
Vigil Held For Thomas DeLaCruz Jr., 13-Year-Old Boy Shot, Killed While Trick-Or-Treating In Hammond, Indiana
Candles burned Thursday night for a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed while trick-or-treating in Northwest Indiana on Halloween.
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Candles burned Thursday night for a 13-year-old boy who was shot and killed while trick-or-treating in Northwest Indiana on Halloween.
In past years, some people have used Halloween night as an opportunity to stir up some real-life trouble, and even violence. As CBS 2's Marie Saavedra reported Sunday night, community groups this year are taking steps to prevent that - and make sure everyone is celebrating safely.
Neighborhoods across the city were actively working this Halloween to make sure celebrations would be safe after little kids were finished trick-or-treating.
Police were patrolling Hyde Park Saturday night, with Halloween festivities already under way.
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There were lots of colorful designs, and officers said they had as much – if not more – fun than the kids.
There's plenty of Halloween fun kicking off this weekend, especially in the western Suburbs.
There was relief this week from Chicago Public Schools' busing vendors, as the district relaxed a vaccine mandate that many feared would worsen a driver shortage that is already causing major problems. But vendors are still just as desperate for drivers.
A Rogers Park street corner was made more festive than usual this weekend.
City officials are planning a weeklong celebration of Halloween in Chicago, bookended by a pair of parades, all while continuing efforts to keep kids and adults safe from COVID-19.
Hyde Park has been longtime safe Halloween hangout spot for teens from all over the city. In recent years, 53rd Street normally sees the most action--some good and bad.
People in Albany Park and Ravenswood Manor are raving about a house near Richmond Street and Wilson Avenue – decorated for Halloween with a full-scale zombie attack.
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A year after she was shot while trick-or-treating, Gisselle Zamago held a box full of candy hand-delivered by one of the people who saved her life.
"We knew that people in the community were making bags ahead of time, weeks ahead of time. They had candy chutes, so we don't know exactly how long it had been sitting in that candy that was given to this kid."
With a record-breaking number of coronavirus cases in Illinois on Saturday, people were trying to stay safe while trick-or-treating and otherwise celebrating this Halloween.
Illinois broke the one-day case record for the coronavirus for the third day in a row Saturday, as crowds around Chicago gathered for Halloween.
It will be sunny and mild during the day on Halloween, with a high around 57.
A family in Jefferson Park is celebrating Halloween this year with a skeleton conga line.
The polls closed at 7 p.m. in Illinois, and results will soon be coming in for the primary elections in several state and federal races.
Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified that Trump said about the crowd at the Ellipse "something to the effect of, 'I don't effing care that they have weapons.'"
Crowds were dancing on buses and jumping rope in the street on Belmont Avenue near the Red Line station.
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CBS 2's Marissa Perlman took a ride on one of the district's propane-powered yellow buses, which have a green goal.
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A total of 251,783 ballots have been counted in the city as of 5 p.m. on Election Day, according to the Chicago Board of Elections.
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Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified that Trump said about the crowd at the Ellipse "something to the effect of, 'I don't effing care that they have weapons.'"
Crowds were dancing on buses and jumping rope in the street on Belmont Avenue near the Red Line station.
The Cook County Clerk's office sought and received a court order to keep the precincts open late.
The 3rd Congressional District in Illinois was redrawn after the 2020 Census to create the state's second Latino-majority district, to capitalize on Chicago's growing Hispanic population.
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Every state that borders Illinois has or could soon have restrictions on abortion in the wake of the striking down of Roe v. Wade.
The Supreme Court Friday overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which guaranteed a woman's right to abortion. The ruling sends the issue back to the states. CBS News chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford reports.
Wisconsin has an 1849 law that bans abortion, except to save the life of the mother, but whether that law is enforceable is expected to be challenged in court.
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