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Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
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The Illinois governor noted he helped build the Illinois Holocaust Museum "to fight exactly this kind of hate."
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The weapon was among 17 confiscated firearms confiscated by Chicago police officers in the 7th District.
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At least 13 people died and 55 others were injured in Chicago due to gun violence over the Fourth of July weekend so far. Two killed overnight were young, continuing a string of children fatally shot in recent weeks.
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A young girl was shot in the head and killed Saturday evening in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side, ities said.
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Four people were killed, including a 14-year-old boy, and four others were injured, including an 11-year-old boy, in an Englewood shooting Saturday night, according to Chicago police.
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While others celebrated, hundreds of protesters gathered in Federal Plaza on Saturday afternoon to boycott the Independence Day holiday.
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A dance team member who hoped to become a Chicago police detective and was shot during a block party last weekend became the second person to die following the attack, according to ities.
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A different kind of Fourth of July unfolded across the Chicago area Saturday, as communities put on virtual events instead of the usual parades, people protested the very idea of the holiday and many eschewed large gatherings in favor of small family picnics.
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The plan to reopen Illinois depends on a host of metrics laid out by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. Here's a breakdown of where each region stands.
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A Lake Zurich man is facing child pornography and aggravated criminal sexual abuse charges in connection with allegations he had sex with a 15-year-old and had child pornography on his cellphone, according to the Lake Zurich Police Department.
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A man was fatally wounded and another man was left in serious condition in two separate attacks on the South Side, Chicago police said.
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At least two were killed and 16 others were injured in shootings overnight during the start of the Fourth of July weekend. Most of the shootings occurred in South Side neighborhoods.
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A Joliet hospital is preparing to transfer babies and pediatric patients to a sister facility, reschedule non-urgent surgeries and potentially ask ambulances to take new patients elsewhere should more than 700 of its nurses strike Saturday.
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Cook County courts, stalled by pandemic, start reopening Monday.
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Cook County Board to consider non-binding resolution to redirect money from law enforcement to social services.
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker has contributed another $51.5 million to a ballot initiative committee backing an amendment to the Illinois Constitution allowing for a graduated-rate income tax.
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Illinois health regulators are inspecting Roseland Hospital after the death of a pregnant woman to make sure it’s following a correction plan.
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Even as concerns rise about a resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Illinois, newly released state data show that deaths and outbreaks continue to drop among long-term care facilities, where most deaths have been concentrated.
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Chicago officials warned residents Friday to limit gatherings to prevent COVID-19 risk and watch for signs of heat stroke amid high temperatures.
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ag8亚集团官方网站home security video captures close-up images of gunman killing companion at point-blank range in Rogers Park on June 28
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The Pritzker administration released for the first time details of the number of cases and deaths tied to long-term care facilities in Illinois. The data shows at least 189 long-term care facilities in 22 counties reporting at least one case. In all, at least 1,860 cases can be tied to these facilities, with 286 deaths as of April 19.
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Black rookie Chicago cop says he’s leaving union over criticism of kneeling officers.
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Michael McLean woke to fireworks outside his Lakeshore East apartment early Friday. Then he saw a parachute float past his window.
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A day after a southern Illinois judge ruled that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s executive orders aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus are void, the Democratic governor and the state’s top health official are urging restaurants and bars and their customers to continue following safety guidelines heading into the Fourth of July weekend.
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Wheaton College announced Friday it has dismissed the school’s chaplain for “inappropriate comments and actions of a racial and sexual nature” toward staff members.
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Chicago health officials said Friday they have no plan for enforcing the city’s abrupt quarantine order for people arriving from states where coronavirus cases are surging, but will rely largely on signs posted along highways and at the two airports.
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A suspect in the disappearance of a soldier at Fort Hood this past spring has been identified as a fellow soldier from Calumet City.
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A Peace Corps volunteer's attempts to reunite with her dog at first were thwarted by federal ities. Thursday, she got the news she can keep him here after they had to leave Africa because of the coronavirus.
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July Fourth fireworks cause anxiety for many pets distressed by the explosions and that could be even more of a problem this year, with record sales of fireworks nationwide. Here's how to protect your pet.
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An air quality alert has been issued for the greater Chicago area through Thursday night by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and could be extended for several days as the region preps for a hot July Fourth holiday weekend.
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People coming to Chicago from 15 states experiencing a surge in coronavirus cases must self-quarantine for 14 days upon entering the city beginning next week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced late Thursday afternoon.
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While the new standstill agreement between Tribune Publishing and its largest shareholder, Alden Global Capital extends a 33% ownership cap until next year, it still allows the hedge fund to make a tender off to buy a majority stake in the newspaper company at any time.
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A court has ruled that a woman convicted of having her husband murdered in Inverness in 1979 should get a new trial to present her defense that she changed her mind about the scheme.
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Mother loses her only child after another deadly weekend in Chicago: “Innocent lives are being taken out of this world. They need to take the guns off the street."
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Members of his dance troupe broke out in fancy footwork outside the hospital to support one of their own, Lewis Funches, who was shot during a block party over the weekend. The violent weekend in Chicago saw at least 65 people shot.
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Six people have been wounded in Chicago since 7 a.m. Thursday, police said.
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At least 1,089 women in Illinois have had COVID-19 while pregnant, and of those cases, five have died, according to Illinois Department of Public Health data.
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Army investigators believe a Texas soldier missing since April was killed by another soldier on the Texas base where they served, the attorney for the missing soldier's family said Thursday.
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Six Flags’ Hurricane Harbor water parks in Gurnee and Rockford may be reopening soon, though a reopening for Six Flags Great America remains less certain.
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her police superintendent acknowledged Thursday that it will take more than the 1,200 extra officers pressed into duty this Fourth of July weekend to reduce rampant gun violence in many neighborhoods.
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A disgruntled customer who police say beat 39-year-old Wayne Deutsch with a metal object at his New Lenox window tinting shop on June 12 turned himself into police Thursday.
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An Arlington Heights man released on parole earlier this year has been accused in the brutal attack and sexual assault of a woman in the early-morning hours of Wednesday, July 1, in a woody area off West Central Road in Arlington Heights, police said.
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A 30-year-old woman was fatally wounded in a domestic-related shooting Wednesday night on the Far South Side, Chicago police said.
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Three men pushed a woman to the ground and attempted to steal her car near Glencoe Golf Club Thursday morning.
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Parents of the Jackie Robinson West team that had its Little League World Series title stripped due to players’ ineligibility may proceed with their lawsuit seeking reinstatement of the championship, a court has ruled.
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Rodeos around Illinois have been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The events, often held at county fairs or to benefit nonprofits, can draw thousands. Without them, the grandstands are dark, and that's a financial punch in the gut.
