Новости за 12.12.2020

A man was wounded after a confrontation with an off-duty officer in the Albany Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.

U.S. officials say the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning.

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

An Aurora man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder following the death of an Aurora woman Wednesday morning.

A man was arrested Friday after fleeing from officers, Chicago police said.

Last Sunday evening, at least a hundred people flocked to a road median on West Garfield Boulevard and South King Drive to celebrate the Washington Park neighborhood’s first tree-lighting ceremony in recent memory. The ceremony was hosted to shine a bright spot in a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic and social upheaval throughout the country, but it also represented the evolution of a neighborhood that has banded together through ups and downs, resident and Washington Park Chamber of Commerce CEO Donna Hampton-Smith said.

Three people were wounded in separate overnight shootings on the West and South sides, Chicago police said.

The Chicago Tribune is partnering with doctors Emily Landon, Brandi Jackson and Brittani James to answer readers' questions about the COVID-19 vaccine during Facebook Live events.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker was a vocal critic of his predecessor's handling of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak at a state veterans home in Quincy. Now Pritzker is on the defensive after 33 veterans have died in a COVID_19 outbreak in LaSalle.

Chicago-area hospitals marking plans to give the first COVID-19 vaccine to their employees within a few days.

Family cancels pilgrimage after third brother dies of coronavirus

Jim Burns, former U.S. attorney for Chicago, dies at 75.

If you guessed that “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” would win this award, it’s a reasonable guess given how many of us will be stuck at home for the holidays thanks to the pandemic. But wrong.

Corrections and clarifications for Saturday, Dec. 12

Illinois surpassed 14,000 COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began on Friday, less than a week after the statewide death toll reached 13,000.

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The famous song about Chicago’s iconic lakefront roadway might soon need to be amended to “slippin’ on by on Jean Baptiste, Friday night trouble bound.” Aldermen on Friday debated naming Lake Shore Drive for Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, the Black man who’s credited with founding Chicago.

Lawyers for four people indicted in an alleged bribery scheme by Commonwealth Edison to influence powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan said in a court filing Friday they have serious concerns that COVID-19 may have led to a compromised grand jury.

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

With beds in short supply, some Illinois hospital emergency rooms are sending COVID-19 patients home to recover

“Cheer” star Jerry Harris has been indicted on new charges alleging he coerced teenage boys to send him obscene photos and videos of themselves and solicited sex from minors at cheerleading competitions.

The final four ramps in the ongoing Jane Byrne Interchange construction project are set to open Tuesday

Eleven current and former employees of a Crestwood dentist office have filed lawsuits alleging they were secretly recorded using the washroom at the practice.