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Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot speaks during her inauguration ceremony Monday, May 20, 2019, in Chicago.

Lori Lightfoot sworn in as Chicago mayor; vows big reforms

Michael Tarm, Associated Press May 20, 2019

Lori Lightfoot told aldermen and other city powerbrokers assembled at her inauguration Monday as Chicago's first black woman mayor that she meant what she said on the campaign trail about top-to-bottom...

Rahm Emanuel bids farewell as he leaves the mayor's office for the final time.

COMMENTARY: Chicago will remember Emanuel as he was, not as he wants

Benjamin Conboy, Editor in Chief May 20, 2019

Rahm Emanuel walked out of his City Hall for the final time as mayor of Chicago on Friday. The paintings depicting an industrial Chicago that hung on the walls of his fifth-floor office were gone. The...

Parts of Airline Highway is covered with water in New Orleans Sunday, May 12, 2019. New Orleans residents awoke to flooded streets Sunday and the Mississippi Highway Patrol closed part of a highway due to heavy rains that also may have contributed to a freight train derailment.

Potential solutions to urban flooding not attainable for communities that need them most

Erica Carbajal May 20, 2019

As a child, Michelle Ruiz would often wake up to inches of water in her family’s basement apartment in Pilsen. When a rainy period was coming, they would prepare by moving their belongings off the floor,...

Pilsen has seen the opening of trendy spots that invite people with a higher income, including Pinwheel Records which opened in 2015.

Pilsen proposes historic landmark to slow gentrification

Gianfranco Ocampo May 20, 2019

Gentrification across Chicago could potentially slow down in the Pilsen neighborhood. On Thursday, May 16, the Chicago Landmarks Commissioners voted unanimously to recommend a proposal to turn a 1.5-mile...

Chicago public health department confirms measles case

Chicago public health department confirms measles case

Associated Press May 19, 2019

Chicago health officials say they've confirmed a measles case and are working to contact those who may have been exposed to the infection. The Chicago Department of Public Health said Saturday they...

Chicago Police missing person flier for Marlen Ochoa-Uriostegui, who had gone to a Chicago home in response to a Facebook offer of free baby clothes, was strangled and her baby cut from her womb, police and family members said.

Pregnant Chicago woman slain, baby cut from her womb

Caryn Rousseau and Don Babwin, Associated Press May 16, 2019

A pregnant woman who had gone to a Chicago home in response to a Facebook offer of free baby clothes was strangled and her baby cut from her womb, police and family members said. The newborn was in...

Currently, there is no database for accounts of police misconduct while the database that has information on potential Chicago gang members is used.

Transparency trouble: New database shows police misconduct records for Chicago and beyond

Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor May 13, 2019

Chicago-area police departments — not including those in the suburbs — have had 56 officers decertified for misconduct since 2000, according to records released last month through collaboration between...

Facebook has banned Louis Farrakhan (left), Alex Jones (right) and others from its platform and from Instagram saying they violated its ban against hate and violence.

Facebook bans conspiracy theorists from Infowars and Nation of Islam

Tariqah Shakir-Muhammad, Contributing Writer May 13, 2019

Facebook’s ban on Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones from Infowars, right-wing pundits Milo Yiannopoulos and Laura Loomer on May 2 received mixed reactions concerning user rights...

A front of the F.O.P’s #7 Lodge. The front of the Lodge was lined with police, with a barrier of bikes and officers standing between protestors and the entrance to the building.

Protest against CPD union in Near West Side ends in 12 arrests

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor May 13, 2019

Last Monday, protestors gathered in Union Park to rally against the union of the Chicago Police Department. Protestors included members of Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR),...

Minister Louis Farrakhan, of the Nation of Islam, speaks at Saint Sabina Church, Thursday night, May 9, 2019, in Chicago.

Farrakhan refers to ‘Satanic Jews’ in Chicago church speech

Herbert McCann, Associated Press May 10, 2019

Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan referenced "Satanic Jews" in a speech denying allegations of anti-Semitism, misogyny and homophobia after Facebook banned him from the social media platform. During...

This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Marshals office shows Chicago terrorism suspect Adel Daoud. Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman handed Adel Daouda 16-year prison sentence for trying to kill hundreds of people by detonating a car bomb outside a Chicago bar in 2012, saying she factored in his mental health in imposing a sentence much lower than prosecutors requested. The sentence announced Monday, May 6, 2019 in Chicago for Daoud includes time for related convictions for later attempting to have an FBI agent killed and for slashing an inmate with a shiv for taunting him with a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad.

Would-be Chicago bomber gets 16-year term; judge cites mental health

Michael Tarm, Associated Press May 6, 2019

A federal judge on Monday handed an Illinois man a 16-year prison sentence for trying to kill hundreds of people by detonating what he thought was a car bomb outside a crowded Chicago bar, saying she factored...

After Chicago hotel workers strike, one unionized hotel is left with unresolved contract

After Chicago hotel workers strike, one unionized hotel is left with unresolved contract

Brita Hunegs April 29, 2019

Javier De La Rosa Garcia hasn’t worked in 231 days. Meaning, he hasn’t seen a paycheck in 32 weeks. Neither have the other 33 employees of Chicago's Cambria Hotel that have now been on strike for nearly...

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