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Protesters against the Russian invasion of Ukraine outside of Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church.

Hundreds gather in Ukrainian Village to protest Russian invasion of land where many have relatives. ‘It’s a country we love.’

February 27, 2022 at 8:53 p.m.

Hundreds of people, many of them Ukrainian Americans with relatives still living in the war-torn country, packed the street outside Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church on Sunday in...

University of Illinois at Chicago law professor Jason Kilborn, seen at home in Forest Park on Feb. 14, 2022. Kilborn has been on paid leave since last year after using redacted slurs in a law school exam. He points to the difference between using a slur and citing a slur.

UIC law professor says public flashpoint over words used in exam has been ‘absolute hell’

February 17, 2022 at 1:30 p.m.

University of Illinois at Chicago law professor Jason Kilborn said he never could have imagined that a final exam that contained a racial insult to an imaginary woman of color...

Eddie Bocanegra at his home in La Grange Park on Feb. 7, 2022. Bocanegra, who has worked in violence prevention in Chicago for more than 15 years, has been named a senior adviser to the Justice Department on violence prevention.

From the streets of Little Village to Washington: A Chicago violence-prevention leader tapped to advise Justice Department

February 9, 2022 at 7:16 a.m.

On a summer day eight years ago, Eddie Bocanegra, with his daughter Salome on his shoulders, stood at the head of a wooded hiking trail in a Chicago suburb to...

Eddie Bocanegra, en su casa el lunes 7 de febrero de 2022, en La Grange Park, Illinois. Bocanegra, quien ha trabajado en la prevención de la violencia en Chicago durante más de 15 años, fue nombrado asesor principal de la Casa Blanca sobre prevención de la violencia.

De las calles de La Villita a Washington: líder en prevención de la violencia de Chicago asesorará al Departamento de Justicia

February 8, 2022 at 12:27 p.m.

De las calles de La Villita a Washington: líder de prevención de la violencia de Chicago elegido para asesorar al Departamento de Justicia En un día de verano hace ocho...

Teen charged in Little Village double shooting that left another teen dead, one wounded

February 7, 2022 at 1:41 p.m.

Bail was denied Sunday to a 16-year-old high school sophomore facing first-degree murder and attempted murder charges related to a fatal shooting Jan. 29 in the Little Village neighborhood that...

President Joe Biden speaks at Atlanta University Center Consortium, Jan. 11, 2022, in Atlanta. President Biden, on Sunday, jan. 30, 2022 is calling for the release of U.S. Navy veteran Mark Frerichs, who was taken hostage in Afghanistan nearly two years ago. Frerichs is a civil engineer and contractor from Lombard. He was kidnapped in January 2020 from the capital of Kabul. He is believed to be in the custody of the Taliban-linked Haqqani network.

President Biden calls for release of Lombard man taken hostage in Afghanistan 2 years ago

January 31, 2022 at 8:01 p.m.

The Biden administration and Illinois' two U.S. senators marked the second year of captivity for a former U.S. Navy diver from Lombard abducted by Taliban associates while working in Afghanistan....

The Center for COVID Control storefront is closed in the 1600 block of East Oakton Street in Des Plaines on Jan. 14, 2022.

FBI agents search Center for COVID Control offices in Rolling Meadows following consumer complaints

January 24, 2022 at 5:16 p.m.

Agents from the FBI's Chicago office searched the Rolling Meadows offices of the Center for COVID Control on Saturday, a source said. The company has earned scrutiny from law enforcement...

$85K bail for woman accused of setting fires in Lansing Walmart, causing $4.5M in damages

January 23, 2022 at 4:41 p.m.

A woman released from prison on a murder and vehicular hijacking conviction was accused of setting fires inside a south suburban Walmart store in order to mask her shoplifting activities....

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., left, inspects an apartment at 1321 S. Homan Ave. with his wife, Coretta, right, on Feb. 10, 1966, in Chicago.

Nikole Hannah-Jones’ controversial Union League Club appearance pushes words of a more ‘radical’ MLK back to the forefront

January 22, 2022 at 10:11 a.m.

Going into her Martin Luther King Jr. holiday speech at the Union League Club this week, "1619 Project" journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones stepped to the podium knowing her words wouldn't be...

Signs in support of the Chicago Teachers Union are handed out before a caravan from Union Park to Chicago's City Hall Jan. 5, 2022. Chicago Public Schools classes were canceled Wednesday after a Tuesday night CTU vote in favor of refusing in-person work until further COVID-19 safety measures are implemented.

Teachers union approves COVID-19 safety deal to end standoff with Chicago Public Schools; dispute-fatigued parents hope new safety measures hold as buildings reopen

January 12, 2022 at 8:17 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to approve the COVID-19 agreement with Chicago Public Schools, formally putting an end to their latest dispute over school safety, though the omicron surge...

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