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Supporters at the election night party for U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-14th, at Kennedy Pointe Restaurant and Pub in Bristol, Ill., on Nov. 6, 2018.

Lauren Underwood on stunning upset against 4-term GOP congressman: ‘Together we have built a movement’

May 12, 2019 at 1:41 p.m.

Lauren Underwood, a Democrat from Naperville who has never held elected office, pulled off a stunning victory Tuesday, unseating four-term Republican incumbent Randy Hultgren to win a seat in Congress...

Chicago Lakeshore Hospital has had 16 hotline complaints this year alleging abuse and neglect of young patients, compared with 17 in the three years prior.

DCFS, ACLU avoid court showdown for now over Uptown psychiatric hospital

December 11, 2018 at 7:59 p.m.

The state’s child welfare agency on Monday staved off a potential court battle over its dependence on an Uptown psychiatric hospital beset by recent complaints of child abuse and neglect...

Chicago Lakeshore Hospital's 60-bed children's unit is at 4720 N. Clarendon Ave. in Uptown. The hospital faces state and federal scrutiny after a rise in complaints alleging sexual and physical abuse.

Under pressure, DCFS to stop sending kids to Uptown psych hospital facing sexual abuse allegations

May 23, 2019 at 1:26 a.m.

Facing mounting pressure from watchdog groups and lawmakers, the head of the state’s beleaguered child welfare agency agreed Friday to temporarily halt admissions of foster kids to a prominent Uptown...

ACLU demands immediate changes at Uptown psychiatric hospital amid child sexual abuse allegations

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois is threatening to haul the state’s child welfare agency into court next week if it doesn’t take immediate action to ensure kids are...

Watchdogs want outside investigation of Chicago psychiatric hospital where troubled teens allegedly were sexually abused

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

Top child welfare watchdogs want outside experts to take a closer look at conditions inside a prominent Uptown psychiatric hospital following a rise in complaints this year alleging that highly...

Charlene Cooke was a member of the jury that decided to convict Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke of second-degree and aggravated battery in the 2014 shooting death of Laquan McDonald.

‘Let’s do this job’: Lone black juror gives inside view of Van Dyke deliberations

May 23, 2019 at 7:59 p.m.

When deliberations began in one of the biggest trials in Cook County history, juror Charlene Cooke says she was certain Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was guilty of first-degree...

Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke holds the hand of his wife, Tiffany, as they leave the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Sept. 20, 2018, during his trial. He was later convicted in the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald.

GoFundMe campaign raises more than $51,000 so far for daughters of Jason Van Dyke

May 23, 2019 at 1:23 a.m.

Hundreds of supporters have donated more than $51,000 so far to help the school-age daughters of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, convicted earlier this month in the fatal shooting...

José Torres (izquierda) y su hijo Xavier, decidieron no quedarse callados y testificaron lo que vieron durante el tiroteo a Laquan McDonald.

Padre e hijo eligieron no quedarse callados y decir lo que vieron en el tiroteo a Laquan McDonald

December 12, 2018 at 5:17 a.m.

CHICAGO — José Torres pasa la concurrida intersección comercial en su camino hacia y desde el trabajo casi todos los días. El área, al suroeste de la ciudad, ha cambiado...

Shooting witness Jose Torres testifies during the trial of the Jason Van Dyke at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Sept. 20, 2018. Torres said he had an unobstructed view the night Laquan McDonald was killed.

‘That didn’t happen’: Father-son eyewitnesses to Laquan McDonald’s shooting tell why they came forward

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

Jose Torres passes the busy commercial intersection on his way to and from work most days. The area on the Southwest Side has changed a lot since that night four...

People rally at 71st Street and Jeffery Boulevard after the jury's guilty verdict was delivered on Oct. 5, 2018, in Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke's trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.

A historic murder conviction of a Chicago cop — and a city’s sigh of relief

May 23, 2019 at 1:21 a.m.

With an entire city watching, convicted murderer Jason Van Dyke was taken into sheriff’s custody Friday and escorted from the courtroom.

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