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- Warrant names suspect in slaying of Chicago police officerby Caroline Kubzansky on April 27, 2024 at 2:21 am
A Cook County judge issued an arrest warrant for an Aurora man in connection with the killing of Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca, according to court records. Xavier Tate Jr. was named in a first-degree murder warrant that ordered authorities to detain him, according to documents filed in Cook County Circuit Court Friday. A felony complaint accuses him of firing a .40 caliber handgun at Huesca, killing him. Huesca, 30 and a six-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, was in Gage Park when he was shot multiple times on the 3100 block of West 56th Street while off-duty but
- ‘When I get through with Chicago, they’ll be loving me.’ Looking back at first words from the Bears’ top draft picks.by Kori Rumore on April 27, 2024 at 1:09 am
Here's what some of the Bears' first-round draft picks from the past six decades have said when they started their careers in Chicago.
- McKinley Park man gets 50-year sentence for 2016 killing of Brighton Park teen, attorney general saysby Caroline Kubzansky on April 27, 2024 at 12:54 am
Sergio Gonzalez, 29, was sentenced to 50 years in prison for the 2016 killing of David Gonzalez, 17.
- Pilots forced to return to New York after emergency slide falls off a Delta Air Lines planeby Associated Press on April 26, 2024 at 11:53 pm
An emergency slide fell off a Delta plane shortly after takeoff Friday from New York.
- Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death avoids prisonby Associated Press on April 26, 2024 at 10:39 pm
A Colorado judge has sentenced a former paramedic to probation in the death of Elijah McClain.
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- UAW strike at Daimler Truck averted at 11th hourby Andrea Hsu on April 27, 2024 at 3:21 am
More than 7,000 Daimler Truck workers, most of them in North Carolina, had threatened to go on strike. The UAW says the workers will get raises of at least 25% plus cost of living allowances.
- Midwest tornadoes cause severe damage in Omaha suburbsby The Associated Press on April 26, 2024 at 11:42 pm
Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha. Hundreds of homes and other structures have been damaged.
- Biden administration abandons plan to ban menthol cigarettes, citing 'feedback'by Yuki Noguchi on April 26, 2024 at 9:15 pm
An anti-smoking advocate says the decision to leave menthol cigarettes on the market "prioritizes politics over lives, especially Black lives."
- In Columbia University's protests of 1968 and 2024, what's similar — and differentby Bill Chappell on April 26, 2024 at 9:05 pm
There are parallels between the two high-profile events, most starkly the proliferation of similar protests around the country. But key differences set them apart.
- Climate activist who defaced Edgar Degas sculpture exhibit sentencedby Chloe Veltman on April 26, 2024 at 6:56 pm
A federal judge sentenced Joanna Smith to 60 days in prison for smearing paint on the case surrounding Edgar Degas' Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen at the National Gallery of Art.