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The trial of alleged top leaders of the Black Souls street gang took a bizarre turn two days into jury deliberations, as nearly half the jury was dismissed in a matter of hours Thursday — four for showing signs of bias, and a fifth who fainted in the jury room and left the courthouse in an ambulance.
An ex-Chicago police detective imprisoned for a drunken 2009 crash that killed two men in a fiery wreck testified Thursday that he remembers little of the events that landed him an eight-year prison sentence.
A woman was taken to the hospital Thursday night after she said she was attacked in the West Loop, police said.
At least six people were wounded in separate shootings Thursday across Chicago.
A 27-year-old man has been charged in connection with the assault and robbery of a woman Sunday morning in the Bucktown neighborhood after turning himself in early Wednesday.
If an attorney charges any fee for an initial consultation, skip that lawyer.
Chief Judge Evans is suing Toni Preckwinkle to keep her from laying off at least 156 court employees.
The County stopped collecting the penny-an-ounce tax on sweetened beverages as of Thursday.
"We are seeing so many allegations come out that it's on the top of heads of human resources' minds everywhere across the country."
The Chicago Teachers Union is blasting city officials over what, it claims, are plans to close all four schools in Englewood.
On Monday, Dec. 4, CBS News' Jeff Glor will take over as the new anchor of the "CBS Evening News."
The crash happened about 1:30 p.m. at 22nd Street and Midwest Road in Oak Brook, according to Oak Brook police.
He says the city could be doing more to tackle the cat population on the West and South Sides; traps are an effort to get his point across.
An Uber driver escaped an armed man attempting to carjack him Thursday in the North Side Lincoln Park neighborhood.
RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard told the City Club of Chicago the transit system needs hundreds of millions of dollars for capital projects and upkeep.
