Fatal shooting by cops called proper
A preliminary investigation shows that Chicago police acted properly when they fatally shot a man who allegedly pointed a weapon at them after his car slammed into an officer directing...
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Shaken by loss, city wonders what’s next
In this tiny city that lost more of its people to the Sept. 11 attacks than any place but New York, hundreds stood at the end of a pier Wednesday...
‘They were just starting their lives’
Happy hour draws crowds of young professionals to Wayne Hobson's corner bar, a block from the train tunnel and ferry dock that link this gentrified old port on the Hudson...
Soccer fans see it, can’t believe it
A couple of Hispanic guys unfurled an American flag early Monday outside an Irish pub in downtown Chicago and led a cheer: "U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!" Hundreds of other fans cheered...
Terror suspect’s arrest puts Hispanics on edge
On the day that President Bush called Jose Padilla a "bad guy" and a "would-be killer," Puerto Rican community leaders in Chicago said they felt uneasy about the arrest of...
Brown’s secret haunted women
In the early 1990s, Anne Lockett, Eileen Bakalla and the crowd at Jake's Pizza in Hoffman Estates were struggling with teenage dramas--uneven romances, minor drug use, the fallout from broken...
Suspects’ depiction surprises women who knew them
One of Jim Degorski's most recent girlfriends knew him as a sweetheart who would never raise a hand to her, loved animals and nature and always was surrounded by friends....
Ex-Elgin man held in sister’s ’91 slaying
More than 11 years after an Elgin woman was found beaten to death in a remote field, police announced Thursday they have charged her half-brother in the slaying. Jose Luis...
Police find Elgin couple dead; murder-suicide is suspected
An Elgin man apparently shot his wife before turning the murder weapon on himself Friday in the couple's home on the city's east side, police said. Elgin police found the...
Top casino backer seeks `fair return’
The head of the investor group behind the Emerald Casino has all but given up on winning approval to operate in Rosemont. But Kevin Flynn said he will fight to...