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National Guard troops outside the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 12, 2020. Security experts have warned that some far-right extremist groups have now started to focus attention on Inauguration Day and are already discussing an assault similar to the one on the Capitol last week.

Illinois National Guard deployed to Washington, D.C., ahead of inauguration amid possibility of armed protests

January 12, 2021 at 5:55 p.m.

The Illinois National Guard will deploy roughly 200 service members to Washington, D.C., ahead of President-elect Joseph Biden's inauguration, state officials confirmed Tuesday. The Illinois contingent will consist primarily of...

People attend to a wounded person, during a clash with law enforcement, on Aug. 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Police officer won’t face charges in Jacob Blake police shooting, Kenosha prosecutor says; Rittenhouse pleads not guilty

January 5, 2021 at 9:23 p.m.

The police officer who shot Jacob Blake won't face criminal charges for firing seven bullets into the former Evanston man during a struggle in August, Kenosha County prosecutors announced Tuesday....

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.

First Chicago vaccine recipients report feeling ‘great’ after historic shots

January 4, 2021 at 5:20 p.m.

When Mark Hooks volunteered to become the first man in Illinois to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, he already had educated himself about the shot and was fully prepared for the...

The Rev. John Zayas, right, of Grace and Peace Church in Chicago, and other volunteers load a truck at a food drive at the church on Dec. 18, 2020. Zayas and other leaders working to inoculate communities of color are often battling an entrenched mistrust of science and medicine.

Clergy, doctors and activists take on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and access in Black and Latino communities: ‘Don’t underestimate the fear’

January 4, 2021 at 5:20 p.m.

The Rev. John Zayas says his congregants at Grace and Peace Church in the North Austin neighborhood have been peppering him with questions about the new COVID-19 vaccine, some expressing...

Dr. Tunji Ladipo in the emergency room on Dec. 15, 2020, at Roseland Hospital.

The first five: How a Chicago hospital picked its first COVID-19 vaccination recipients

December 17, 2020 at 10:04 a.m.

The 975 coveted doses of the COVID-19 vaccine expected to arrive by police escort as soon as Thursday morning will create a new challenge for Roseland Community Hospital in a...

Illinois starts administering COVID-19 vaccine amid optimism and thoughts of the disease’s victims

December 15, 2020 at 7:53 p.m.

As the first COVID-19 vaccine administered in Illinois was plunged into Dr. Marina Del Rios' left arm Tuesday, she thought about all the people who didn't live to see the...

Chicago administers first 5 doses of coronavirus vaccines

January 5, 2021 at 8:14 a.m.

Five front-line medical workers received the vaccine against COVID-19 in Chicago on Tuesday morning, marking an important milestone in the fight against the coronavirus. "What we just witnessed is history...

Jon Horton, Sentara director of pharmacy operations, unpacks boxes of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccination Dec. 14, 2020, morning in Norfolk, Virginia.

Hope at a historic moment: First COVID-19 vaccinations scheduled to be given in Illinois on Tuesday

December 15, 2020 at 9:26 a.m.

The first COVID-19 vaccinations in Illinois are scheduled to be administered Tuesday, bringing a sense of hope along with the most significant action yet to blunt a pandemic that has...

Loretto Hospital employees gather in May 2020, to see the U.S. Navy Blue Angels perform a flyover to honor front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chicago picks Loretto Hospital on West Side for ceremonial first COVID-19 vaccination

December 14, 2020 at 2:46 p.m.

The Loretto Hospital, a 122-bed medical facility in the Austin community, will administer Chicago's ceremonial first COVID-19 vaccination Tuesday, sources told the Tribune. The community hospital, which treats all patients...

A workers shows a customer a gun at Maxon Shooter's Supplies and Indoor Range on Wednesday, June 17, 2020 in Des Plaines. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Pandemic, civil unrest drive record-shattering increase in firearm permits, gun shopping in Illinois in 2020

December 10, 2020 at 2:45 p.m.

With the coronavirus pandemic raging and Chicago at times dealing with civil unrest, Illinois residents shopped for more guns and applied for more firearm permits in 2020 than at any...

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