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Chicagoland News
Two people who wish to remain anonymous have claimed a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot after a single ticket to the late July drawing was sold in a Chicago suburb, opting to take a lump sum payment of $780.5 million, lottery officials said Wednesday.
Arts
Obama will open at the Warner Theatre in Washington on Nov. 15, the publication date for her book. She will then travel to Philadelphia's The Met, Atlanta's Fox Theatre, the Chicago Theatre and San Francisco's Masonic, before closing at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.
Crime
An off-duty CPD probationary officer was shot in the face after an apparent road rage incident on the city's northwest side this afternoon, authorities said.
Chicagoland News
The Highland Park community is seeking to help the family of a local business owner who was found dead near Fort Sheridan Beach early Saturday morning after authorities say he went to ask a group to quiet down, and a fight broke out between him and two young men.
Chicagoland News
A jury has awarded $363 million to a woman who alleged that a now-shuttered suburban Chicago plant that sterilized medical equipment exposed residents to a toxic industrial gas and gave her breast cancer.
Business
The drugstore chain hopes to close on the remainder of the company by the end of the year. Walgreens started building a minority investment in the privately held Shields in 2019 and that stake reached about 70% last year.
Chicago News
The Chicago Fire department is on the scene of a reported building explosion at the intersection of N. Central Avenue and W. West End Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood.
Crime
A father of two was found dead after a fight this weekend along the Lake Michigan shoreline near Fort Sheridan Beach and one of the men he was in the confrontation with has been taken into custody on a weapons charge unrelated to the incident, authorities said.
Politics
Mark Frerichs, a Navy veteran and suburban Lombard native who had spent more than a decade in Afghanistan as a civilian contractor, was abducted in January 2020 and was believed to have been held since then by the Taliban-linked Haqqani network.
Crime
Two people are dead and there are an additional four people in critical condition as well as a seventh victim wounded in two separate shootings that happened five minutes apart on the city's south side Sunday night, authorities said.
College Sports
Power Five Northwestern loses to FCS Southern Illinois, Nebraska trounced by the Sooners, Michigan State loses to Washington, Penn State crushes Auburn. These are the B1G stories of the week.
Crime
An armed offender was shot and wounded by a Chicago Police tactical officer early this morning on the city's south side, authorities said.