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Police investigate the scene where two officers were killed after they were struck by a South Shore train near 103rd Street and Dauphin Avenue on Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, in Chicago. Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi posted on Twitter that the "devastating tragedy" occurred when the officers were investigating a shots-fired call.
Chicago resident Alex Almanza, 18, listens during a rally ahead of the Women's March to the Polls on Saturday. The event began with a 9 a.m. rally at Congress Parkway and Columbus Drive that included speakers and live music.
Kanye West hugs Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on Oct. 11, 2018. When Kanye West condemned a Republican president after Hurricane Katrina smashed New Orleans, Democrats and their media biscuit eaters weren't all that upset.
A new public art fund will also be established as part of the sale of Kerry James Marshall's Knowledge & Wonder which currently hangs in the Legler branch Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined Chicago Public Library Commissioner Brian Bannon and Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner Mark Kelly at the Legler Branch Library, located at 115 S. Pulaski, to announce its transformation into a regional library for the west side. The first-ever public art fund will also be established to support public art projects in underserved communities.
Two public hearings have been announced for late October, at which people can comment on a proposed consent decree that will govern reforms of the Chicago Police Department. Both hearings -- Oct. 24 and Oct. 25 -- will be in the John B. Parsons Ceremonial Courtroom on the 25th floor of the Dirksen Federal Building, 219 S. Dearborn St., Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan's office announced Wednesday.
The Office of Emergency Management and Communications , Chicago Public Schools and the Archdiocese of Chicago today announced the city's first Crossing Guard of the Year Award in recognition of the important role crossing guards play in helping Chicago children and families travel to and from school safely. During a ceremony at the Alexander Graham School in Canaryville, OEMC, CPS and the Archdiocese of Chicago recognized Maredith Robertson with the first-ever Crossing Guard of the Year Award for her work in the 2017-2018 school year.
Former White House chief of staff William "Bill" Daley said Monday he's running for the seat previously held by his brother, Richard M. Daley, and his father Richard J. Daley. He says while there is much to celebrate about Chicago, the nation's third-largest city faces serious issues including crime and troubled finances.
The lopsided fight between anti-war demonstrators and the brutish police force of Chicago's Democratic mayor Richard Daley the night of Aug. 28, 1968, in the midst of the Democratic convention, was a debacle for the left. The protests didn't stop the Vietnam War or the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hubert Humphrey, the sitting vice president who was much too establishment for the radicals.
Five inspiring women lawyers honored Aug. 5 at the ABA Annual Meeting with the 2018 ABA Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award were lauded as pioneers supporting the careers of other women lawyers nationally and internationally and serving voices of conscience in a profession still striving to achieve its ideals of full diversity and inclusion in the law. Stephanie Scharf, chair of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession , told the audience of more than 500 people at the luncheon event, that the honorees "are wonderfully brave women who not only did something but will continue to do something."
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Innovative Program Leverages Downtown Growth to Make Direct Investments into Neighborhood Businesses Across City's South, West and Southwest Sides Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the third round of investments from the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund directly into 33 small businesses in Chicago's South, West and Southwest Sides. The businesses receiving a total of approximately $5 million in investment include a Grand Boulevard grocery store, a North Lawndale restaurant and a Little Village fruit market.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan plan to announce a proposed court agreement Friday afternoon that would govern reforms in the troubled Chicago Police Department . A news conference is scheduled for 2 p.m., and city officials are holding briefings for attorneys and other stakeholders beforehand, sources said.
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing sailor Saturday evening on Lake Michigan, some seven hours after he fell off a yacht that had just started the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac. Approximately 20 boats and three helicopters from Coast Guard, Chicago Fire, Chicago Police and Chicago Yacht Club covered searched 47 square miles.
Hundreds of protesters calling for an end to gun violence in Chicago partially shut down a major freeway in the city on Saturday, restricting traffic as they demanded lawmakers and members of the community do more to stop the bloodshed. Initially, hundreds of demonstrators marched along two of the freeway's four northbound lanes watched by lines of police.
Thousands of anti-violence protesters marched along a Chicago interstate on Saturday, shutting down traffic to draw attention to the gun violence that's claimed hundreds of lives in some of the city's poorest neighborhoods and pressure public officials to do more to stop it. Marchers chanted, "Stop the killing," and carried signs reading, "We need jobs," and other messages.
Anti-violence demonstrators shut down a section of the Dan Ryan Expressway with a spirited march Saturday, snarling traffic and igniting a war of words between Gov. Bruce Rauner and Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The protest march, organized by the Rev.
Washington, July 8 - Thousands of African-Americans marched through Chicago, where they shut down the Dan Ryan Expressway to denounce the wave of violence suffered by the community in this city. Saturday's march was led by the Reverend Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church, who said minutes before setting out that this was a non-violent protest for peace, reports Efe news.
In this Dec. 31, 2016 file photo, The Rev. Michael Pfleger, center, Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, and state Sen. Jacqueline Collins, right, led hundreds in a march down Michigan Avenue, carrying crosses for all those killed by Chicago violence in 2016 and to call for an end to violence in Chicago.
Thousands of demonstrators march in Chicago on the Dan Ryan Expressway to protest violence in the city. Chicago had 252 homicides and 1,100 shootings in the first six months of this year.
People participate in the Families Belong Together march in Chicago on Saturday, June 30, 2018. As Health and Human Services secretary, Alex Azar was responsible for caring for migrant children taken from their parents at the border.