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HIV/AIDS advocate and her family work to promote testing and fight stigma. ‘I feel like I’m not just existing, that I’m living’

CHICAGO -- Eighteen years ago, Chatrivia Kennedy learned she was HIV positive when her partner was hospitalized with an HIV-related illness. She was eight months pregnant.

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Chicago police officer tied to disgraced unit fired 18 years after scandal

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer was fired late Thursday for his role 18 years ago in one of the biggest scandals in department history.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Police Board fires cop tied to Special Operations Section scandal nearly two decades ago

Officer Thomas Sherry was found guilty of submitting false reports after two raids conducted by the SOS on July 27, 2004, on the Northwest Side.

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Staffing woes hamper CPD reform efforts, new report warns

The Chicago Police Department continues to make progress in a court-ordered revamp, but longstanding problems with manpower continue to hold it back.

Chicago Sun-Times

Semi-auto gun ban only part of solution, Illinois House told

An Illinois House committee is conducting hearings on a wide-ranging gun legislation that includes a ban on semi-automatic weapons

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Chicago-based pot studies center aims to lead on research and policy

The Cannabis Research Institute, run by the city, state and Discovery Partners Institute, will examine social equity, medicinal and health effects of marijuana.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago police officer faces dismissal in alleged beating, wrongful arrest of woman at George Floyd protest

The recommendation from Police Supt. David Brown comes four years after the officer, James Hunt, was suspended for yelling, “I kill motherf------,” an apparent reference to a 17-year-old boy Hunt fatally shot while on duty.

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In farewell speech, Rep. Adam Kinzinger warns GOP ‘has embraced lies and deceit’

“Our democracy is not functioning,” Adam Kinzinger, the Chicago-area Republican who has stood against the MAGA wing, warns colleagues.

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Woman robbed at gunpoint while walking dog in Lincoln Park. ‘I was dumbfounded. It took me a couple of seconds to realize I just got mugged.’

Neither Diana Dejacimo nor her dog Jasper were injured, but the attack Wednesday morning made her appreciate even more her decision recently to move from the city to Wisconsin.

Chicago Sun-Times

ComEd’s $40M plan to rid homes of natural gas, City Council’s new ordinances and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

14-year-old boy charged after bringing loaded gun into North Side school, police say

The teen was charged with possessing a concealed weapon, a high-capacity magazine and metal-piercing bullets, according to Chicago police.

Chicago Sun-Times

Off-duty Chicago cop found dead from apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in Norwood Park

The unidentified 58-year-old female officer was found Thursday morning in the 5800 block of North Northwest Highway.

Chicago Sun-Times

Passing assault weapons bill is a matter of life and death

I don’t ever want to hear another politician offer “thoughts and prayers” after a mass shooting. I don’t ever again want to look into the eyes of parents of dead first- and second graders, as I did in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012. I don’t ever want to attend another funeral…

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NFL Week 15 TV coverage maps

If you're not in the Philadelphia, Chicago, Indianapolis, Green Bay, or midwest area, here's your TV broadcast map for Week 15

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The question that’s launched multiple Sun-Times investigations

One of my latest “what’s that all about?” moments began with a mass shooting in May outside the McDonald’s at State Street and Chicago Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times

3 killed, 7 wounded in shootings Wednesday across Chicago

Two drive-by attacks minutes and blocks apart in Ravenswood left two people dead and a 15-year-old boy wounded.

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Was Ron Rivera just asked to compare the Commanders to the ’85 Bears?

Ron Rivera was asked if there were any comparisons from this team to the 1985 Chicago Bears.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: 2022 was the year of the sports apology, from Josh Donaldson to Kyrie Irving to Rocky Wirtz

CHICAGO — Sorry seems to be the hardest word, as the great philosopher Elton John once noted.

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Julius Randle, Jalen Brunson lead Knicks over Bulls in OT for fifth straight win

CHICAGO — The only sighting of Jalen Brunson since he limped off the court and to the locker room at Madison Square Garden Sunday night was a picture that showed up on social media of him at a team holiday party with his right foot encased in a protective boot.

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: The Chicago Cubs’ front-office intrigue is much more interesting than their offseason

I’m admittedly a sucker for any story that includes the words “internal tensions between the business and baseball sides,” no matter what organization is being discussed.

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Eagles’ Jordan Mailata pointedly shrugged off Micah Parsons’ critical comments about Jalen Hurts

"We've got the Chicago Bears, not the Chicago Micah Parsons."

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Banshees of Inisherin’ named best picture in Chicago Film Critics awards

Six prizes, the most of any movie, go to the peculiar ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once.’

Tribune News Service

Derrick Rose is fine with demotion as long as Knicks are winning

CHICAGO — Derrick Rose’s latest homecoming wasn’t what he envisioned, but the famous Chicagoan is making the best of his DNP status and is happy for his replacement, Deuce McBride.

Chicago Sun-Times

1 dead, 1 wounded in South Chicago

Two men were shot in the 8700 block of South Commercial Avenue. One died, the other is in critical condition, police say.

Chicago Sun-Times

U.S. request could block evidence in probe of Chicago cop’s murder

Federal prosecutors say it might violate law to release files from a massive joint investigation launched with CPD in the wake of Officer Clifton Lewis shooting.

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