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Chicago's top cop names new No. 2, promoting detectives' chief Antoinette Ursitti

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3 held after CBS News crew attacked, racial slurs hurled, on Museum Campus

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Stacey King honored by Bulls in Celebration of Life ceremony Monday

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Bulls' Caleb Wilson will be linked with Caleb Williams, Patrick Williams and Michael Jordan

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City officials warn residents, ramp up services for extreme heat hitting Chicago area

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Geneva wide receiver Bennett Konkey commits to Illinois

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Kankakee basketball star Lincoln Williams picks Illinois

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Reinsdorfs welcome new investors into Bulls, United Center

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Chicago's Haitian and Syrian communities in limbo after Supreme Court decision: 'Playing with people's lives'

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Lake County judge denies Marni Yang's bid for new trial

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Illinois sees dramatic drop in opioid overdose deaths

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After Damen Silos demolition, city warns owner about code violations

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DoorDash driver sought in fatal shooting of Amazon vendor in Matteson facility parking lot

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South Shore Line continues holiday train schedule after Indiana freight train derailment

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Jackson Park was my playground; Obama's tower disrupts my urban wilderness

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Trump ended lifeline for LGBTQI+ youth; Congress and the president must bring it back

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Chicago lacks the will to curb traffic crashes that kill cyclists, pedestrians

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DOJ memo targeting people with disabilities is unsettling

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1 dead, 2 wounded in Chatham drive-by shooting

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Bill on Pritzker's desk would boost state payments to the wrongfully convicted

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