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CHICAGO —  Chicago police exchanged gunfire with a suspect believed to be connected to the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl as she sat in a car with her father in a McDonald’s drive-thru, authorities said Thursday. Illinois State Police Trooper Kyle Barrett said the gunfire occurred on the Eisenhower Expressway, which runs west of Chicago’s Loop business district. Police Superintendent David Brown said investigators observed the suspect get into a car and drive off. During his atte...

Chicago police exchanged gunfire with suspect in killing of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams and apprehended him on Thursday  Officials say police officer shot the suspect after he tried to carjack a family on on Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago suburb  Unnamed suspect was wanted in connection with McDonalds shooting that killed Jaslyn and wounded her father, Jontae Adams, 29 Jaslyn was shot six times and killed; her father, a rapper with prior drug convictions, suffered a shot to the torso and was la...

Apr 21, 2021 MINNEAPOLIS – Outside the Cup Foods convenience store where George Floyd was killed last May, a woman nearly collapsed in tears upon hearing the guilty verdicts against Derek Chauvin, the police officer who killed Floyd. “We matter,” she said, straightening up. “We matter.” In one Minneapolis neighborhood, jubilant residents honked horns and banged pots and pans out their windows. Hundreds of people who were facing the courthouse began pumping their fists in unis...

Chicago announces Arts 77, a huge increase in arts funding, with $60 million for artists, concerts and new public art at O’Hare Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune © Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune An image of Chicagos Picasso sculpture is on display in a window OHare International Airport in April 2020. The Arts 77 plan will include funding for public art as part of the airports expansion. In the biggest show of civic support for the arts in years, if not decades, City of Chicago off...

There were only 18 days in 2020 that the police didnt kill somebody, according to police accountability data INSIDER 1 hr ago esnodgrass@businessinsider.com (Erin Snodgrass) © AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar A protester holding a sign reading "Stop Killing Us" navigates along Chicagos Loop during a peaceful protest, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, ahead of the video release of the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar That averages out to about three ...

Future in Question for Chicago Loop Synagogue and its Monumental Stained-Glass Window (JTA) — Just three stories high and hemmed into a small 5,000-square-foot lot, the building at 16 S. Clark St. is a small jewel box situated amid this city’s dense urban fabric. Exuding an aura of cool simplicity, the structure’s facade is composed of glass, metal and concrete planes. Its name is etched in delicate gold lettering: Chicago Loop Synagogue. Perched above the synagogue’s front door, a two-...

Wendella Tours & Cruises suffered a 75 percent hit to its annual revenue last year. Chicagos tourism industry is desperate for visitors. But the group meant to lead the charge to bring them back is dealing with its own pandemic-induced distress. As the city prepares for a summer thats expected to unleash pent-up demand from leisure travelers, Choose Chicago is operating as a shell of its former self: The normal $30 million-plus annual budget for the citys nonprofit tourism arm—which relies he...

CHICAGO (JTA) — Just three stories high and hemmed into a small 5,000-square-foot lot, the building at 16 S. Clark St. is a small jewel box situated amid this city’s dense urban fabric. Exuding an aura of cool simplicity, the structure’s facade is composed of glass, metal and concrete planes. Its name is etched in delicate gold lettering: Chicago Loop Synagogue. Perched above the synagogue’s front door, a two-ton sculpture extends over the sidewalk. Created by Henri Azaz in 1963, the wo...

Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file It all seemed so simple four years ago. The state would sell the iconic James R. Thompson Center to a developer, rid itself of a building that had become a deferred maintenance nightmare, get a shiny new skyscraper built on the site — and rake in a cool $200 million for the effort. Then the pandemic changed everything. Yet the Pritzker administration is forging ahead as if nothing has happened, taking steps to sell the building, aided by Ald. Brendan Reilly’s...

In June, the General Assembly passed a bill allowing bars and restaurants to sell cocktails for takeout, and the Chicago City Council soon followed with its own measure. It was an effort to help these establishments survive - but also a gesture of respect for the freedom of citizens. This month, Gov. J.B. Pritzker followed that up by signing legislation authorizing delivery of wine and spirits by services such as DoorDash and Grubhub. And guess what? It worked out just fine for bars and restaur...