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Rachel Cole, right, supports Suzanne Day during a gathering Sunday to mourn the bike-sharing death of Ginny Murray in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood.

Friends, family, cycling community remember Divvy rider who was killed

May 22, 2019 at 10:09 p.m.

First, a bike, its wheels and metal frame painted a chalky white, was chained to a traffic pole at Belmont and Sacramento avenues. Then came the flowers, whose stems were...

A patrol car is parked at a shooting scene in the 500 block of North Lavergne Avenue early on July 9, 2016, in Chicago. Three men were shot in the area, and one of the gunshot victims, a 59-year-old man, was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital.

2 dead, 17 wounded in Chicago shootings

May 22, 2019 at 10:09 p.m.

Two men were killed and at least 17 other people have been wounded in shootings citywide since Friday afternoon, police said. The fatal shootings include an attack in the Austin...

Phillip D. Block III, circa 1979, died at 79.

Philip D. Block, former Shedd chairman, steel executive, dies at 79

June 11, 2018 at 9:47 p.m.

Philip D. Block III, whose forebears founded Inland Steel Co., was a former chairman of the Shedd Aquarium board of trustees. Block, 79, died July 1 in his Gold Coast...

Dorothy Johnson, 70, sits on her front porch in the 5700 block of South Morgan Street in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago July 7, 2016. Johnson has been at her home for 25 years. A 4-year-old boy was seriously wounded in a drive-by shooting yesterday on the 5700 block of South Morgan Street.

After boy shot, playmate asks if someone is shooting children on purpose

May 22, 2019 at 10:08 p.m.

Rayshawn Woods says she can't live in her apartment in Englewood anymore. She can't bear hearing her young daughter ask if people are shooting children like her on purpose."My daughter...

Bradley sisters’ disappearance remembered with family vigil

May 22, 2019 at 10:08 p.m.

In the 15 years since sisters Tionda and Diamond Bradley disappeared from their South Side home, the size of their family has nearly doubled. In the moments leading to a...

A homicide scene in the 7400 block of South Morgan Street, next to Stagg Elementary School on July 1, 2016.

3 dead, 21 wounded within 24 hours in city shootings

May 22, 2019 at 10:06 p.m.

Ariel Geralds could tell something was wrong as soon as her cousin answered her phone call Thursday night. "I said, 'Why are you crying?' So I FaceTimed her," Geralds said....

Lights flash on a Chicago Police Department bicycles at the scene where six people were shot in the 1600 block of South Christiana Avenue on June 28, 2016, in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago.

At least 18 shot, including child, in separate attacks

May 22, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

At least 18 people, including a 4-year-old boy, were shot between Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday in attacks in Chicago, police said. In the attack that wounded the 4-year-old, police...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel in Chicago on June 29, 2016.

Federal judge says politics not a factor in Emanuel security team selection

May 22, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled against four Chicago police officers who contended they were transferred off Mayor Rahm Emanuel's elite security detail for political reasons. The four officers, Michael...

Ex-Buffalo Grove middle school teacher pleads guilty to child porn charges

May 22, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

A former suburban middle school teacher pleaded guilty Monday to federal child pornography charges and admitted that he had a teen boy send him photos and videos showing him engaging...

Man charged with attacking police officer at homicide scene

May 22, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

A 19-year-old Humboldt Park man was charged with felony aggravated battery of a peace officer Friday after he allegedly threatened to kill and attempted to choke a police officer at...

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