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A decorated box serves as a trunk for Nana Konadu Owusu's trunk party, where her guests imparted gifts and advice for the freshman before she goes to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

At trunk parties, African-American students get support — and advice — before college

June 11, 2019 at 1:21 p.m.

In less than a week, Nana Konadu Owusu will join the annual procession of freshmen headed to college when she departs for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. But days...

President Barack Obama boards Air Force One before taking off Oct. 9, 2016, at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

When Obama became family

May 11, 2019 at 3:50 a.m.

President Barack Obama had been in office for more than three months by the time I hung his portrait in my home. Mounted in a simple matte black frame, the...

Ernie Banks’ Hall of Fame ring, license plate up for auction

May 22, 2019 at 10:17 p.m.

The longtime caretaker of late Cubs great Ernie Banks has placed 12 of his possessions worth an estimated $250,000 in an auction, officials said. Regina Rice is selling Banks' 1977...

Members of Black Youth Project 100 use locks and chains to block the entrance to the Chicago Police Department's Homan Square facility July 20, 2016, to demand city tax money be invested in alternatives to traditional policing.

Protesters chain themselves together in front of Chicago police station

May 22, 2019 at 10:12 p.m.

Dozens of activists and protesters took to the streets of North Lawndale on Wednesday night to demand city tax money be invested in alternatives to traditional policing. An hour into...

The Rev. Thulani Magwaza, left, gives a high-five to Eric Tolar, 5, before a peach march at St. Sabina Church on July 8, 2016. The Rev. Michael Pfleger led a march with parishioners and area residents.

Chicago activists condemn Dallas shootings of police, fear repercussions

August 21, 2019 at 7:06 p.m.

Chicago activists on Friday condemned the shootings of police officers in Dallas — just as they spoke against the recent police shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. The...

With a member of his security team nearby, Mayor Rahm Emanuel leaves a 6th-floor City Hall office after appearing for a deposition June 22, 2016 for a lawsuit filed by Chicago police officers.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel offers few details in security lawsuit deposition

May 22, 2019 at 10:04 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel was questioned by attorneys Wednesday afternoon about how four Chicago police officers who volunteered on his campaign came to work as his full-time personal security team. Four...

With a member of his security team nearby, Mayor Rahm Emanuel leaves a sixth-floor City Hall office after appearing for a deposition June 22, 2016.

Emanuel gives deposition in security lawsuit

May 22, 2019 at 10:04 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel was questioned for about half an hour Wednesday afternoon on how he decided which Chicago police officers would work as his private security bodyguards. But although Emanuel...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks after touring a new Whole Foods Market in the Hype Park neighborhood on June 21, 2016.

Officer testifies Emanuel security detail wasn’t political post

May 22, 2019 at 10:03 p.m.

Chicago police Lt. Raymond Hamilton identifies as a Republican, but when Mayor Rahm Emanuel was running for office in 2011, Hamilton spent dozens of hours volunteering to drive the Democratic...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks last fall while aides and a member of his security detail talk. Former Emanuel security detail members sued the city over their transfers.

Officer: Helping Emanuel campaign unrelated to getting elite police detail

May 22, 2019 at 10:02 p.m.

A Chicago police officer who swiftly rose to a leadership position with Mayor Rahm Emanuel's personal security detail had volunteered as an intern in Emanuel's congressional office in 2004 and...

Mayoral security walks ahead of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, from left, Ald. Gregory Mitchell, 7th, and Streets and Sanitation Commissioner Charles Williams as the team visits the 8900 block of South Luella Avenue in the Calumet Heights neighborhood to announce a new tree trimming program Oct. 5, 2015.

Cops kicked off Emanuel security detail not discriminated against, jury rules

May 22, 2019 at 10:01 p.m.

A federal jury quickly ruled Thursday against eight white or Hispanic Chicago police officers who contended they were victims of racial discrimination after being transferred off Mayor Rahm Emanuel's elite...

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