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Carjacking thwarted because suspects couldn't drive Audi's stick shift
An attempted carjacking on the Gold Coast of Chicago was foiled because the suspects failed to operate the vehicle’s manual transmission.
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104-year-old Chicago woman dies days after record-breaking skydive
Dorothy Hoffner, a lifelong Chicagoan and centenarian who recently set a world record for being the oldest person to ever participate in a tandem skydive, has passed away just a week after her incredible jump.
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Olympic bobsledder Aja Evans sues team chiropractor, alleging sexual abuse
Aja Evans, an Olympic bobsled medalist from Chicago, filed a lawsuit against the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, alleging nearly a decade of “sexual abuse and harassment” by the team’s osteopathic medical provider while Evans trained and competed for the USA Bobsled team, her attorneys said Thursday.
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Chicago TV news crew robbed at gunpoint while reporting on a string of robberies
A Chicago television news crew has been robbed at gunpoint while they were reporting on a string of robberies.
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Shooting at Chicago White Sox game leaves 2 women injured, police say
Chicago police say a 42-year-old woman sustained a gunshot wound to the leg, and a 26-year-old woman had a graze wound to her abdomen
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Illinois man sentenced to prison for sexual assault of girl during remote-learning class
The assault took place at a home from which the girl was participating in class remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic, prosecutors said
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United passenger plane with 24,000 pounds of supplies, aid heads from Chicago to Maui
As a passenger plane carrying 24,000 lbs. of supplies heads from O’Hare to Maui, here are other ways Chicagoans can help.
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Pups race to the finish line in Chicago Dachshund Derby
The annual race celebrated its third edition this Sunday.
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Chicago man kills 9-year-old girl because he was upset over noise, neighbors say
A Chicago man has been charged with first-degree murder after witnesses say an 8-year-old girl riding a scooter was fatally shot by someone upset over noise.
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Historic Illinois mansion hits the market for 2nd time in over a century. Take a look inside
An historic mansion in a northwest Chicago suburb will change hands for what is now only the second time in over a century.
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Watch: United Airlines emergency evacuation slide falls from plane into Chicago neighborhood
A recently surfaced video shows the moment an emergency evacuation slide fell from a plane into a backyard as it was landing at O’Hare International Airport.
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Flights grounded, crowds take cover as Tornado touches down near Chicago's O'Hare airport
The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport prompting passengers to take shelter and disrupting hundreds of flights.
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WATCH: 2 tornadoes forming at same time in Chicago suburb
Video posted to social media showed two funnel cloud formations at the same time near Elgin, Illinois.
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Jamie Foxx returns missing purse to woman during Chicago visit
Actor Jamie Foxx returned a lost purse to a woman during a visit to Chicago on Monday.
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Jamie Foxx finds and returns purse to thankful fan in Chicago
Jamie Foxx made a fan’s day after he recovered her missing purse in Chicago, where he has been publicly seen for the first time since recovering from a hospitalization in April.
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Jamie Foxx takes a boat ride in first public appearance since hospitalization
Jamie Foxx was seen out on a boat ride on the Chicago River July 9, nearly two months after his daughter Corinne shared the actor was out of the hospital and recovering from a health scare.
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NASCAR star Jimmie Johnson's in-laws and nephew found dead in apparent murder-suicide
Jimmie Johnson has withdrawn from Sunday’s Chicago Street Race after his parents-in-law and 11-year-old nephew were found dead in a suspected murder-suicide.
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Businessman James Crown dies in crash at Colorado race track
James Crown, a businessman and trustee of The Aspen Institute, died in a crash at a Colorado race track on Sunday. He was 70 years old.
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Ticketless Taylor Swift Fans Are Gathering Outside Stadiums for a Different Kind of Eras Tour Experience
Hundreds of Swifties gathered outside Soldier Field to Taylgate, creating their own concert experience after being shut out of Ticketmaster sales.
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Watch: Mass Brawl at Chicago O'Hare Airport Baggage Claim Leads to 2 Arrests
Two adults are facing a misdemeanor charge after police said a wild brawl captured on video ensued near the baggage claim at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Monday, leaving a 24-year-old woman injured.