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Bail denied for man charged in Chicago Lawn slaying
Tribune reporterA judge denied bail today for a 21-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a rival gang member who didn’t “throw down the fork’’ upon demand this week in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side, authorities said....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Chicago Lawn, Murder, Prosecution
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Robert Fogel dies at 86; economic historian won Nobel Prize
Robert Fogel, the University of Chicago economic historian awarded a Nobel Prize for his data-driven reconsiderations of how railways and slavery influenced U.S. economic history, has died. He was 86. Fogel died Tuesday at Manor Care Health Services...Tags: Transportation, New York City, Colleges and Universities, Travel, Social Issues
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2 killed, 10 injured in shootings across city
Tribune reporterTwo men were killed and at least 10 people were injured in shootings across the city that started Tuesday evening and continued into this morning, according to police. In the more recent homicide, about 2:20 a.m. three assailants approached a 42-year-...Tags: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago Police Department, Shootings
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Teen killed among 8 shot since Thursday afternoon
A 15-year-old boy was shot dead and seven others were shot between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning across the city, police said. The boy, identified as Patrick Sykes by the Cook County medical examiner's offices, was shot several times around 12:...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Shootings
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Autopsies inconclusive for 2 men found in Lake Michigan
Tribune reporterThe identities of two men whose bodies were pulled from Lake Michigan Thursday afternoon on the North Side have been have been released, authorities said. But autopsies today for Ramon Benavidez, 32, and Mark Warrian, 52 and of Oak Lawn, were...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests
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Man dies after being shot in Harvey
A 22-year-old Markham man was pronounced dead this morning after being shot in south suburban Harvey, officials said. Darius Shelton, of the 3300 block of Willow Lane in Markham, was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn at 7:56...
Tags: Harvey, Markham, Shootings
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Person struck, killed by Metra Southwest train
A man was struck and killed by a Metra Southwest Service train Thursday evening near Chicago Ridge, officials said. The Oak Lawn man, age 23, was struck near 10000 Meade Avenue in Oak Lawn, and declared dead on the scene at 6:56 p.m., according to the...
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2 dead, 11 wounded in shootings across Chicago
Tribune reportersTwo men were killed and at least 11 people were wounded -- one of them by police -- in shootings from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning across Chicago, police said. One of the fatal shootings occurred around 12:40 a.m. when a gunman emerged...Tags: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, South Chicago, University of Chicago
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Tornadoes sound like eerie silence -- then evil
Chicago TribuneDoes a killer tornado really sound like a freight train? "I don't remember what it sounded like, honestly. It was like a freight train, but I don't remember much about it," said Rhonda Crosswhite, the Oklahoma grade school teacher who covered students...Tags: Weather Warnings, Chicago Tribune, Philosophy, Tornadoes, Religion and Belief
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Man dies after struck by train in Roseland
Tribune reporterA man died Tuesday night after being hit by a train in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side. Paramedics were called to the 11400 block of South Wentworth Avenue for a person hit by a train about 8 p.m. and took the victim in serious-to-...Tags: Roseland
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Sunday crash on Far South Side claims second victim
Tribune reporterA 22-year-old man was pronounced dead Monday night, becoming the second person to die after a Sunday crash on the South Side that injured three others. Mitchell Conner, 22, of the 10300 block of South Green Street was pronounced at 8:34 p.m. at John H....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Washington Heights (Chicago, Illinois)
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1 dead, 4 badly hurt during Far South Side crash
Tribune reporterA woman was killed and four others were hospitalized following a 2-car crash in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the Far South Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department and police. Two vehicles slammed into a building at 2:20 a.m. in the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago Police Department, Washington Heights (Chicago, Illinois), Accidental Death
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