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The Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center is seen Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, in Chicago, which is one of several juvenile centers statewide where more than 200 men and women have filed lawsuits alleging they were abused as children while in custody. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Hundreds sue over alleged sexual abuse in Illinois youth detention centers
More than 200 men and women allege they were sexually abused as children while in custody at youth detention centers in Illinois. Three new lawsuits have been filed in Illinois.
 
A cyclist enters a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train at the Forest Park., Ill., station headed East to Chicago, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in Forest Park. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The suspect in the Chicago-area L train shooting will be held until trial, a judge rules
A 30-year-old charged with killing four people aboard a Chicago-area transit train must remain in custody until trial. Rhanni S. Davis made a first court appearance Wednesday after being charged with four counts of first-degree murder.
 
A Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train waits at the Forest Park, Ill., train station for the eastern journey to downtown Chicago on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in Forest Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
4 people killed on Chicago-area L train likely didn’t even see the shooter, official says
Officials say a man suspected of killing four people aboard a Chicago-area transit train shot them at close range while they were asleep. The shooting happened before 5:30 a.m. Monday aboard the Chicago area’s L system.
 
Construction workers start their day as the sun rises on the new Republic Airlines headquarters building in Carmel, Ind., Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
From cold towels to early dismissal, people are finding ways to cope with a 2nd day of heat wave
As a heat wave stretched into a second day this week, residents in more than half a dozen states are looking for ways to beat the heat amid hot soupy temperatures approaching triple digits.
 
Police line up after a piece of fence was knocked down by protesters surrounding the United Center at the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Despite smaller crowds, activists at Democrats’ convention call Chicago anti-war protests a success
As far as Chicago’s storied protests go, the numbers outside the Democratic National Convention were unremarkable. But organizers say they did something leaders inside didn’t: Make the war in Gaza part of the agenda.
 
Protesters march during a demonstration near the Democratic National Convention Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators voice opposition to war in Gaza as delegates leave DNC
As attendees filtered out of the Democratic National Convention on its final night, they were met with the chants of pro-Palestinian protesters calling for the party to do more to end the war in Gaza.
 
Police detain a protester during a demonstration outside the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Crowds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally and march outside Democratic convention’s 3rd night
More than 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters rallied just a half mile from a neighboring park where pro-Israel demonstrators gathered.
 
Demonstrators clash with police near the Israeli Consulate during the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police near Chicago’s Israeli consulate on second night of DNC
Multiple pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested after clashing with police during a protest that began outside the Israeli consulate and spilled out onto the surrounding streets on the second night of the Democratic National Convention.
 
Police line up after a piece of fence was knocked down by protesters surrounding the United Center at the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Some protesters tear down security fence as thousands march outside Democratic National Convention
Dozens of protesters broke through a security fence near the site of the Democratic National Convention on its opening day as thousands took to the streets to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza.
 
Protesters march passed a police line prior to the start of the Democratic National Convention Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Thousands of activists expected in Chicago for Democratic convention to call for Gaza cease-fire
Thousands of activists are expected to converge in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, hoping to call attention to abortion rights, economic justice and the war in Gaza.
 
Workers prepare for next week's Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
As political convention comes to Chicago, residents, leaders and activists vie for the spotlight
As the American city that has hosted more political conventions than any other, Chicago has pretty much seen it all.
 
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling speaks to a reporter at public safety headquarters in Chicago on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
Chicago police chief highlights officer training as critical to Democratic convention security
Chicago’s police superintendent is touting extensive officer training as a critical part of the city’s preparations for the Democratic National Convention next week.
 
This image provided by the U.S. Department of State shows Joaquín Guzmán López. Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday, July 25, 2024. (U.S. Department of State via AP)
Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges in Chicago
A son of notorious drug kingpin “El Chapo” has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges in a Chicago courtroom days after an astonishing capture in the U.S.
 
Deputy Special Agent in Charge Derek Mayer speaks during a Democratic National Convention security briefing at the U.S. Secret Service's Chicago Field Office, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Chicago police chief says out-of-town police won’t be posted in city neighborhoods during DNC
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling says outside police agencies that’ll help secure the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next month won’t be posted in city neighborhoods.
 
Temarkus Washington, who says the sexual abuse he experienced as a teenager at a troubled Chicago juvenile detention center still gives him nightmares, listens as an attorney speaks to reporters in Chicago on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Lawsuits filed Monday on behalf of 193 men and women, detail instances of rape, unlawful strip searches and other abuse by adult employees of the detention center from 1995 to 2022. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
Survivors sue Illinois over decades of sexual abuse at Chicago youth detention center
Nearly 200 men and women are alleging they were sexually abused as children while at a Chicago youth detention facility.
 
Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman speaks outside of the Milwaukee Police Department on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wis. (AP Photo/Rio Yamat)
GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
Activists who marched outside the Republican National Convention are trumpeting their efforts, despite crowd estimates falling short.
 
Boson's mate second class Tyler Boon navigates a U.S. Coast Guard small response boat down the Milwaukee River toward the RNC security zone on Wednesday, July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wis. (AP Photo/Mark Vancleave)
Heavily armed security boats patrol winding Milwaukee River during GOP convention
Security planners for the Republican National Convention have had to contend with the winding river that snakes through downtown Milwaukee and near the Fiserv Center convention site.
 
Protestors march near the Fiserv Forum during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention, Monday, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Protesters rally peacefully at GOP convention for abortion and immigrant rights, end to war in Gaza
Protests around the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee have been peaceful and without any major problems.
 
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling, left, speaks as Mayor Brandon Johnson listens during a news conference at police headquarters, Monday, July 8, 2024, to talk about holiday weekend violence in Chicago. More than 100 people were shot in Chicago, 19 of them fatally, over the long Independence Day weekend, when there is often a spike in violence. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Violent holiday weekend sees mass shootings in Michigan, Illinois and Kentucky
A shooting at a block party in Detroit left two people dead and more than a dozen wounded, capping a violent holiday weekend in the U.S. that also saw mass shootings in Kentucky and Chicago.
 
This undated photo provided by Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications shows twin brothers Cooper and Luke Roberts playing basketball. Cooper was a victim of the 2022 Fourth of July parade shooting in Highland Park, Ill., and remains paralyzed from the waist down. Keely Roberts, the mother of the youngest victims of the Fourth of July parade shooting, which left one of her twin sons — now 10 — paralyzed from the waist down, will talk to the media Wednesday, July 3, 2024, about what it means to survive the horror two years later. (The Roberts Family/Jasculca Terman Strategic Communications via AP)
The July Fourth parade shooting paralyzed a boy. His life remains shattered 2 years later, mom says
Suburban Chicago mom Keely Roberts counts the days, not years, since a deadly shooting at an Independence Day parade in 2022 injured her and left one of her twin boys paralyzed from the waist down.
 
Robert E. Crimo III arrives before Judge Victoria A. Rossetti at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan, Ill., Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Crimo III is charged with killing seven people and wounding dozens more in a shooting at an Independence Day parade in the suburban Chicago town of Highland Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, Pool)
Illinois man rejects deal to plead guilty to 7 murder charges in shooting at 2022 July Fourth parade
The man accused of opening fire at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 has rejected a deal requiring him to plead guilty to seven charges of murder in the attack. Twenty-three-year-old Robert E.
 
Chef Michael Rafidi of Albi in Washington, D.C., stands on the red carpet before the James Beard Awards ceremony Monday, June 10, 2024, in Chicago. Rafidi won the James Beard award for Outstanding Chef. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Palestinian DC chef and Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans win coveted James Beard Awards
A Palestinian chef using ancient cooking techniques, a Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans and an upscale Thai restaurant in Oregon have won coveted James Beard Awards.
 
Hamissi Mamba talks to customers at his restaurant, Baobab Fare, Friday, May 24, 2024, in Detroit. For Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere _ who own Baobab Fare in Detroit _ a win among the five finalists in the James Beard's "Outstanding Restaurateur" category would be personal. The couple, who fled Burundi about a decade ago, faced a difficult road as refugees opening a business in America. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
James Beard finalists include an East African restaurant in Detroit and Seattle pho shops
Dozens of chefs and restaurants are finalists for this year’s prestigious James Beard Awards. They include an East African eatery in Detroit, longtime family owned Seattle pho shops and a Palestinian chef using ancient cooking techniques in Washington, D.C.
 
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle speaks during a Republican National Convention security news conference Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Milwaukee. At left is FBI special agent Michael Hensle. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Secret Service head says RNC security plans not final as protesters allege free speech restrictions
The head of the U.S. Secret Service says security plans for the Republican National Convention are still being determined as protesters blasted restrictions they claimed will violate free speech with just weeks until the event.
 
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling responds to a question as U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, left, listens during a news conference about the upcoming Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Chicago police tweak mass arrests policy ahead of Democratic National Convention
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling is touting the nation’s second-largest police department as fully prepared for protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention, including on a new mass arrest policy.
 
Chicago School Board candidate, rapper Che "Rhymefest" Smith, looks over signature petitions for his candidacy during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, Tuesday, May 21, 2024. The nation's third-largest city is preparing for its first-ever school board elections and the slate of potential candidates include progressive activists, an afterschool squash program leader and a Grammy-winning rapper. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Unusual mix of possible candidates line up for Chicago’s first school board elections this fall
The nation’s third-largest city is preparing for its first school board elections and the slate of potential candidates includes progressive activists, an afterschool squash program leader and a Grammy-winning rapper.
 
University of Chicago students, including Youssef Hasweh, second from left, one of four students the university is withholding degrees from due to their involvement in an encampment, walk out of the university's convocation ceremony in support of Palestinians on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Disruptions at University of Chicago graduation as school withholds 4 diplomas over protests
A crowd of students protesting the war in Gaza have walked out of the University of Chicago’s commencement.
 
Richard Globensky, of Augusta, Ga., walks out of the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Chicago. Globensky, a former warehouse assistant for the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, pleaded guilty Wednesday to transporting millions of dollars worth of stolen Masters tournament memorabilia and historic items including a green jacket belonging to Arnold Palmer. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Man pleads guilty in theft of Arnold Palmer green jacket, other Masters memorabilia from Augusta
A former warehouse assistant for the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia has pleaded guilty to transporting millions of dollars’ worth of stolen Masters tournament memorabilia and historic items, including one of Arnold Palmer’s green jackets.
 
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson responds to a question in his City Hall office during an interview with The Associated Press Monday, May 6, 2024, in Chicago. The rookie mayor's bumpy first year has been a test of his progressive credentials. He's navigated an evolving migrant crisis, budget gaps, persistent crime and a troubled transit system to name a few. While there have been wins for workers and social services, he's struggled with businesses, police and fellow Democrats. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Chicago mayor’s bumpy first year tests progressive credentials, puzzling some supporters
Onetime union organizer Brandon Johnson took office as Chicago’s mayor a year ago promising “bold” action as one of the country’s most progressive leaders. But a look at his bumpy first year in office shows a mixed record.
 
FILE - Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed's mother, Nicole Banks, speaks to reporters outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, April 9, 2024. The family of the Chicago man killed during a traffic stop where plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday, April 24, 2024 accusing the department of “brutally violent” policing tactics. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP, file)
Family of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suit
The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times during a traffic stop has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
 
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