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City workers remove abandoned tents, tree branches and other debris from the homeless encampment along Des Plaines Avenue at Roosevelt Road on Feb. 10, 2020, in Chicago.

City crews clean up homeless encampment near Dan Ryan Expressway: ‘They’ve got to do it before someone gets hurt back there’

February 11, 2020 at 9:47 a.m.

City workers cleared debris and abandoned tents from a homeless encampment near the Dan Ryan Expressway on Monday morning. Some residents of the encampment stood by to ensure only trash...

Plane briefly detained at Midway after report of sick passengers who had recently been to China

February 10, 2020 at 3:06 p.m.

A plane was detained at Midway Airport about noon Monday after paramedics were called for three sick passengers, including two women who had recently been in China and an unrelated...

A plane flies past the supermoon on Dec. 3, 2017, in Chicago.

Super Snow Moon will take to the night sky this weekend

February 7, 2020 at 1:11 p.m.

It's a bird. ... It's a plane. ... It's a Super Snow Moon! The second full moon of the year will appear this weekend, from Friday evening to Monday morning,...

Chicago woman charged with involuntary manslaughter after crash kills her spouse, injures state trooper

February 7, 2020 at 5:29 p.m.

A Chicago woman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter following a crash that killed her spouse and injured an Illinois State Police trooper on Interstate 57 early Monday. Family members...

Busker Michael Malinowski jams for CTA Red Line commuters at the State and Lake subway station in 2017. He was stabbed while performing this week.

Musician talks about getting stabbed on Red Line: ‘I was bleeding out everywhere. I just lit a cigarette, sat on a bench and watched her destroy my (stuff)’

February 7, 2020 at 8:25 a.m.

Michael Malinowski, known as "Machete Mike" to riders of the Red Line where he regularly plays guitar, had just been stabbed by a woman angry his music was giving her...

Teen charged with robbing two people on Red Line, a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old

February 6, 2020 at 2:57 p.m.

A teen has been charged with robbing two people on the Red Line last month: A 14-year-old boy on the Near North Side, and a 16-year-old boy two days later...

18-year-old suburban man charged with CTA Red Line robberies of teens

February 5, 2020 at 4:34 p.m.

An 18-year-old south suburban man has been charged with robbing two teenagers on the CTA Red Line train last month. Thomas Collins, of South Holland, is charged with aggravated robbery...

Street musician stabbed at Loop CTA subway station, woman arrested

February 5, 2020 at 4:44 p.m.

A street musician was stabbed in the arm after a woman began arguing with him at a Loop Red Line subway station Tuesday afternoon, according to Chicago police. The woman,...

Attorney John Chwarzynski holds a photo Feb. 3, 2020, of second grader Gianni Fata-Roden after his family says he returned from school with permanent marker scribbling on his back and neck.

Family of 8-year-old with autism sues Berwyn school district, alleges abuse

February 3, 2020 at 4:37 p.m.

The family of a 8-year-old boy with severe autism sued their Berwyn school district Monday, alleging abuse and neglected supervision of their child. On Wednesday, second grader Gianni Fata-Roden came...

Paramedics transport a man believed to be Hong Kong's first coronavirus patient to a hospital on Jan. 22, 2020.

Some Chicago-area doctors see more people asking for flu shots after first confirmed cases of coronavirus in Illinois

February 3, 2020 at 11:58 a.m.

With only a half-dozen confirmed cases of respiratory coronavirus in the U.S., Chicago-area health officials joined other experts this week in warning people they should be much more concerned about...

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