Illinois Politics
Illinois Democrats outlined anti-crime measures Friday amid pressure from rising violence and Republican critics, promising more in the final days of the Legislature's spring session.
Crime
Police said the victims were involved in an exchange of gunfire with offenders in a red pick-up truck when they were shot.
Business
Clearview AI sought to clarify the company's future after official minutes from a Chicago federal courtroom suggested inaccurate info. Illinois' Biometric Information Privacy Act allows consumers to sue companies that don’t get permission before harvesting data such as faces and fingerprints.
Crime
Prosecutors allege one of the men would receive orders from members of the Gangster Disciples in Chicago for specific guns, buy them from dealers in Tennessee and Kentucky, and give them to gang members who paid through money transfer apps, including Zelle and CashApp.
Chicago Journal
The video was posted Friday by The New Yorker, which says it obtained it from an unidentified individual in Afghanistan. Frerichs appears by himself in the video, sitting upright before a dark curtain and wearing what appears to be traditional Afghan clothing.
Blackhawks
Blackhawks C Jonathan Toews played his 1,000th NHL game. Toews is the 366th NHL player to reach the milestone and the eighth Chicago player.
Bulls
DeRozan finished two points shy of his career high. The five-time All-Star scored 17 in the fourth quarter and made up for his missed foul shot by scoring 10 more in overtime.
Crime
Rosemont police said Jose G. Matias, 18, of Chicago, was taken into custody Wednesday “without incident” in the March 25 shooting that killed Joel Valdes, 20, of Skokie, at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago in Rosemont, just northwest of Chicago.
Chicago Journal
The bill seeks to lift jurisdictional problems that can prevent prosecution and allow any state's attorney to prosecute all aspects of an organized retail crime.
Chicago Journal
In a ruling issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Blakey rejected the contention that the city's park district improperly gave control of the land in Jackson Park to the former President's foundation in violation of the public trust.
Crime
The armed carjacking took place on a block that some readers may know from the television show "Windy City Rehab." The woman was shot on S. Michigan Avenue.
Bulls
DeMar DeRozan finished with 32 points against the Washington Wizards as the Bulls try to stay in the top 6 playoff spots in the East and avoid the play-in round.