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North Shore communities find combating loss of sand a costly undertaking

May 22, 2019 at 11:35 p.m.

Illinois' northern lakefront is a tale of haves and have-nots when it comes to sand. Decades of human interference have turned the seemingly mundane task of maintaining local beaches into...

Immigration advocates gather at O’Hare as partial travel ban takes effect

May 22, 2019 at 11:37 p.m.

Lawyers and immigration advocates were again on hand at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Thursday night when portions of President Donald Trump's travel ban went into effect. A small group...

Elizabeth Coats, center, raises a candle as she mourns the death of her son Deshawn Martin, 15, during a vigil in front of the family home in the 10300 block of South Sangamon Street in Chicago on June 27, 2017.

Family, friends hold vigil after 15-year-old killed

May 22, 2019 at 11:36 p.m.

One day after 15-year-old Deshawn Martin was fatally shot while in a friend's backyard, family members and friends gathered around his Washington Heights home to remember the soft-spoken teen. As...

Boy, 15, shot dead in backyard near Far South Side home: ‘I couldn’t even make it in time to see him’

May 22, 2019 at 11:36 p.m.

It was still light outside as Deshawn Martin hung out in the backyard of a friend Monday evening, around the corner from the 15-year-old's home on the Far South Side.Someone...

4 killed, including 15-year-old boy, and 10 wounded in shootings in Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 11:36 p.m.

A 15-year-old boy was among four people killed and 10 others wounded in shootings in Chicago between Monday and Tuesday mornings, according to police. Deshawn Martin was shot in the...

‘Charges pending’ in South Side hit-and-run that injured police officer, woman

May 22, 2019 at 11:36 p.m.

A Chicago police officer and a woman he was questioning were injured early Sunday when they were hit by a car that then took off in the Park Manor neighborhood,...

After 24-hour lull in shootings, 4 killed and 7 wounded in Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 11:34 p.m.

After a 24-hour lull in shootings, four people were killed and at least seven others were wounded in Chicago Tuesday night through early Wednesday, according to police. The latest shooting...

A crowd gathers after a fatal shooting in the 5900 block of West Thomas Street early on June 16, 2017, in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. A 17-year-old boy was shot and killed.

14 people wounded, 2 fatally, in city shootings

May 22, 2019 at 11:33 p.m.

Tomeka Coleman had just dropped off her daughter at home from work when her best friend called her late Thursday. "Is it true," the friend asked her. Coleman soon learned...

Boosted by rain, Lake Michigan approaches 20-year high water level

May 22, 2019 at 11:33 p.m.

Boosted by above-average rainfall this spring, Lake Michigan is on pace to swell to its highest water level in two decades. The rising water, which could climb more than 1...

A sample concealed carry license is shown in 2014.

Man with concealed carry permit fires at robbers on Wacker Drive

May 22, 2019 at 11:33 p.m.

A man with a concealed carry permit fired at two attackers as he was being robbed in the Loop on Wednesday afternoon, Chicago police said. The man was sitting in...

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