Child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades, according to disturbing accounts in a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women housed at the youth centers as children. The lawsuit details alleged incidents of abuse from 1996 to 2017, including gang rape, forced oral sex, beatings and groping of children by corrections officers, …
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Families in Democrat-run Chicago hoping to enjoy a Cinco de Mayo parade will have to wait until next year after the city canceled the festivities due to “gang violence.” The Chicago Police Department (CPD) announced Sunday that the Cinco de Mayo parade was canceled “out of an abundance of caution … to protect the safety of all in attendance, including …
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TheChicagoTeachers Union (CTU) is negotiating a new contract with the public schools system and is understood to be calling for an extra $50 billion to pay for wage hikes as well as other demands such as fully paid abortions for its members, new migrant services and facilities and a host of LGBT-related requirements and training in schools. To put the …
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A judge on Friday denied the pretrial release of a man charged with murder in the shooting death of an off-duty Chicago police officer last month. Xavier Tate Jr., 22, is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen firearm in connection with the April 21 killing of Officer Luis Huesca, 30, who prosecutors said was …
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EXCLUSIVE: A nonprofit legal organization filed a civil rights complaint against Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, Tuesday, after it announced plans to offer five scholarships exclusively to “Palestinian” students, allegedly discriminating against the rest of the student body. The Equal Protection Project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation, based in Rhode Island, is an organization that fights for equal protection under …
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Residents in a town outside of Chicago made their fury against Democratic Mayor Tiffany Henyard known on Saturday. Dozens of people from the 17 villages in Thornton Township organized in protest against Henyard for refusing to disclose details on township finances and declining infrastructure and town services. “This is a call to action to state representatives to do something,” Mary …
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Additional rounds of life-threatening severe weather are likely over the Southern Plains, after twisters ripped through the nation’s heartland on Friday. In addition, confidence is increasing for flash flooding in parts of east-central Oklahoma where 5-10 inches of rain may fall through Sunday. Over 50 million people are under threat of severe weather as the atmosphere recharges, stretching more than …
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Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill. and financial experts are expressing skepticism at the possibility of taxpayer money being used to pay for the Chicago Bears’ proposed new stadium. There has been hesitation towards the NFL franchise’s plans to spend $4.6 billion on building a new enclosed stadium along with an improved lakefront area, half of which would be paid by the …
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Police in Chicago shared surveillance images of a suspect in connection to the murder of Officer Luis Huesca early Sunday morning as the officer was driving home from work. The two-minute video released Monday night shows the suspect walking into convenience stores on Saturday, and walking outside on a sidewalk early Sunday. Police described the suspect as armed and dangerous. …
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The Chicago police officer who was shot and killed early Sunday morning while driving home from work had his gun and car stolen during the attack, according to local reports. Officer Luis Huesca, 30, was killed outside his home in Gage Park. Officers responded to a gunshot detection in the 3100 block of W. 56th St. and found officer Huesca …
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