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Teacher on strike struck by car
A striking Chicago Public Schools teacher was hit by a car while picketing in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The 62-year-old teacher was struck at about 8 a.m. Wednesday near Chicago and Western avenues. Police say the veteran teacher was picketing...
Tags: Education, Chicago Teachers Strike, Chicago Public Schools, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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Five men wounded in drive-by shooting in Washington Park
Tribune reporterFive men in their 20s were wounded when someone in a passing car fired off at least a dozen rounds in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said. One of the wounded may have fired back at the car, according to police, who said...Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Hospitals and Clinics, Shootings, Injuries and Wounds
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How to awaken a sleeping jazz festival
Two months ago, the Chicago Gospel Music Festival made a bold move, presenting performances for the first time on the South Side of Chicago, in Ellis Park. Throngs turned out. Next month, the World Music Festival will take a bold step, for the first time...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Chicago Cultural Center, Economy, Business and Finance, Millennium Park, Entertainment Events
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Men charged with selling sewer covers, grates for scrap
Tribune reporterThe operator of a Chicago scrap metal company is charged with buying sewer covers and sidewalk grates pried from city streets by thieves. After his arrest Saturday morning at Industrial Metal Enterprise in West Humboldt Park, Eric Kowalczyk, 55, told...Tags: Bartlett, Property, Theft, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Cops: Suspect in Gold Coast hotel slaying left phone behind
Tribune reportersA suspect in custody for the shooting death of a woman at a Gold Coast hotel had left his cell phone in the room, police say. Authorities arrested the 28-year-old man late Tuesday night at his home in the Humboldt Park neighborhood for the slaying of...Tags: Gold Coast, Murder, Chicago Hotels, Cell Phones, Whitehall
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Gunman on life support after being beaten on street
Tribune reporterA shooting in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood overnight had an unusual ending: The victim was barely injured and the gunman was left on life support after witnesses chased him down and beat him, police said. About 11:50 p.m. Monday, the 19-year-old...Tags: Shootings
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Jolt of reality: Shootings persist as Chicago police Taser use skyrockets
Police departments in Chicago and the suburbs have embraced the Taser, a device marketed as a tool to reduce shootings by officers. The weapons' manufacturer contends that if officers can use electric shocks to prevent dangerous situations from...
Tags: Human Rights, Chicago Police Department, Police Arrests, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Amnesty International
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3 dead, 19 wounded in attacks across city Friday night and Saturday morning
Tribune reporterAt least 22 people were shot, three fatally, across the city Friday night and Saturday morning. The latest slaying was gang-related and occurred about 6 a.m. when a man identified as Gerry Woods, 37, of the 4500 block of South Wood Street, was shot in...Tags: Human Interest, Murder, Chicago Police Department, Cicero, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
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An artist's struggle
In the fall of 1991 I received a disturbing call from my son Gabriel, who was a freshman at New York University at the time. He informed me that he had experienced a revelation. "Dad," he said, "it's obvious to me that the only authentic path forward...
Tags: Homelessness, Movies, Documentary (genre), Columbia College Chicago, Mental Health
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Suspect sought in as many as 15 assaults
WGN NewsChicago police held a media briefing Monday afternoon looking for the public's help in their search for a suspect in as many as 15 sexual assaults in the Humboldt Park, Wicker Park areas. Investigators say between 12:40 a.m. and 1:40 a.m. Monday,...Tags: Wicker Park, Sex Crimes, Assault
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Eight shot in attacks across city
Tribune reporterThree teens were among eight people shot across the city between 12:30 and 7 a.m. Sunday, according to Chicago police. A 19-year-old man was shot about 2:45 a.m. in the 4900 block of North Whipple Street in the Albany Park neighborhood. He was in an...Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Gang Activity, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Jackson Park, Hospitals and Clinics
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