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where the counting continues. >> reporter: well, i just spoke with the lead council for -- counsel for the republican party and he claims the illinois governors race is definitely not over. despite the odds ofs quinn lead widening more with the absentee balloting underway here at the county building, the brady campaign has no plans to throw in the towel. absentee ballots are still coming in to the cook county election board where workers will spend another day processing and sorting. a...

it was stopped in london. the toner cartridge found on board, though, has tested negative for explosives. the discovery led to this scene here at ohare. ups jets are being swept all over the country and the world for any signs of suspicious packages. acting on what they are calling an abundance of cautious, the administration had ups halt a night. two other planes were swept for suspicious packages but so far no bombs or explosives have turned up. now according to a report, the cartrid...

at police headquarters with details on that story. >> reporter: good afternoon. superintendent jody weis has yet to comment on the lawsuit. a lawsuit that alleges the superintendent was in possession of evidence that would have cleared two officers wrongfully accused of police brutality but despite that information, lawyers say the superintendent elected to proceed with the press conference. >> he was in possession as evidence and he either never reviewed it or reviewed it and was not ...

case. >> reporter: good afternoon. there are unconfirmed reports that the body may have been discovered well before saturday when police made their public announcement that human remains had been found. a press conference set to happen this afternoon could shed more light on the investigation. in the mean time over the weekend the missing girls family talked publicly about their pain. >> its not what we hoped, obviously. the family would like to say that there is nothing at this point ...

superintendent has not offered an apology to the two officers back on the streets on duty and police union believes it may never happen. the two officers returned to the streets yesterday after being cleared in last weeks alleged brutality incident at 79. gps reveal the two were not on the scene. but four other officers and a sergeant remain under investigation by the independent police review authority. among the evidence, footage from a police camera across the street. superintendent...

morning attack. riverdale police have yet to comment or release details on exactly what happened here. its not clear if the murdered man was deliberately targeted or simply the random victim of and ent crime friends family converge on the crime scene near 144 street and clark and south suburban riverdale. the place where melvin burnside lived for decades in this quiet and well tended residential neighborhood. >> he was nice to everybody. he gave everybody anything they asked for. i don...

one of the victims, the lake and will county sheriffs are earn urging anyone with information to contact them immediately. authorities believe he is a man in his 40s driving a light colored chevy cheyenne pick up truck with indiana plates which was last seen on tuesday in lowell soon after the shootings of three men in illinois and indiana. one victim was killed. two others hospitalized. police are hoping someone will be able to identify the killer. and we heard from will county sherif...

wgns muriel clair is live at cook county criminal court with that story. >> reporter: good afternoon. acid victim espiranza medina is in the courthouse. she is waiting to be called into the courtroom. she in earlier interviews this week promised she would wear a black dress. a black sleeveless dress and she is wearing one with cut low in the back and cut low in the front. so that her scars are in full display for the two women who allegedly planned the assault on her that caused her to...

in this case both whom are in custody walked into the courtroom this morning calmly looking out at the crowd of spectators to connect with family and friends who may be among them. and garcia immediately connected with someone and began smiling and waiving and blowing kisses before she finally took her seat at the defense table. garcia and her co-defendant, 37- year-old maria garcia overra are charged with planning an acid attack on espiranza medina and hiring three teenagers to carry ...

the incident happened at 11:30 last night at 1100 block of west dicons near depaul. police say the attacker is 19 years old. lives on the south side and sources say he has been known -- is a known sexual predator. victim is a 28-year-old woman. her neighbor called police when he found a purse on the back stairway of their apartment building. when police arrived they noticed an open wingdo and found the woman being raped inside. we spoke with the sister of the young man who called for h...