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Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder has insisted on preventing politics from playing a role in Kyle Rittenhouse’s high-profile trial, which resumes Monday. Legal experts and even some of the jurors, however, have suggested the highly charged political environment will be hard to cast aside.
“I’m always amused when a judge asks if a juror can set something aside and promise to give a fair trial. What do the jurors do? Come in in the morning and there’s a bag marked ‘feelings,’ and they just dump them in there and walk into the jury room?” one veteran Chicago defense attorney told the Tribune.
Key testimony is expected Monday from a medic who was shot trying to stop Rittenhouse from fleeing the scene after killing two men.
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Chicago has five competing casino bids. Here’s a look at what’s proposed, and where.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is looking at five proposals from three firms vying to run Chicago’s casino. Now it’s almost time for her to show her hand.
City officials are sifting through the bids, and City Hall staff members are tasked with recommending to the mayor which casino plan she should present to aldermen for approval. But it will ultimately be up to Lightfoot to make that call — one of the most consequential she will face as mayor.
Thousands of Dixmoor residents spent much of October without reliable water, a crisis that caused schools and businesses to close, resulted in a weekslong boil order and sent people scrambling to the homes of family and friends — or even hotels — to meet basic needs.
Water pressure has returned to Dixmoor, for now. But a Tribune review of court and village documents revealed the south suburb has experienced water problems for at least two years, with little success in rectifying them.
For months, consumers have been hearing they’ll need to shop early to keep supply chain issues from playing Scrooge with holiday gift-giving.
Some are heeding that advice when shopping for Thanksgiving feasts too.
The Chicago Bears will try to break a three-game losing streak when they play the Pittsburgh Steelers at Heinz Field on “Monday Night Football.”
Bears coach Matt Nagy said there was “definite urgency” around Halas Hall during the week as the team prepared for its last game before the bye week.
Column: Let’s label the Bears-Steelers game what it is — a must-win
Louisa Chu review: Korean Spoon, where a food critic would eat every day if she could
At Korean Spoon, a small mom-and-pop shop in Glenview, Tribune critic Louisa Chu is reminded of Korean home-cooked meals that saved her while she was living in Paris.
