downtown Chicago saw a series of violent and chaotic events on June 17, ...

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Chicago Lab Owner Gets 7 Years for $14 Million COVID-19 Testing Fraud
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Chicago Lab Owner Gets 7 Years for $14 Million COVID-19 Testing Fraud

CHICAGO — A Chicago laboratory owner has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for orchestrating a $14 million COVID-19 testing fraud scheme, ...

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Ex-Downers Grove South Teacher Faces 52 New Sex Abuse Charges Involving Teenage Student
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Ex-Downers Grove South Teacher Faces 52 New Sex Abuse Charges Involving Teenage Student

CHICAGO — A former Downers Grove South High School teacher accused of sexually abusing a student is now facing 52 new criminal charges, including ...

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Harvey Man Charged After 11-Year-Old Girl Shot in Head by Stray Bullet
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Harvey Man Charged After 11-Year-Old Girl Shot in Head by Stray Bullet

ILLINOIS — A 29-year-old man from Harvey has been charged in connection with a tragic shooting that left 11-year-old Willow James critically injured and ...

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Chicago Tax Attorney Appears in Michigan Court in Domestic Case Amid Late Wife’s Death Investigation
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Chicago Tax Attorney Appears in Michigan Court in Domestic Case Amid Late Wife’s Death Investigation

CHICAGO — A well-known Chicago tax attorney, Adam Beckerink, appeared in a Michigan court Tuesday morning to face domestic violence charges connected to two ...

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Red Line Passenger Slashed with Razor Blade During 3:30 A.M. Fight in Uptown
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Red Line Passenger Slashed with Razor Blade During 3:30 A.M. Fight in Uptown

CHICAGO — A 36-year-old man was hospitalized after being slashed multiple times with a razor blade during a violent altercation aboard a CTA Red ...

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Ex-Loretto Hospital CFO Charged in $290M COVID Testing Fraud Scheme
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Ex-Loretto Hospital CFO Charged in $290M COVID Testing Fraud Scheme

CHICAGO — A former top executive at Chicago’s Loretto Hospital has been indicted in what authorities are calling one of the largest pandemic-era healthcare ...

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