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James ‘Tail Dragger’ Jones, one of Chicago’s last links to golden age of blues, dies at 82

‘He was raw, gritty, 100 % in-your-face, unadulterated, pure West Side blues,’ said fellow blues musician Billy Branch.

Chicago Sun-Times

Appeals court tosses Chicago cop-killer’s ‘excessive sentence’ after he was denied parole more than 30 times

Ronnie Carrasquillo will be resentenced after 46 years in prison after the court ruled the Illinois Prisoner Review Board didn’t give him a “meaningful’ opportunity for parole.

Chicago Sun-Times

White House asks US Ambassador to Japan to stop mocking China on social media, report claims

Former Chicago mayor begins tenure on the world stage by earning reprimand

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Making the city’s hate crimes ordinance stronger is long overdue

Statistics show hate crimes in Chicago are at a nearly 30-year high. The proposed “Chi vs. Hate” ordinance will allow the city to report and track non-criminal hate incidents that are often precursors to hate crimes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago-based musical youth organization opens its second branch in Lexington

A nonprofit vocal music program based out of Chicago is establishing a new branch for youths in Lexington starting early October.

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Call ‘base camps’ what they really are: ‘refugee camps’

The city’s plan to house 2,000 immigrants in massive tents might be both a bad idea and the only option.

Chicago Sun-Times

A list of mass killings in the United States since January

The latest mass killing in the United States happened at a suburban Chicago home, where a couple, their two children and three dogs were found fatally shot on Sunday evening

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Stephen A. Smith Used One Word to Perfectly Describe the Struggling Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears have had a nightmare start to their 2023 NFL season.

Sports Illustrated

The Chicago Bulls will never trade for Damian Lillard

Despite the rumblings, the Chicago Bulls aren't going to get in on the Damian Lillard trade sweepstakes.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Connor Bedard is the big story of Blackhawks camp. Follow updates on the star rookie here

The Blackhawks welcome the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft into the fold this fall. We provide details on his play, his progress and his promise in Chicago throughout the days leading up to his Oct. 10 debut.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Bears deny claims of FBI raid after coordinator’s sudden resignation

It comes after defensive coordinator Alan Williams resigned on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Chicago officials ink nearly $30M contract with security firm to move migrants to winterized camps

Chicago officials have signed a nearly $30 million contract with a private security firm to relocate migrants seeking asylum from police stations and the city’s two airports to winterized camps with massive tents before cold weather arrives

The Independent UK

Chicago Bears Stock Exchange: Who’s up and who’s down entering Week 3?

Here are the Bears players who raised and lowered their stock this week.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Suspect in family's killing in suburban Chicago dies along with passenger after Oklahoma crash

Police say a suspect in the shooting deaths of a suburban Chicago couple and their two children has died along with a passenger following a fiery crash in Oklahoma

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Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago police facing serious discipline should not have cases decided in secret

The City Council should reject a ruling by an arbitrator that would allow police officers facing firings or long suspensions to dodge the Chicago Police Board and move cases to arbitration — outside public view.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden administration offers migrant crisis help: Speeds work visas for Venezuelans looking for jobs in Chicago, other cities

Gov. J.B. Pritzker applauded the decision: “Since day one of this humanitarian crisis, I have heard one thing from migrant families and their advocates — they want to build better lives and work.”

Chicago Sun-Times

James Hoge, Sun-Times editor who oversaw era of audacious investigations and 6 Pulitzers, dies at 87

Mr. Hoge didn’t hesitate to sign off on the Mirage Tavern sting when reporter Pam Zekman pitched it to him while walking across the Michigan Avenue Bridge in 1977.

Chicago Sun-Times

“Hillbilly Elegy” senator hardens block on a confirmation vote for new U.S. attorney in Chicago

Sens. Dick Durbin and Chuck Schumer sharply criticized both Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, who has been preventing a vote on April Perry and three other U.S. attorney nominees, and Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who has been holding up military promotions.

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Justin Fields Just Told the Bears How to Best Help Him Succeed

In revealing that he isn’t responding to Chicago’s coaching methods, Fields gave a clue on how the staff can best help him succeed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Things to do in Chicago Sept. 21-27: The Mix

The Hyde Park Jazz Festival, the World Music Festival and Lyric Opera’s “The Flying Dutchman” are among the highlights in the week ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cboe Global Markets CEO’s exit after board probe stokes talk of a sale

The Chicago-based options exchange owner said Ed Tilly “did not disclose” relationships with colleagues as it names his successors as chairman and CEO.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago sues Monsanto for PCB pollution over decades

Despite being banned in 1979, products containing PCBs made before that time continue to discharge the chemicals into Lake Michigan and the Chicago River through rainwater, the city alleges.

Chicago Sun-Times

City signs $29.3 million contract to build ‘winterized base camps’ for migrants

The contract doesn’t mention specific sites for the giant camps, and none have been chosen, according to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s press secretary Ronnie Reese.

The Independent UK

Suspect in fatal shootings of four in suburban Chicago dead after car crash in Oklahoma

Police say a suspect in the shooting deaths of a suburban Chicago couple and their two children has died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound after crashing his car in Oklahoma

The Independent UK

Suspect in murder of family of four outside Chicago found dead states away in Oklahoma

Nathaniel Huey Jr., 31, of Streamwood, Illinois, and an unnamed woman were identified as persons of interest in the slayings

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