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Robert Boik, executive director of constitutional policing and reform at the Chicago Police Department, places his hand on a reform update packet while addressing reporters during an interview about the department's progress in meeting consent decree deadlines on Sept. 8, 2021, in Chicago.

Leaders’ exits challenge Chicago police reform effort during crucial stretch

August 28, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Earlier this year, the former federal prosecutor evaluating the Chicago Police Department's court-ordered efforts to reform itself took the department to task in an unusual letter. Maggie Hickey, the independent...

Two Chicago-area women plead guilty to breaching U.S. Capitol during Jan. 6 insurrection

August 19, 2022 at 12:43 p.m.

Two Chicago-area women pleaded guilty Wednesday to breaching the U.S. Capitol building during the Jan. 6 insurrection, according to court records. Trudy Castle, 57, and Kimberly DiFrancesco, 55, admitted to...

The house the city of Joliet bought a near a building that houses sex offenders is pictured on Aug. 4, 2022. The city plans to bulldoze it and turn the land into a park to force the sex offenders out of the building where they are living.

Joliet has plan to force convicted sex offenders to move from their home: Build a park nearby

August 5, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Joliet City Council members unanimously voted Tuesday night to buy a house, with plans demolish it and turn the land into a park — a tactic they hope will legally...

Customers enter UpRising Bakery and Cafe on July 21, 2022 in Lake in the Hills.

Lake in the Hills won’t fine bakery that planned family-friendly drag show, allowing events to resume

August 4, 2022 at 4:24 p.m.

A far northwest suburb has agreed to allow a local bakery to continue holding events after backing off its threat to penalize the establishment in the wake of an onslaught...

A suburban bakery faced harassment for a kid-friendly drag show. Now, officials are threatening to fine the owner.

August 2, 2022 at 11:27 a.m.

A bakery that faced harassment and vandalism after advertising for a family-friendly drag show is now being threatened with code violations if it hosts any future events, according to a...

Shea Couleé se asocia con Smirnoff para el lanzamiento de la competencia de brunch Show Up, Show Off en Chicago Pride in the Park el 25 de junio de 2022 en Chicago.

Grupos de extrema derecha atacan eventos drag para niños

July 28, 2022 at 9:29 a.m.

Con un vestido azul y una peluca, la drag queen Muffy Fishbasket —la señorita Muffy cuando actúa para niños— abrió el libro infantil "My Lucky Day", mientras un niño gritaba:...

A man walks past Uprising Bakery on July 23, 2022, after the bakery was vandalized.

A staple in Chicago for years, drag events for kids targeted by far-right groups

July 26, 2022 at 4:15 p.m.

In a blue dress and wig, drag queen Muffy Fishbasket — Miss Muffy when performing for kids — opened the children's book "My Lucky Day," as a child yelled, "I...

Corinna Sac at her bakery, UpRising Bakery and Cafe, in Lake in the Hills on July 21, 2022.

Bag of feces among signs of harassment leveled at suburban bakery that’s set to host family-friendly drag show Saturday, owner claims

July 23, 2022 at 11:51 a.m.

A far northwest suburban bakery has received a stream of harassment after selling tickets to a family-friendly drag show scheduled at the shop on Saturday, while protesters and counterprotesters plan...

Rising sophomore Zoe Lewis sits at her desk in The Garage shared workspace at Northwestern University in Evanston on July 14, 2022.

Colleges, students respond to end of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID vaccine mandate

July 15, 2022 at 6:12 a.m.

When the new school year starts this fall, whether Illinois college students and faculty will be surrounded by vaccinated classmates and colleagues will largely depend on where they are enrolled....

Medical staff wait for arrivals at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Harlan High School in Chicago on May 11, 2022.

‘The virus is not done with us yet’: New COVID-19 variants better evade antibodies, doctors say

July 12, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

For people who contracted COVID-19 during earlier omicron surges, doctors have some unwelcome news: You are again susceptible to catching the virus. Two new variants of the virus appear to...

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