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Crime
A woman is dead and a man is in critical condition Friday after both were stabbed in the Austin neighborhood on the city's northwest side this morning, authorities said.
Chicago News
A man who was one of eight people injured in an explosion that tore through the top floor of a Chicago apartment building has died, and authorities have determined the blast resulted from an “ignition of natural gas."
Crime
After firefighters extinguished the blaze, police found the body of a fourth person who police believe had shot the others, who were all pronounced dead after being rushed to area hospitals.
Illinois Politics
State Sen. Emil Jones III pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of lying to the FBI and seeking a bribe to oppose legislation that would have required a statewide evaluation of red-light camera systems.
Preps
Major shakeups in Class 8A as 3 teams jump from the unranked into the Top 10. Catch up on the latest rankings of Illinois High School football teams in each class before tonight's games.
Crime
Four men were shot Thursday afternoon in the Douglas neighborhood, one block east of the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters.
Illinois Politics
Governor JB Pritzker has bailed out of a candidate forum that was to be hosted by the Daily Herald after its parent company printed campaign mailers critical of his policies that were sent to Illinois residents and paid for by a conservative PAC.
Crime
Dakota Access, a subsidiary of Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, constructed the controversial $3.8 billion, 1,168-mile pipeline that cuts through North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa, ending in Illinois.
Crime
More than two dozen people have been charged with fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief money, including some who were inmates at the Will County Jail when they applied for and received loans through the program, and then used the money to bond out of jail on felony cases.
Chicago News
The Chicago City Council approved a settlement on Wednesday that will pay $15 million to the family of a woman who was killed when a police cruiser ran a red light and slammed into her SUV after officers allegedly ignored repeated orders to end their high-speed pursuit of a carjacking suspect.
Crime
A 20-year-old man from the West Pullman neighborhood has been charged in a shooting over the weekend that left 2 people dead, another man in critical condition, and a fourth wounded, authorities said.
Crime
The Aunt of a 3-year-old boy has been charged with attempted first-degree murder after she was reportedly caught on surveillance video pushing him into Lake Michigan at Navy Pier, authorities said. The boy is currently on life support.