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Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday continued to take aim at Chicago as the city braces for potential federal intervention. “We’d love to go into Chicago and straighten it out,” Trump said as he delivered remarks at the Museum of the Bible. Earlier Monday, Trump wrote on his social media platform […]
Andy Manis/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The Chicago area is bracing for additional immigration enforcement over the weekend. Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson pushed back against President Donald Trump Saturday after the president increased his threats to send in federal troops to the city with a social media meme. In a […]
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) declared the city’s recent outbreak of measles over on Thursday. CDPH said 42 days have passed — two full incubation periods for measles — without any new cases confirmed. On March 7, 2024, Chicago health officials confirmed the city’s first measles case […]
WLS-TV (CHICAGO) — A Chicago police officer heading home from his shift early Sunday was shot and killed, the “victim of the type of crime he was working against,” the Chicago police superintendent said. The slain 30-year-old officer was shot multiple times and had his car taken, Chicago Police Department Superintendent Larry Snelling said during […]
Caspar Benson/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Chicago officials and community members are grieving the loss of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins who police say was fatally stabbed while trying “to protect his mother” in a domestic violence incident. Crosetti Brand, who Perkins’ mother has an order of protection against, allegedly broke into their home and stabbed both Perkins […]
Getty Images – STOCK (CHICAGO) — Chicago health officials have confirmed the city’s first measles cases since 2019 amid a rising number of infections across the U.S. The first case was confirmed Thursday in a city resident whose source of infection is unknown, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH), as reported by […]
Bruce Leighty/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The agency that is responsible for Chicago police oversight said Friday it is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct involving police officers and a migrant at a police station. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability said in a statement that the investigation involves members of the CPD assigned to the 10th […]
FILE photo — AerialPerspective Images/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Canadian wildfire smoke is infiltrating the Midwest on Tuesday and the air in Chicago has deteriorated to the Air Quality Index’s “very unhealthy” category. The AQI in hazy Chicago reached 209 on Tuesday afternoon. Any number over 100 is considered unhealthy for sensitive groups. Chicago Mayor Brandon […]
David Ryder/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — A Chicago-area pharmacist was convicted of stealing and selling COVID-19 vaccination cards, the Justice Department announced on Monday. Tangtang Zhao, 36, of Chicago, stole CDC-issued COVID-19 vaccination cards from the pharmacy where he worked, and sold them to buyers across the country through an online marketplace, according to the DOJ. “During […]
Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Growing up with nine siblings, who all shared one bathroom, Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson said his father taught him: “We are only as strong as the person who was struggling the most.” Now, after a highly contested runoff election that garnered national attention, Johnson said he is prepared to live by […]
