CLOSE Chicago's mayor says if President Trump is sincere about wanting to halt violence in her city, then he should act to stem the flow of illegal guns. Lori Lightfoot says she doesn't want federal agents without insignia deployed in Chicago. (July 20) AP DomesticCHICAGO – The mayor of Chicago said Tuesday that the Trump administration…
The statewide shutdown of restaurants and bars for on-premise service took effect March 16. Since then, several restaurants and bars have reopened for dining and drinking, as Chicago and the state have rolled out gradual reopening plans. But not all of them have made it. As the pandemic continues toward the five-month mark, we’ve put…
Chicago announced Monday it will tighten coronavirus restrictions, including for bars, restaurants, gyms and personal services, as it experiences a rise in COVID-19 cases.The city’s reinstitution of restrictions, which will go into effect Friday at 12:01 a.m., comes as Chicago has seen a boost in its seven-day average of new cases, reaching above 200 per day.“Throughout the…
Another turbulent weekend in Chicago has left 10 people dead from gun violence and 60 injured – including 10 minors, police say.The total number of incidents eclipsed those during the same weekend last year, in which 43 people had been shot, three fatally, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.Two of the victims wounded this past weekend were 10- and 11-year-old boys who had…
A protest near the Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago’s Grant Park turned violent Friday night, as the crowd started hurling objects at police officers who were guarding the statue, according to reports.As conditions worsened, dozens of police officers arrived from across the city, FOX 32 of Chicago reported.At least four police officers were injured at…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…