DOLTON, Ill.—Two suburban Chicago police officers were seriously injured and a woman died after one of the officers shot her early Tuesday as she drove away from a restaurant following a disturbance and crashed into a nearby business, police said. Police in Dolton were called to a restaurant at about 1 a.m. by employees who…
Shootings in Chicago, Baltimore, and St. Louis Are on the Rise | Larry Elder
Chicago is often called the murder capital of the world, but when you look at per-capita homicide, St. Louis and Baltimore are three times worse. Police and community leaders are working on a plan to cure the violence, but the numbers continue to rise on a daily basis. Weekend after weekend, the violence in Chicago…
Atlanta, Chicago to Require Masks When Schools Reopen in Fall
July 23, 2021
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All students and school staff in the cities of Atlanta and Chicago will be required to wear masks upon return to the classroom this fall, regardless of vaccination status, state officials said Thursday. Chicago Public Schools Interim Chief Executive Officer José Torres said in a letter to parents on Thursday that the decision was made…
Multiple Shootings in Chicago Leave at Least 3 Dead, Over a Dozen Injured
CHICAGO—A drive-by shooting in Chicago wounded eight people who had been riding on a party bus, one of several shootings in the city that left at least three people dead on the same day, police said. The shooting happened late Wednesday in Lincoln Park on the city’s North Side when one or more people in…
Weekend Violence in Chicago Leaves at Least 11 Dead, 45 Injured
Dozens of separate shooting incidents that happened across Chicago have left at least 11 people dead and 45 others injured, authorities said. Police in Chicago said the shootings took place between July 16 at 6 p.m. and July 18 at 11:59 p.m. During this time frame, officers responded to 44 different scenes totaling 56 victims,…
4 Youths Among 6 Shot in Chicago Neighborhood
CHICAGO—Three teenagers and a 12-year-old were among six people who were shot outside a party in Chicago and treated at hospitals for their injuries, police said. Someone opened fire from an SUV on a group of people standing on a sidewalk late Saturday, news outlets reported. The injured included a 12-year-old girl who was shot…
Chicago Grapples With Booming Crime, Bail Reform
Bail reform has become a hot-button issue in Chicago. Pre-trial detention can take a toll on poor detainees, often minorities, who are unable to post bond and can lose jobs and housing. Lengthy pretrial detentions, especially when detainees are found innocent, have driven the bail reform movement which aims to end what is called “wealth-based…
Going Chicago-Style
“I’ll take a dawg, run it troo da gahden, in a paper bag ta go,” said my friend Danny Higgins, adopting a strong Chicago accent as he explained how to order the works on a hot dog in his city. We sat eating a couple of dogs together at Mustard’s Last Stand near Northwestern University’s…
Defying Teachers, Schools in Violent Chicago Neighborhoods Keep Police on Campus
CHICAGO—For the new school year beginning in the fall, more Chicago public high schools are opting to remove on-campus police officers, a movement that gained momentum citywide last summer after the death of George Floyd. Among about thirty high schools that retain officers, eight out of ten are in the most violent neighborhoods on the…
40 Shot, 11 Killed in Chicago Weekend Violence
Forty people were shot across 33 shootings in Chicago over the weekend, according to police reports. Eleven people were killed, according to the Chicago Police Department. The shootings took place between Friday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 11:59 p.m. The spate of violence started at 6:21 p.m. on July 9, when a 39-year-old male…
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