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‘Hole in my heart’: Mother mourns daughter lost in Chicago mass shooting at rapper album party
The vigil for Taylor Walker was held the evening after the mass shooting in the city’s River North neighborhood. Walker, 26, ...
30 years after deadly Chicago heat wave, threats persist as climate change elevates risks
The 739 deaths in 1995 was the deadliest weather event in Illinois history and redefined Chicago’s emergency response and ...
4 killed, 14 hurt in Chicago mass shooting: 'Absolute chaos'
Four people were killed and 14 others wounded in a "deplorable and cowardly" mass shooting in Chicago on Wednesday night, ...
Chicago shootings: At least 50 people shot, 6 fatally, in 4th of July weekend gun violence, CPD says
At least 50 people have been shot, six fatally, in gun violence across the city so far this Fourth of July weekend, Chicago police said. ABC7 is tracking holiday weekend shootings from the morning of ...
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Chicago Man Charged with Aggravated Kidnapping and Vehicular Hijacking Involving Young Child
Jeremy Ochoa, 38, faces charges for vehicular hijacking and kidnapping in Chicago, involving a child with intellectual ...
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As Hearings Start on How to Fill Chicago’s Projected $1.2B 2026 Budget Gap, Officials Won’t Say How Much City Spent on Overtime in 2024
Chicago officials held the first of four “budget engagement roundtables” designed to gather feedback about the city’s 2026 ...
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"Want our African-American youth to be seen": When The Chi stars originally from Chicago talked about portraying the city's South Side stories
When The Chi first premiered on Showtime, it not only invited us into the richness of South Side Chicago life but also into ...
Chicago City Council panel calls for deeper probe of CPD actions at ICE operation in South Loop
CPD has said police did not assist ICE at all during an operation when federal agents arrested 10 people at a South Loop ...