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Man charged in North Side cellphone store robbery that led to mileslong pursuit

May 31, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

A South Side man has been charged with armed robbery of a North Center cellphone store after he stole more than $700 from employees at gunpoint, authorities said. Tyree Ruth,...

A CeaseFire sticker is posted on a street light pole near a crime scene in Chicago on July 10, 2015.

CeaseFire boss: Accused gang leader did what was needed to prevent more bloodshed

May 20, 2020 at 1:59 p.m.

The head of the anti-violence group CeaseFire on Monday defended a former employee accused of leading a double life as leader of the Gangster Two-Six Nation, saying the ex-convict "prevented...

Dispute with friend of child’s mother ended in West Side stabbing, prosecutors say

May 23, 2019 at 5:42 a.m.

A 28-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the stabbing of a friend of his child's mother outside his West Town home. Marvin Higgs is charged...

One of the old buildings, built in 1892, which is no longer in use for inmates at Chicago State Hospital on Oct. 18, 1939.

New CPS school grounds being built on site of estimated 38,000 unmarked graves

December 14, 2018 at 4:32 p.m.

A 15-year effort to build a school in the city's Dunning neighborhood is underway with an unusual complication: Construction workers are taking careful steps to avoid disturbing human remains that...

Loyola nontenured faculty members stage one-day strike

May 23, 2019 at 5:41 a.m.

Members of Loyola University Chicago’s nontenure-track faculty staged a one-day strike Wednesday, frustrated that more than two years of negotiations have yet to produce the union’s first contract. Instructors in...

East Garfield Park man charged with beating 4-month-old son

May 23, 2019 at 5:41 a.m.

A 4-month-old boy is in critical condition with a skull fracture and collapsed lungs after his father beat him for crying, prosecutors said Sunday. Malcolm Howard, 22, of East Garfield...

Una mujer insulta a su hijo y luego golpea a una juez, enfrenta cargos

December 14, 2018 at 9:25 p.m.

Una residente de Kenosha golpeó a una juez del Tribunal de Circuito del Condado de Lake que intentó intervenir cuando la mujer insultaba a su hijo en un tren de...

Woman charged with punching Lake County judge on Metra train

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

A Kenosha woman punched a Lake County Circuit Court judge who tried to intervene as the woman yelled profanities at her son on a Metra train, prosecutors said Sunday. Elizabeth...

Man charged with making false bomb threat as plane left O’Hare

May 31, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

A Chicago man now charged with making a false bomb threat told a fellow passenger that the plane they were on was going to explode as it departed from O’Hare...

Mauro Navarro, of Carpentersville, Ill., leafs through a pamphlet , while meeting with other El Salvadorians with TPS (temporary protected status), to discuss plans to move forward with proposed legislation that would help them stay in the U.S., during a meeting at Centro Romero, at 6216 N. Clark St., in Chicago, on Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Mauro Navarro, 45, left El Salvador when he was 19 and has been living in the Chicago area legally through TPS (temporary protected status), a temporary immigration relief program for people from designated countries.

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Los beneficiarios de TPS también son Dreamers y están en pie de lucha

December 14, 2018 at 8:57 p.m.

Más de dos décadas después de huir de la guerra civil en su natal El Salvador, Mauro Navarro se resiste a renunciar a su reclamo del Sueño Americano. Navarro, de...

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