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Crime
The incident happened last night around 10:30 p.m. when a 13-year-old boy and his uncle were returning to a residence on the city's lower west side where family members were still gathered after a birthday party.
Crime
A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world.
Business
The Association of American Railroads trade group estimates that a strike would cost the economy $2 billion a day. The Business Roundtable says a strike would be an “economic catastrophe.”
Politics
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday called up 75 members of the Illinois National Guard to help organize shelter, food and medical care for migrants arriving by bus from Texas.
Crime
Two groups clashed in Washington Park last night and police said members of each group opened fire on each other, leaving nine people shot in the incident and two killed.
Chicagoland News
A 21-year-old sailor from Grayslake will be laid to rest on Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II.
Arts
Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, has died. He was 87.
Illinois Politics
Anne Burke, Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court and wife of Ed Burke, a Chicago alderman for half a century who is scheduled to go on trial next year on federal racketeering and extortion charges, announced her future retirement on Monday.
Business
Regular production has resumed at a northwest Indiana refinery that was shut down last month following an electrical fire.
Chicago News
Police were called to a residence in the Lincoln Square neighborhood around 4:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon where they found an unresponsive 13-day-old infant.
Crime
A father in northwest suburban Inverness killed himself and his 10-year-old son Sunday afternoon by carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said. The man's 6-year-old daughter is currently in critical condition.
Crime
Four teenagers were shot Sunday afternoon in four separate incidents, authorities said. The youngest was shot by a CCL holder while in the process of stealing a car.