Chicago cop suspended after unarmed, autistic teen shot
CHICAGO (AP) — An off-duty Chicago police officer was suspended Thursday for six months after authorities say he shot an unarmed, autistic teen in 2017 on the city’s South Side.
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US charges Army vet with threatening to shoot congressman
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A 64-year-old Army veteran has been charged in federal court with making a threatening communication against an Illinois congressman,
Box containing infant’s cremated remains stolen in burglary
ELMHURST, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago couple whose house was ransacked this week is begging whoever made off with some belongings inside to return just one thing: The small white box containing the ashes of their
Illinois sues e-cigarette maker Juul over youth marketing
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois has become the latest state to sue the country’s biggest e-cigarette maker, alleging in a lawsuit filed Thursday that Juul Labs Inc., used deceptive marketing practices to entice minors and misrepresented the amount
Study shows higher levels of carcinogen near Waukegan plant
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — People living near a suburban Chicago medical equipment sterilization facility face higher cancer risks from toxic air pollution, a new study found.