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Gabriel Solache, shown Feb. 5, 2018, was exonerated, along with Arturo Reyes, after the two men spent nearly two decades in prison for a 1998 double murder they did not commit.

Attorneys: Exonerated immigrants blocked from returning home to Mexico

May 11, 2019 at 6:31 a.m.

Released from jail after a judge determined they had been wrongly convicted of murder, Gabriel Solache and Arturo Reyes found themselves immediately plunged into a new fight for freedom —...

Gresham man charged with murder in fiancee’s shooting death

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

A Gresham man charged in the shooting death of his 56-year-old fiancee admitted to the attack during a phone conversation with his niece, prosecutors said Sunday. Rory Watson, 57, was...

Austin man shot friend because she was ‘being too loud,’ prosecutors say

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

An Austin man shot a 30-year-old acquaintance during an argument that began because he thought she was being too loud, prosecutors said Sunday. Terrell Washington, 37, was charged with attempted...

Police work the scene of an officer-involved shooting near the intersection of West 148th Street and Dixie Highway on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018, in Harvey, Ill.

Man shot by Harvey police is charged with running down officer with squad car

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

A Homewood man was twice shot by a Harvey police officer when he tried to flee the scene of a crash in the officer’s squad car and ran over the...

Cesar Montelongo, left, of Chicago and Anna Campa Castillo, right, of Bolingbrook, join dozens of undocumented immigrants who came into the country as children, also known as DREAMers, attend the State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Jan. 30, 2018.

Two Chicago-area ‘Dreamers’ to attend Trump’s State of the Union address

May 11, 2019 at 6:31 a.m.

Two Illinois Democrats are bringing local “Dreamers” as guests to the State of the Union address Tuesday to pressure the White House into supporting legislation for young immigrants who came...

‘Serial stowaway’ arrested at O’Hare days after judge bans her from airport

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

A woman charged earlier this month with flying to London without a ticket was arrested again early Sunday and denied bail after police spotted her at O'Hare International Airport, a...

Immigrant released from detention after being wrongly listed as gang member

May 11, 2019 at 6:31 a.m.

Immigration officials have released a Back of the Yards man who spent 10 months in detention after he was wrongly included on a Chicago Police Department list of people with...

Rev. Gary Graf of St Procopius Catholic Church in Pilsen talks on Jan. 23, 2018, about his decision to go on a hunger strike until lawmakers reach a deal to replace Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Chicago priest pledges hunger strike to support ‘Dreamers’

May 11, 2019 at 6:31 a.m.

The Rev. Gary Graf hasn’t touched solid food in 10 days. The Pilsen-based priest has committed to a hunger strike in support of local “Dreamers” whose lives hang in the...

Pedestrians pass the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Jan. 22, 2018.

Some federal workers in Chicago go home before Congress moved to end shutdown

May 15, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

Pullman National Monument Superintendent Kathy Schneider said she was given a few hours Monday morning to perform “shutdown activities” at the Far South Side landmark as she and another full-time...

Convicted murderer accused of sexually assaulting relative

May 31, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

A 46-year-old man sexually assaulted a teenage relative in the city’s Brainerd neighborhood, prosecutors said. Raymond Lewis was arrested Friday in the 9000 block of South Justine Street on the...

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