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A man fired a gunshot into the air and several people, including a police officer, were pepper-sprayed when a pro-Palestinian group demonstrated outside a Jewish…
SEATTLE — A Seattle police officer was put on leave Friday as officials, for the second time this month, called for cultural reform within the…
Most passengers believe saying hello has a positive impact on their bus driver, but less than a quarter bother to do so, according to research…
CHICAGO — Former House Speaker Michael Madigan has long been known as “The Velvet Hammer” for the way he quietly wielded power. But in a…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Highway Patrol “has waged war on motorists,” a federal judge wrote in a scathing ruling against the agency’s practice…
CHICAGO — Brandon Johnson commenced his mayoral term Monday with a rousing promise to propel the “soul of Chicago” to its greatest era yet, capping…
CHICAGO — Five people were shot, two fatally, in the Englewood neighborhood Thursday afternoon, according to police. A group of people was standing in the…
CHICAGO — A federal judge in southern Illinois on Friday issued an injunction blocking enforcement of the state’s new ban on many higher-powered firearms and…
CHICAGO — For more than an hour last Friday, a South Shore woman said she lived in fear of a violent death at the hands…