Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Chicago sports teams put up $1 million to fight city's gun violenceDec 19, 2017 10:00 pm - Chicago's five major professional sports teams announced Wednesday that they will donate a combined $1 million to help reduce the rampant gun violence here. The owners o...
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State court favors city in dispute over food-truck rulesDec 19, 2017 10:00 pm - A state appeals court panel has unanimously rejected a lawsuit that challenges the city of Chicago's five-year-old ordinance regulating food trucks. In a unanimous rulin...
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Caucus brands canceled special ed hearing a 'cover-up'Dec 18, 2017 10:00 pm - The City Council's 11-member Progressive Caucus on Monday demanded to know why this week's Education Committee meeting on special education funding at the Chicago Public...
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'Lizard Squad' hacker admits to conspiracy targeting 'thousands'Dec 18, 2017 10:00 pm - A Maryland man with ties to international hacking groups with "thousands of victims" pleaded guilty in Chicago Tuesday to a conspiracy that may land him behind bars. But...
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'They tortured him': $1000 offered for info on murder of homeless manDec 17, 2017 10:00 pm - After a homeless man was beaten to death in East Ukrainian Village, community activist Andrew Holmes spent Sunday afternoon walking up and down a stretch North Ashland, ...
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Crackdown on stolen cellphones targets scores of businessesDec 17, 2017 10:00 pm - Dozens of Chicago businesses have been slapped with hefty fines and cease-and-desist orders for violating an ordinance triggered by a robbery that targeted Mayor Rahm Em...
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Lawsuit alleges Cook Assessor Berrios shifts property taxes to poorDec 14, 2017 12:00 am - The Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and the Logan Square Neighborhood Association filed a lawsuit Thursday against Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios, alleging that his...
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Driver charged after 14-year-old boy shot while riding in stolen carDec 13, 2017 10:00 pm - A 16-year-old girl is facing charges after a 14-year-old boy was shot in the stolen vehicle she was driving late Tuesday in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwes...
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Move begins to ban horse-drawn carriages from city streetsDec 13, 2017 10:00 pm - Horse-drawn carriages are popular with tourists, but they're cruel to horses and dangerous to motorists, a downtown alderman said Wednesday, proposing that existing carr...
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Alderman rejects 80-story tower, two others off of Lake Shore DriveDec 12, 2017 10:00 pm - The developer that wanted to build three new skyscrapers, one 80 stories tall, off the downtown lakefront has been told no by the neighborhood alderman. Alderman Brendan...