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Black Lives Matters Organizers: Chicago Looting Is Ok Because It’s A Form Of ‘Reparations’ Until Police Are Abolished

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Black Lives Matters Organizers: Chicago Looting Is Ok Because It’s A Form Of ‘Reparations’ Until Police Are Abolished

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot received a warning from the Black Lives Matter (BLM) organization earlier this week that the unrest that’s recently gripped the city won’t stop until, “…the safety and well-being of our communities is finally prioritized.”. In a statement, BLM said, “The mayor clearly has not learned anything...

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Gun offenders make up majority of those on electronic monitoring in Cook County

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cook County sheriff's deputies and accused criminals on their watch are the latest combatants in a new, real-life Star Wars struggle. County law enforcement officials have started using satellite technology and global positioning to track people charged with crimes and who are awaiting trial, defendants who until recent years would have been locked up in jail.

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Who Is Jacob Blake? Father Of Kenosha, Wisconsin, Police Shooting Victim Says Son Paralyzed

Jacob Blake, the man shot eight times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday, is paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the incident, his father told the Chicago Sun-Times, and doctors say the damage might be permanent. Blake’s story gained the national spotlight after a video of...

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Feds charge man with robbing UPS truck in Oak Park

OAK PARK, Ill. - A 24-year-old Berwyn man has been charged with robbing a UPS truck driver last week in suburban Oak Park. The charges against Darius D. Young are one of the latest to be announced in Operation Legend, a federal initiative to send resources to make gun and drug arrests nationwide.

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Watch Live: Jacob Blake's Family to Speak at 3 p.m. Following Kenosha Police Shooting, Protests

Note: The news conference can be watched live in the video player above beginning at around 3 p.m. CST. Family members of Jacob Blake, the man Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officers shot several times in the back on Sunday, were scheduled to speak alongside their attorney on Tuesday afternoon. Blake's family...

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CPS: 18K-Plus Students Signed Up for Free Internet via ‘Chicago Connected’ Program

More than 18,000 Chicago Public Schools students have signed up to receive free internet access through the city’s Chicago Connected program since the initiative was launched this summer. And with classes beginning remotely in just two weeks, city officials expect that number to continue growing exponentially. CPS and city officials...

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Family of slain teen angered suspect is on house arrest

GLENVIEW, Ill. (AP) — The family of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago boy stabbed to death earlier this month say their anguish over his killing is heightened by a judge’s decision to release the suspect on house arrest. A Cook County judge last week placed the 16-year-old suspect on home electronic monitoring until his next court date, on Sept. 9. He faces a second-degree murder charge in Elias Valdez’s Aug. 5 fatal stabbing in the Cook County village of Glenview. Valdez’s sister, Elizabeth Valdez, tells WLS-TV that it’s unfair that the suspect is allowed to stay at home, She says, “We want him to be in jail.”

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Family Members Turn In Serial Stabber In Homeless Attacks: Cops

CHICAGO — A 28-year-old Chicago man is being held without bond after police said he roamed the city and stabbed three homeless men as they slept over in a series of attacks. Bryant McCalip appeared before Cook County Judge John Lyke Jr. on three felony counts of attempted batter and aggravated battery. McCalip was identified by family members who recognized his photo from a CTA surveillance photo.

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Illinois orders stricter mask rules at bars, restaurants (LIVE UPDATES)

Masks on the menu: Stricter face-covering rules at bars, restaurants under latest Pritzker guidelines. Unless a sip or a bite is going in, the mask pretty much has to stay on. Facing a rise in coronavirus cases statewide, Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a new set of guidelines for bars and restaurants Tuesday that require patrons to keep their masks over their mouths and noses during all interactions with wait staff and other food service workers.

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'There Cannot Be Justice Without Order': Illinois GOP Leaders Discuss Issues Of Law And Order, Its Impact On Chicago And Illinois

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) --As the Republican Convention continues this week, the head of Chicago’s GOP said the theme of “law and order” sounded in Charlotte and other venues is touching the lives of people in the city. Some Illinois Republicans suggested people’s fears of violence in cities like Chicago help...

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CPS charging thousands for virtual prekindergarten tuition this fall

CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools will still charge tuition for virtual prekindergarten this fall, according to the Chicago Tribune. The program is offered at seven of the district’s elementary schools at a price less than many private preschools. But CPS is going to remote learning until at least November, and...

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Editorial: Reset the corruption clock. It’s been one workday since a public official got charged.

The U.S. attorney’s office charged another public official late Friday in a widening corruption investigation that has centered so far on officials within the Democratic Party. Former McCook Mayor Jeffrey Tobolski, who also served on the Cook County Board, faces charges of conspiracy to commit extortion and filing a false tax return.

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Jacob Blake's dad says son left paralyzed by police shooting

KENOSHA, Wis. -- A Black man shot multiple times, apparently in the back, by police in Wisconsin is paralyzed from the waist down and has "eight holes" in his body, the father of victim Jacob Blake said. The shooting in broad daylight on Sunday by police in Kenosha, captured on...

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Daywatch: Kenosha police shooting spurs unrest, Illinois scales back reopening in 2 counties and Halloween at risk from COVID-19

Want Daywatch delivered to your inbox? Sign up here. | Get the top Tribune stories of the day on your smart speaker | Here’s how to get the most out of your Tribune subscription | Got something to say? Join the conversation on our Facebook page. Good morning, Chicago. Here’s...

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Police shooting of Jacob Blake sows chaos in Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin became the nation’s latest flashpoint city in a summer of racial unrest after police shot and wounded 29-year-old Jacob Blake, a Black man, apparently in the back, as he leaned into his SUV while his three children sat in the vehicle. Jacob Blake’s father told the Sun-Times there...

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Trio robs NW Side businesses: police

CHICAGO - Police are trying to identify a trio of suspects accused of robbing three businesses since Saturday evening in Hermosa, Cragin and Portage Park on the Northwest Side. A woman and two men, all between 18 and 25, entered commercial businesses while implying they have a handgun and stole...

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Coronavirus Kills 8 People In Illinois As 1,612 More Cases Confirmed

CHICAGO — Eight more people were reported to have died from coronavirus during the past day in Illinois. Two of the victims were in Cook County. The state has seen at least 7,888 people die from the virus so far. Another 1,612 cases were reported during the past day, as...

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Jacob Blake's Father Says Son Is Paralyzed After Shot By Police in Kenosha

The father of a Black man who was shot, apparently in the back, by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says his son was left paralyzed from the waist down. Jacob Blake's father told the Chicago Sun-Times that he was told his son was shot eight times during the Sunday evening confrontation with police, which was captured on cellphone video and led to two nights of unrest in the city between Milwaukee and Chicago.

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Indoor Dining, Bar Service To Stop In Will, Kankakee Counties As Coronavirus Cases Rise

CHICAGO — People heading south of the city will see more coronavirus restrictions starting Wednesday. Restaurants, bars and gatherings in Kankakee and Will counties are facing the new restrictions as the state tries to get the coronavirus outbreak there under control. Starting Wednesday, restaurants and bars in Kankakee and Will...

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Beauty products manufacturer Voyant settles lawsuit alleging years of ‘pervasive’ sexual harassment at suburban Chicago plant

Voyant Beauty, a suburban Chicago manufacturer of beauty products, agreed to pay an $85,000 fine and submit to two years of monitoring to settle a lawsuit alleging years of “pervasive” sexual harassment at its Countryside packaging facility. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court by the Illinois attorney...

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Illinois Coronavirus Updates: 2 Counties to See Restrictions, New Mask Guidelines for State

Note: Any news conferences from Gov. J.B. Pritzker or Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be streamed in the video player above. Two south suburban counties that make up one of Illinois' 11 healthcare regions will see new restrictions put in place to mitigate the spread of the deadly coronavirus, state officials announced Monday.

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