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Sunday afternoon, a police spokesperson confirmed that detectives have been questioning a "person of interest" in the child abuse death of 4-year-old Cashawnna Love.
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According to police, Charles C. McKnight Jr. had been working for WeatherTech in Bolingbrook for about two weeks when he was confronted by other employees after he robbed two of them at gunpoint. He fired on the employees who confronted him.
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Police were reportedly called to Comer Children's Hospital around 11:00 p.m. last night after a 4-year-old girl arrived to the hospital in critical condition. She later died at approximately 11:36 p.m.
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There has been a lot of wrong information flying around the internet today, so we wanted to help our readers understand how Illinois and its border states view abortion after today's ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade.
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A 6-month-old infant girl was shot and killed tonight while riding in the backseat of her father's car in the South Shore neighborhood.
Crime
A violent Thursday afternoon and evening saw 4 people shot and killed, plus an additional 14 wounded through the overnight hours across the city. Among the wounded were two 13-year-old boys and a 16-year-old girl. Among the dead, an 18-year-old and 19-year-old males.
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Billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin has finally seen enough. Griffin sent a note to employees Thursday morning that he will relocate his investment firm's headquarters to Miami after more than 30 years in Chicago.
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Before he was sentenced, O’Donnell apologized “to those whose businesses were left in utter ruin” and said he was sorry “if I hurt Chicago’s character in any way.”
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Joel Cammon, 44, of Blue Island, was arrested yesterday in the village of Alsip. Police say he's the man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a woman over a three day period last month in an abandoned building in West Pullman.
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A 22-year-old woman was shot and killed during an argument with a man on the city's south side late Tuesday night.
Crime
The shooting occurred about 9 p.m. Tuesday and fights erupted nearby as crowds were cleared from the beach, police said. Three Chicago police officers were injured breaking up fights.
Crime
Two teenage girls have been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery in the stabbing of a 15-year-old girl on Chicago's South Side.