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Chicago Business
Google Inc. announced its intention to purchase the James R. Thompson Center building in Chicago’s Loop for $105 million Wednesday morning. They plan to occupy the building by 2026 after extensive renovations.
Crime
Another teen girl was shot and killed Tuesday evening but the initial investigation revealed it may have been a negligent discharge by the girl's younger brother.
Crime
Police said three victims, age 14, 17, and 18 were driving when someone in another car fired shots. The 14-year-old and 17-year-old are in critical condition this morning.
Crime
A teen has died after being stabbed during an altercation on a Red Line train near the 63rd Street Station in the Englewood neighborhood this morning.
Chicago Journal
After a couple of relatively quiet weekends, Chicago's summer violence once again spiked. The totals for the summer weekend of Friday, July 22 starting at noon through Monday, July 25 ending at 6:00 a.m. was 8 killed and 63 wounded.
Crime
Authorities said a man was shot and killed and two other men were shot and critically wounded while changing a tire in front of a gas station in Garfield Park this morning.
Crime
Five people have been charged by Chicago Police after they attempted to rob a 42-year-old victim at knifepoint on a train at the North/Clybourn Red Line Station in Lincoln Park that left the victim hospitalized in serious condition.
Crime
Four men were shot and two of the victims are in critical condition this morning after unknown offenders opened fire in Back of the Yards late last night, authorities said.
Chicago Journal
A big group fight broke out at a party being held at a banquet hall in Logan Square when someone pulled out a handgun and shot a 34-year-old male victim in the head.
Chicago Journal
The Chicago production on FX’s revival of "Justified: City Primeval" has been halted after two cars engaged in a rolling gun battle broke through the production's barricades early Thursday morning. A 19-year-old female not involved in the production was wounded.
Chicago Politics
The Chicago City Council struck down a proposed ordinance to raise the speed-camera ticket threshold by a vote of 26-18, an issue over which Mayor Lightfoot threatened to use the office's veto power for the first time since 2006.
Crime
An employee working the service window at the Original Maxwell Street in Lawndale was shot and killed early this morning.