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Bernard Carey, a former Cook County state's attorney who won office as a reform Republican in the wake of the 1969 police raid that killed Illinois Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton and who helped kick off the judicial corruption probe, Operation Greylord, died of stomach cancer on June 1, 2018, in Naples, Fla. He was 83. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bernard-carey-obituary-20180604-story.html" target="_blank">Read more</a>.

Milton Shadur, federal judge who oversaw key cases involving Chicago schools, Cook County Jail, dies

December 15, 2018 at 1:23 a.m.

U.S. District Judge Milton Shadur wrote more than 11,000 opinions during 37 years on the federal bench, an output Chief District Judge Ruben Castillo called “a small reflection of his...

Members of St. Pauls United Church of Christ and other community members march for peace Jan. 14, 2018, in Lincoln Park.

Chicago church holds march on eve of MLK Day: ‘It’s incumbent for us to all stand up for peace right now’

May 31, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a Chicago church led a march to honor the civil rights leader's legacy and call for an end to the violence...

Aaron Goldstein, Democratic candidate for Illinois attorney general, speaks Jan. 8, 2018 during a forum at First Unitarian Church of Chicago in Hyde Park.

Candidate for Illinois attorney general robbed at gunpoint

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

A candidate running for Illinois attorney general was robbed at gunpoint while he was taking promotional photos for his campaign Thursday afternoon in the Northwest Side ward where he’s also...

<p>A Chicago Police Department sergeant's cap.</p>

Two Chicago cops among 4 hurt during West Englewood wreck

May 31, 2019 at 4:05 p.m.

Four people, including two Chicago police officers, were hospitalized after a pin-in car crash Monday night on the South Side, authorities said. The officers were pursuing a robber in a...

Crews clean up lab that tests for diseases after water pipe bursts

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

Emergency crews are cleaning up a West Side lab that tests for potentially deadly diseases and biological agent threats after a water pipe break Sunday flooded the building, according to...

Josh Dapin, 7, of Northbrook, enjoys unseasonably warm weather on Feb. 17, 2017, at Foster Beach in Chicago.

2017 ranked 6th warmest in Illinois

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Despite the bitter cold sendoff into the new year, Illinois experienced the sixth warmest year on record in 2017, according to state weather records. In 2017, a year punctuated by...

Ex-couple who died in Lake Forest shooting were Navy dentist and former Highland Park naturalist

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

The young woman who authorities said was gunned down in Lake Forest on Wednesday was a Navy officer and dentist who provided care to recruits from Naval Station Great Lakes....

An administrative law judge says Chicago Police Department violated state labor laws, because it failed to bargain with a police union before expanding use of body cams.

Judge says CPD violated state labor laws in body cam expansion

May 23, 2019 at 12:21 a.m.

An administrative law judge says Chicago Police Department violated state labor law when it failed to negotiate expansion of its body camera program with the city’s largest police union, according...

Clerk stabbed after teens try to shoplift from West Side store

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

An employee of a retail store in the West Town area was stabbed Wednesday afternoon after a group of teens tried to steal items from the shop, according to Chicago...

South Side shooting of woman caught on Facebook Live

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

A woman was shot in the arm Tuesday afternoon while live-streaming an argument with another woman on the South Side, according to Chicago police. The victim, 27, was broadcasting on...

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