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Lee Harris speaks during a news conference at the former site of the Cabrini-Green housing projects on Sept. 28, 2023. Harris, who was exonerated in March after spending three decades in prison, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department.

Chicago man sues city, police after exoneration for 1989 murder, alleging officers framed him

September 28, 2023 at 6:58 p.m.

Lee Harris, who spent more than three decades in prison in the murder of a Gold Coast woman before being exonerated and released earlier this year, filed a lawsuit Thursday...

A migrant staying at the Gage Park field house outside the building on Aug. 24, 2023.

Chicago police investigate break-in at Gage Park migrant shelter

March 11, 2024 at 12:36 p.m.

An intruder broke into a migrant shelter in Gage Park Thursday morning, according to Chicago police and Ald. Raymond Lopez, 15th. Police responded to the Gage Park field house in...

Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, Illinois.

Jury awards $19 million to woman who says counselor sexually assaulted her in downstate prison

September 27, 2023 at 8:10 p.m.

A woman who said she was repeatedly sexually assaulted by a counselor while incarcerated at a downstate prison and that authorities failed to properly act on her accusations was awarded...

Rabbi Bentzy Shemtov with his shofar at Chabad UIC & West Loop in Chicago on Sept. 21, 2023. Chabad House held its version of a Shofar walk on the night before Rosh Hashana this year.

With outdoor shofar events, Chicago Jews aim for accessible religious holidays

September 23, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Early emerging cicadas singing their last song this September faced stiff competition from a different type of seasonal sound. Across Chicagoland, Jewish communities took to trails, parks and parking lots...

Sickened customers sue Avondale taqueria after salmonella outbreak

September 22, 2023 at 5:38 p.m.

At least five residents who contracted salmonella after eating at Carniceria Guanajuato in Avondale have filed lawsuits against the taqueria in the wake of a salmonella outbreak leaving at least...

Man charged with murder admitted to ex-wife that he strangled girlfriend in garage: prosecutors

September 22, 2023 at 4:15 p.m.

A Cook County judge Friday ordered a 63-year-old man detained after authorities said he admitted strangling his live-in girlfriend inside her South Side garage earlier this week. Lawrence Curtis Boyle...

A memorial for a Romeoville couple and their two sons lies outside of their home on Sept. 19, 2023, where they were found fatally shot.

Suspect in Romeoville killings, passenger dead in car crash, police say

September 21, 2023 at 9:20 a.m.

A suspect in the shooting deaths of a south suburban couple and their two children and his female companion have both died following a fiery traffic crash in Oklahoma, Romeoville...

Dr. Diego Mauricio Avella Patino is seen with medical staff at the Canning Thoracic Institute at the Northwestern Medicine campus in Chicago.

With new Spanish-language pulmonary-thoracic program, Northwestern doctors hope to improve health outcomes for Hispanic patients

September 18, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

Growing up on the South Side of Chicago as the child of Mexican immigrants who primarily spoke Spanish, Dr. Daniel Meza was often asked to translate for his parents during...

Assistant principal fatally shot in Loop residential building remembered as being ‘like the mayor of the school’

September 17, 2023 at 1:36 p.m.

An assistant principal who was fatally shot Thursday evening in a downtown residential building was remembered Saturday as someone who made it his "mission" to improve school culture. A student...

A cowboy demonstrates rope tricks during the Mexican Independence Day Parade in Little Village on Sept. 16, 2023.

On Mexican Independence Day, tradition, pride and ballet folklorico in Little Village

September 17, 2023 at 8:21 a.m.

To a chorus of car horns and mariachi music, the 50th annual Mexican Independence Day parade made a splash in Little Village early Saturday afternoon. The holiday celebrates the anniversary...

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