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Patricia LaPorta and her son Michael leave for a therapy session from their West Morgan Park home on March 20, 2017. Michael LaPorta was shot in the head at Chicago police Officer Patrick Kelly's home in 2010.

US appellate court denies full hearing in record $45 million CPD shooting case

April 19, 2021 at 1:55 p.m.

As the Chicago Police Board contemplates firing an officer who city officials now say shot his childhood friend in the head and lied about it for decade, a federal appellate...

The towers of the Byron Nuclear Generating Station form a backdrop to a quiet farm near Rochelle in 2014. Exelon announced it would close the Dresden plant in Grundy County and the Byron station southwest of Rockford by the fall of 2021 unless it received additional money from customers.

Illinois lawmakers considering legislation that could hike ComEd bills less than a year after utility admitted multimillion-dollar bribery scheme

April 16, 2021 at 10:08 p.m.

It's only been nine months since Commonwealth Edison admitted to a bribery scheme that padded its profits and helped topple former Speaker Michael Madigan, but there's already a push to...

William Gonzalez describes viewing the police body cam video of Adam Toledo being shot in the Little Village neighborhood, Thursday, April 15, 2021.
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La Villita llora en silencio tras publicarse el video del tiroteo fatal de Adam Toledo a manos de un oficial de policía de Chicago

April 16, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

El sitio donde murió Adam Toledo, de 13 años, estuvo marcado por silenciosas muestras de dolor el jueves después de la publicación del video de la cámara corporal de un...

Elizabeth Arguelles arranges flowers at a makeshift memorial near the site where Adam Toledo was shot by police in the Little Village neighborhood on April 15, 2021.

Little Village quietly mourns as video of Adam Toledo’s fatal shooting by a Chicago police officer emerges

April 16, 2021 at 2:43 p.m.

The scene of 13-year-old Adam Toledo's death was marked by quiet displays of sorrow Thursday after the release of body camera video of a Chicago police officer shooting him. People...

Former Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy on March 21, 2018.

2 former CPD chiefs blast city’s rules for removing problematic cops as shooting victim seeks to reinstate record $45 million award

April 13, 2021 at 7:49 p.m.

In an effort to help a West Morgan Park man have his historic jury award reinstated by an appellate court, two former police superintendents released a statement saying they would...

Fans walk outside Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs play the Pittsburgh Pirates during opening day festivities on April 1, 2021. Last month, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced more than 8,000 fans, 20% of capacity, will be allowed into the stands to watch the Cubs home opener.

With fans back inside Wrigley Field, Chicago felt normal again for a few brief hours

April 1, 2021 at 8:21 p.m.

The temperatures hovered just above freezing on opening day. Fans booed the mayor. And the Wrigleyville bars provided comfort to the faithful after a Cubs loss. For a few brief...

The Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue in Lakeview on Dec. 7, 2020. Ald. Tom Tunney's restaurant received a $2,000 fine for being in violation of city and state rules designed to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Tallying up indoor dining ban fines: Chicago dinged restaurant and bar owners; suburban counties issued warnings

March 26, 2021 at 4:18 p.m.

While Chicago levied hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines on bars, restaurants and other businesses for violating COVID-19 restrictions during the pandemic's first year, suburban county governments largely let...

Loretto Hospital doctor embroiled in vaccine controversy resigns, officials say

March 25, 2021 at 3:46 p.m.

A top doctor at Loretto Hospital has resigned amid ongoing controversy over connected people receiving vaccinations from the West Side provider. The hospital's board on Wednesday night announced the resignation...

In this file photo, George Miller, president of Loretto Hospital, speaks after five front-line health workers received the COVID-19 vaccination at Loretto Hospital in Chicago on Dec. 15, 2020. Mayor Lori Lightfoot looks on.

Loretto Hospital won’t get new COVID-19 vaccine doses ‘anytime soon,’ Mayor Lori Lightfoot says amid continuing fallout over its distribution practices

March 22, 2021 at 6:26 p.m.

Loretto Hospital won't be receiving first doses of COVID-19 vaccines "anytime soon," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said, as the small West Side hospital faces new questions about connected people receiving shots...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Loretto Hospital executives reprimanded amid fallout over improper vaccinations at Trump Tower; Arwady lambasts hospital for seemingly prioritizing ‘well-connected’ people

March 19, 2021 at 6:59 p.m.

Two top executives at the Loretto Hospital on Chicago's West Side have been reprimanded amid fallout over their roles in the mishandling of coronavirus vaccinations, the medical center's board of...

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