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Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx held a rare news conference Tuesday to address criticism from Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. "I was quite honestly mortified by what happened yesterday, particularly because the mayor as a former prosecutor knows that what she did yesterday was inappropriate," Foxx said.

Kim Foxx calls Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s criticisms of fatal West Side shooting case ‘inappropriate’ and ‘wrong’

October 6, 2021 at 9:14 a.m.

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx responded to criticism from Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot regarding the lack of charges filed in a fatal West Side shootout by calling the mayor's...

Man, 72, shot in South Side paintball attack

September 29, 2021 at 8:05 p.m.

An angry motorist shot a 72-year-old man with a paintball gun during a parking dispute Wednesday morning in the South Shore neighborhood, police said. The shooter, angry that the 72-year-old...

Obama talks about the mission of his presidential center ahead of Tuesday’s groundbreaking

September 28, 2021 at 6:23 a.m.

Former President Barack Obama joined his former campaign manager and members of the Obama Alumni Association for a video chat before Tuesday's groundbreaking of the Obama Presidential Center. Obama will...

18-year-old held without bail on first-degree murder charge in connection with fatal shooting in South Shore home invasion

September 23, 2021 at 7:03 p.m.

An 18-year-old man accused of first-degree murder in connection with a home invasion in South Shore that ended in a fatal shooting Tuesday was ordered held without bail by a...

UChicago Medicine’s Emily Sharp-Kellar to compete on ‘Jeopardy!’ episode shot before host Mike Richards was ousted

September 15, 2021 at 7:25 p.m.

A longtime Hyde Park resident and "Jeopardy!" fan, Emily Sharp-Kellar, 33, is getting ready to watch herself compete on Thursday's episode of the classic quiz show. The director of admissions...

Several dozen abortion rights supporters rally during a "Bans Off My Body" protest at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Sept. 10, 2021.

Dozens gather downtown Friday to protest new Texas abortion law as Illinois’ Planned Parenthood clinics see Texas patients

September 10, 2021 at 6:54 p.m.

Organizers at Planned Parenthood of Illinois and its partners gathered downtown with nearly 100 people at Federal Plaza in Chicago Friday to protest a new law in Texas that bans...

Suburban man accused of beating, robbing 2 men in River North; prosecutors say he was found wearing one man’s stolen crucifix necklace and sitting in the other’s stolen BMW

September 2, 2021 at 3:53 p.m.

A Wheeling man was held without bail Thursday after he was accused of beating and robbing two men in River North Saturday, prosecutors said. Brandon Jefferson, 33, of Wheeling, was...

Cecilia receives a medical check on arrival with others that were transported from shelters affected by Hurricane Ida on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, at PAWS Chicago's medical center in Little Village.

Dozens of animals from shelters affected by Hurricane Ida arrive at PAWS Chicago Medical Center in Little Village

September 1, 2021 at 6:47 p.m.

Some 40 animals from shelters in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Ida arrived at PAWS Chicago Medical Center in Little Village Wednesday afternoon with hopes of finding a fresh start. PAWS...

The casket of Chicago police Officer Ella French is brought through the vestibule before the funeral Mass for French on Aug. 19, 2021, at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel.

Mother of slain Chicago police Officer Ella French writes thank you letter on what would have been daughter’s 30th birthday

August 31, 2021 at 6:53 p.m.

Elizabeth French, mother of slain Chicago police Officer Ella French, wrote a letter Tuesday thanking several people, including the Chicago Police Department and area communities, on what would have been...

Illinois State Police investigating two shootings on I-57 early Tuesday

August 31, 2021 at 5:24 p.m.

Illinois State Police are investigating two separate shootings on Interstate 57 early Tuesday, one in which a woman was wounded. The state police's Chicago district responded to the first shooting...

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