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February 6, 2022
A student recorded the lecture, which circulated on social media. The school moved to suspend Mary DeVoto and later terminated…
February 3, 2022
Former officer Jason Van Dyke left prison on Thursday after serving less than half of his nearly seven-year sentence for…
February 2, 2022
Missouri legislators explored a bill banning bias “on the basis of hair texture and protective hairstyles" in state-funded schools.
February 1, 2022
The NAACP urged Merrick Garland to bring federal civil rights charges against the white officer who fatally shot Black teen Laquan McDonald.
January 27, 2022
Kevin Dugar was convicted of a 2003 murder in Chicago. A decade later, his brother wrote to him confessing to…
January 4, 2022
First reported by The Chicago Sun-Times, Rush said he plans to remain active in his ministry and inspire younger generations.
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January 2, 2022
Some argue that ending contracts in Illinois creates new complications such as moving detainees away from nearby family.
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December 14, 2021
The family of DeAndre S. Morrow, one of the six employees killed in an Edwardsville facility during a tornado, has…
December 14, 2021
The only Black juror that convicted Jussie Smollett said he couldn’t get past what the actor said he did with…
December 13, 2021
The juror told The Chicago Sun-Times that in the end, the jury of six women and six men "all thought…
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December 11, 2021
At least two Amazon workers died after a facility collapsed in Illinois following a string of deadly tornadoes and storms…
December 10, 2021
A Chicago jury deliberated for more than nine hours before returning the Smollett verdict: guilty of five of the six…
December 8, 2021
A prosecutor told jurors that there is “overwhelming evidence” that former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett staged an attack against himself.
December 6, 2021
Jussie Smollett took the witness stand Monday at his trial on charges of staging a racist, anti-gay attack on himself…
December 4, 2021
Marilyn Jackson will start Jan. 17, 2022, which is not only Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but would have been…
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December 2, 2021
Anjanette Young described how she had come in from work, poured a glass of wine and was about to settle…
November 29, 2021
Two brothers stand at the center of the case that prosecutors will lay before jurors when the trial of Jussie…
November 24, 2021
The Chicago home of Emmett Till and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley could receive massive funding to renovate the property.
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November 12, 2021
In the Feb. 2019 raid, led by Sgt. Alex Wolinski, police officers burst into the wrong home and improperly executed…
November 11, 2021
Bobby Rush is among those angry Chris Kempczinski appeared to blame the deaths of two children on the kids and…