Business
Opioid legal charge pushes Walgreens to $3.7B fiscal 1Q loss
Walgreens said Thursday that it recorded a $5.2 billion, after-tax charge in the quarter that ended Nov. 30 for opioid-related litigation.
News
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Crime
Man critical after fall from balcony apartments on the Near North Side
As police responded to an alleged residential trespass Monday night, a man reportedly fell from a balcony and is in critical condition, authorities said.
Crime
Two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old shot in Lawndale
Two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old were standing out on the sidewalk when an unknown vehicle drove by and an unknown person inside pulled a gun and fired shots.
Crime
9-year-old shot dead in Washington Heights
Another child is dead tonight after they were shot multiple times on the city's south side, authorities said. The shooting is the latest in a violent New Year's Day across the city to start 2023.
Crime
4 teens shot: 1 dead, 3 critical in Washington Park shooting
Four teenagers were shot while riding in a vehicle on the city's south side Sunday afternoon on the first day of 2023.
Law
Illinois Supreme Court halts elimination of cash bail
The high court said in Saturday's order that the stay was needed to “maintain consistent pretrial procedures throughout Illinois” as the court prepares to hear arguments on the matter.
Crime
1 dead, 1 wounded in New Year's Day hookah lounge shootout
A shootout in a hookah lounge in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood early New Year's Day left one man dead and another wounded, authorities said. The shootout marks the city's first homicide of the 2023 year.
Crime
Man fatally stabbed in domestic dispute in West Pullman
The 64-year-old's stabbing death marks the final homicide of 2022. Unofficial results from HeyJackass.com are 734 homicides for the year, but that number is subject to change.
Crime
55-year-old man stabbed to death in West Chatham
Police were called to the 300 block of W. 87th Street in the West Chatham neighborhood on the city's south side in response to witness calls of a brutal stabbing.
Law
SAFE-T Act among 200 Illinois laws to debut in 2023
The SAFE-T Act isn't the only new law starting tomorrow in Illinois, there's a lot of new laws (surprise, surprise) ...
Crime
Police seek public's help identifying hit-and-run driver that killed man pushing another in a wheelchair
Additional details that were not reported in our original story, the 63-year-old man who died was dragged beneath the SUV for six city blocks before he was dislodged from underneath.
Illinois Politics
Prosecutors file emergency motion to suspend SAFE-T Act statewide until ILSC can rule on pretrial release
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser filed an emergency motion to the Illinois Supreme Court on Friday asking for a statewide suspension of the enforcement of the controversial SAFE-T Act legislation set to go into effect on Sunday.