Новости за 22.08.2020

Three youths were arrested on a CTA platform after a strong-arm robbery on the North Side, police said.

Three people were fatally wounded, and at least 17 others were injured in overnight city shootings, Chicago police said.

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A 28-year-old man has been identified as the person who stabbed several homeless people while they slept after police released images of the person they believed was responsible.

Several dozen residents, including the father of a boy recently shot there, gathered at a South Side park to pray for peace after the 12-year-old was wounded after playing basketball with his cousins.

Johnson, 25, was arrested Saturday in Chicago during a demonstration. Police allege that surveillance video shows Johnson hitting an officer with a skateboard.

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Longtime state Sen. Terry Link, the Vernon Hills Democrat who was charged last week with a federal count of income tax evasion, is stepping down as chairman of the Lake County Democratic Party.

Illinois nursing home complaints not properly investigated amid pandemic that killed thousands of residents.

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.

Illinois Democrats concluded their virtual national convention with a ready response to counter divisions over their leadership — focus on unifying around defeating Republican President Donald Trump. It’s the same response Democrats nationally applied to try healing the continued split between the party’s progressive wing embodied by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and its’ establishment side represented by presidential nominee Joe Biden.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration is proposing a series of “accountability” measures for utility companies as part of an energy policy agenda unveiled Friday, a month after federal prosecutors said the state’s largest utility, ComEd, engaged in a “yearslong bribery scheme” while seeking political favors in Springfield.

Former Cook County commissioner and McCook Mayor Jeffrey Tobolski was charged Friday has been charged in federal court in Chicago with conspiracy to commit extortion and filing a false tax return.

A school official pointed to off-campus activity as the root of the problem and said a small group of students could jeopardize the semester for everyone.

Postal union and political leaders rallied in front of a Bronzeville U.S. Postal Service branch Friday to condemn President Donald Trump and the postmaster general for slowdowns in mail service.

The school's modeling suggests about 680 people will test positive on campus, but that would be 30,000 without public health interventions.

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Corrections and clarifications for Sunday, Aug. 23

Waukegan woman killed in crash at Lewis and Brookside avenues.

Chicago’s tourism industry may wrap up early this year as hotels and some city attractions consider shortening their season to save money from the deep losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.