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Bill would improve access to videos of police-involved shootings

May 22, 2019 at 9:03 p.m.

In the wake of public outcry over the release of video evidence in the Laquan McDonald shooting, Rep. Arthur Turner, D-Chicago, introduced a bill Friday that aims to improve access...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition lead a protest through the Loop on Dec. 6, 2015, in response to the Laquan McDonald shooting by a Chicago police officer.

Laquan McDonald protesters call for special prosecutor

May 22, 2019 at 9:03 p.m.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and several African-American lawmakers led the latest Laquan McDonald protest Sunday through the streets of downtown Chicago, calling for a special prosecutor to try the...

Members of the Loyola University student group Loyola Black Voices hold a solidarity rally Nov. 12, 2015, outside the university library to announce a list of demands for the university's administration.

Loyola protest organizers could be reprimanded for Mizzou solidarity rally

June 16, 2018 at 10:18 a.m.

Three Loyola University students who organized an unsanctioned protest in solidarity with a University of Missouri group last month could be reprimanded for violating the Chicago university's demonstration policy, according...

Psychiatrist, counselor charged with falsifying reports for immigrants

June 16, 2018 at 10:16 a.m.

A psychiatrist and a counselor at a Chicago medical practice have been charged with falsely diagnosing immigrants as disabled to help them bypass some tests for U.S. citizenship. Dr. Marek...

Sivasubramani Rajaram, who pleaded not guilty to a charge of lying to a federal grand jury, leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Thursday. Rajaram works in the Cook County Circuit Clerk's office, which is being investigated for "possible criminal violations in connection with the purchasing of jobs and promotions."

County clerk office worker pleads not guilty to lying in federal investigation

May 15, 2019 at 3:11 p.m.

An employee in Cook County Circuit Clerk Dorothy Brown's office pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of lying to a federal grand jury. Sivasubramani Rajaram, 48, of Glenview, stood...

The Alley, which has been a Lakeview mainstay near the corner of Belmont Avenue and Clark Street since it was established in 1974, will close after New Year's Day.

The Alley, a counterculture mainstay, will close to ‘reinvent’ itself

May 22, 2019 at 9:02 p.m.

After catering to Chicago's counterculture for more than four decades, The Alley Chicago will close its Lakeview storefront after New Year's Day, according to its owner. The store has been...

University of Chicago security officers patrol the Hyde Park campus quad on Nov. 30, 2015.

U. of C. cancels Monday classes after threat to Hyde Park campus

May 22, 2019 at 9:01 p.m.

The University of Chicago announced Sunday that all classes and other activities planned for Monday on its Hyde Park campus will be canceled after FBI counterterrorism officials informed the university...

A Hammond police patrolman points out a light denoting that a recording has started on his body camera during a demonstration of the technology.

More Chicago police officers to wear body cameras

May 22, 2019 at 9:01 p.m.

Following days of protests after the release of the video showing the fatal police shooting of a Chicago teen, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago police Superintendent Garry McCarthy announced Sunday...

Chicago police monitor a prayer vigil in front of the Chicago Police Department headquarters in memory of Laquan McDonald and to call for a federal investigation into the case, Nov. 30, 2015.

4 arrested in 2nd night of Laquan McDonald shooting protests

May 22, 2019 at 9:00 p.m.

Four people were arrested during the second night of largely peaceful demonstrations after the release of a recording that captured the shooting death of teenager Laquan McDonald. According to police,...

Protesters lock arms at State and Randolph streets Wednesday.

Overnight Log: Second night of Loop protests as they unfolded

May 22, 2019 at 9:00 p.m.

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