Iranians in Chicago still struggle to communicate with loved ones in Iran after deadly protests
Chicago’s Iranian community is facing uncertainty about their loved ones after deadly anti-government protests erupted in late December.
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After Maduro’s capture, Venezuelans in the Chicago area face difficult choice: ‘People are afraid to stay and people are afraid to return’
After the U.S. captured and imprisoned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last week, many Venezuelans in the Chicago area are left with conflicting emotions.
Caribbean travel resumes after disruptions from US military operation in Venezuela
Major airlines reopened flights across the Caribbean region after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on X that the U.S. would lift airspace restrictions at 12 a.m. ET on Saturday.
CPD Deputy Chief William Betancourt, a ‘great leader’ in the department, dies over the weekend
Chicago police are mourning the death of Deputy Chief William Betancourt, who died Saturday morning of heart disease, an autopsy revealed.
Palestinian orphanage gets 15-seat van donated by Chicago nonprofit
Participants in the nonprofit Refugee Life Foundation’s Humanity 5K last April raised over $76,000 for a van donated to an orphanage in the West Bank.
St. Sabina suspends Sunday men’s basketball league after three are shot
A man fired into a crowd outside the St. Sabina church gym after an argument erupted during a church basketball tournament, police sources said. Three men were wounded.
With island prices rising, Chicagoan from Puerto Rico must delay dream of moving back
And rapper Bad Bunny spotlights the gentrification displacing many islanders, with about 3,000 coming to the Chicago area after a 2017 hurricane.
Faith leaders denied access to pray in Broadview ICE facility on Christmas Eve
The faith leaders who were turned away instead led a prayer and sang hymns near the facility’s doorstep, and vowed to try again.
Illinois puts 550 custom license plate applications on the ‘naughty’ list this year
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias released this year’s rejected vanity and personalized license plate applications.
Two men killed in hit-and-run in Morgan Park
A driver in a gray Jeep Grand Cherokee with an Illinois passenger plate hit and killed two pedestrians near Marshfield Plaza shopping area.