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America, and Chicago, don't need more guns around when people easily fly off the handle, as a gunman did in Little Village this past Sunday, injuring seven people. Nearly four dozen mass shootings have been reported nationwide already in 2024.
Reporters with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ filed more than 200 open records requests with the Chicago Police Department and other law enforcement agencies across Illinois.
The anti-government group is best known for plotting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but its notoriety extends years earlier.
Summer is the season of getting together, Chicago. And when we all get together, it can get a little crowded. This made me wonder: What Chicago celebrations, speeches, sporting events or religious gatherings have attracted the most people? A trip through the Tribune’s archives reveals more than 120 years of activities. Crowd estimates, however, are often gathered from organizers and/or Chicago ...
Before deciding who best can lead Chicago through its financial problems, it helps to understand what those problems are. Here’s a primer.