Tag: Chicago

4 Pedestrians Injured in Apparent Hit-and-Run Collision Outside Chicago White Sox Stadium

CHICAGO—An apparent hit-and-run collision Tuesday evening injured four pedestrians, two critically, outside Guaranteed Rate Field, where the Chicago White Sox were preparing to play the Texas Rangers, and a related traffic incident injured four others, authorities said. The pedestrians were injured just after 6:20 p.m., Chicago police and fire officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear…


Chicago Walgreens Restricts Unlocked Aisles to Two Due to Crime

A Walgreens in Chicago redesigned a store that would allow customers to browse only two aisles of products because of crime. Customers can only access those shelfs after they pass through anti-theft detectors. “Non-essential” items can only be ordered digitally from kiosks and later picked up at a counter as part of a pilot program, according…


New Chicago Mayor Responds After Violent Memorial Day Weekend

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson issued a statement on Tuesday condemning the city’s most violent Memorial Day weekend on record, calling it “intolerable.” The weekend ended with 53 shooting victims and 12 murders, FOX 32 Chicago reported. Victims of the shootings range in age from 2 to 77 years, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) said. At…


Illegal Immigrants, Reparations Concern Locals at Chicago Vivek Ramaswamy Event

CHICAGO—On a rainy Friday in South Shore, presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy listened as a group of mostly black Chicagoans voiced concerns about incoming illegal immigrants, reparations for slavery, and more. He showed up after locals objected to the planned placement of those illegal immigrants at a shuttered high school nearby. Footage of a protest against…


Brandon Johnson, a Progressive Democrat, Sworn in as Mayor of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, a progressive Democrat, was sworn in as the 57th mayor of Chicago on May 15. He succeeds Democrat Lori Lightfoot, who lost in the Feb. 28 primary after years of coming under fire on issues ranging from COVID-19 to public safety. Johnson, 47, defeated Paul Vallas, a 69-year-old moderate Democrat in an upset…


Progressive Democrat Brandon Johnson Sworn In as Mayor of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, a progressive Democrat, was sworn in as the 57th mayor of Chicago on May 15. He succeeds Democrat Lori Lightfoot, who lost in the Feb. 28 primary after years of coming under fire on issues ranging from COVID-19 to public safety. Johnson, 47, defeated Paul Vallas, a 69-year-old moderate Democrat in an upset…


4 Teens Charged With Murder in Slaying of Chicago Police Officer Who Was Returning Home From Work

CHICAGO—Four teenagers have been charged in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer who was slain last weekend as she was heading home from work, authorities said Wednesday. Nineteen-year-olds Joseph Brooks and Trevell Breeland, Jakwon Buchanan, 18, and a 16-year-old boy face charges of first-degree murder and armed robbery in the killing of Officer…


NTD News Today (May 12): Analysis: How to Stop Businesses From Fleeing Chicago; Republicans Question Granholm on Biden Budget

Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson is set to take the helm on Monday. He will inherit a city with many challenges—one of which is businesses fleeing. NTD spoke with an expert about what Johnson should do after taking office. Republican lawmakers sought answers from Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Capitol Hill Thursday. The focus was nuclear energy and…


ANALYSIS: Will Chicago’s New Mayor Be Able to Fix the City’s Crime Problem? Experts Weigh In

News analysis Following his upset win last month, Brandon Johnson, a progressive Democrat, will be sworn in as the 57th mayor of Chicago on May 15 and be faced with increasing crime and below-par public education trends—and it will only get worse, according to experts who spoke with The Epoch Times. Johnson, 47, defeated Paul…


LIVE NOW: NTD News Today (May 10): Biden Family Gained $10m from Foreign Interests: Comer; Chicago Declares Illegal Immigrant Emergency

Banking records made public Wednesday by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer show President Biden’s family received $10 Million in payments from China and other foreign interests. A preview of a congressional report said a member of an internal CIA board helped solicit signatures for a letter claiming the Hunter Biden laptop story ‘has all…