Chicago puts plans for Morgan Park migrant tent camp on back burner

Mayor Brandon Johnson and Ald. Ronnie Mosley (21st) confirmed "there are no immediate plans for" a migrant tent camp at 115th and Hasted.

• Dec 11, 2023

Texas court temporarily halts ruling allowing woman to have emergency abortion

Kate Cox, a mother of two, said she found out last week that her unborn child suffered from what doctors say is a fatal disorder.

• Dec 9, 2023

Chi vs. Hate ordinance would make it easier to report hate incidents, alderwoman says

Chicago Police data show there have been 254 hate crimes reported so far this year alone - compared with 204 last year, 109 in 2021, and 80 in 2020.

• Dec 8, 2023

Ed Burke trial: Jury hears recordings of Burke aide on holding up driveway permits

The permits – and how the city's longest-serving alderman is accused of holding them up for a would-be client – are central to the federal extortion case against Burke.

• Dec 8, 2023

Chicago migrant crisis: Records shed light on contract for tents, city cracks down on buses

The Mayor's office told us they are in talks with the owner on a lot in Brighton Park where a tent base camp was called off by Gov. JB Pritzker.

• Dec 8, 2023

Trump gag order in 2020 election case largely upheld by appeals court

A federal appeals court heard arguments in November over the gag order limiting what Trump can say about the 2020 election-related case filed against him in Washington, D.C.

• Dec 8, 2023

Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger says if Trump is nominee, he'll vote for Biden

On "The Takeout" podcast this week, former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger says he believes Trump will be the GOP nominee, and if that's the case, he's voting for Biden.

• Dec 8, 2023

Chicago City Council committee rejects change in disciplinary procedures for police officers

The change would allow officers with serious disciplinary cases to have the cases discussed behind closed doors, rather than in public through an arbitrator.

• Dec 7, 2023

Hunter Biden indicted on tax crimes by special counsel

Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, was indicted in the Central District of California Thursday.

• Dec 8, 2023

Wisconsin judge upholds earlier ruling that state law permits abortions

Judge Diane Schlipper ruled an 1849 Wisconsin law prohibits someone from attacking a woman in an attempt to kill her unborn child but doesn't apply to consensual medical abortions.

• Dec 6, 2023

Nearly $5 billion in additional student loan forgiveness approved

This latest $4.8 billion in relief brings the grand total of approved debt cancellation by the administration to $132 billion for over 3.6 million Americans.

• Dec 6, 2023

Trump says he would be a dictator only on "Day One" if he wins a second term

Former President Donald Trump would not say whether he plans to go after political opponents if he were re-elected president .

• Dec 6, 2023

Four highlights from the fourth Republican presidential debate in Tuscaloosa

Just four candidates faced off in Tuscaloosa Wednesday night, the smallest field yet on a 2024 GOP presidential debate stage.

• Dec 7, 2023

Concern rises among Chicago universities, students about antisemitism, Islamophobia

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine rallies have been seen at universities across the Chicago area.

• Dec 5, 2023

Biden says he's "not sure" he'd be running if Trump weren't

President Biden made the comment during a campaign fundraiser in Boston on Tuesday.

• Dec 5, 2023

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