Новости за 16.02.2024

Génesis Chacón estaba embarazada cuando cruzó varios países con su marido y su hijo para llegar a Chicago. Su marido, sano, quedó paralizado del pecho para abajo debido a una rara enfermedad que contrajo durante su viaje a Estados Unidos el verano pasado. Ahora, esta madre venezolana de 22 años atiende todas sus necesidades, incluso mientras se recupera de la cesárea a la que se sometió hace cuatro semanas para dar a luz a su hija. En lugar de recuperarse con una actividad ligera, como recomiendan encarecidamente los médicos... Читать дальше...

A New York judge ordered Donald Trump and his companies on Friday to pay $355 million, finding they engaged in a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated his wealth.

The deal was set to expire next month. At $4.54 per 1,000 gallons, DuPage is on track to pay Chicago $122 million this year to pump water to residents.

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Karels drowned his children in a bathtub because he was angry that his wife had left him, authorities said.

Since she was handcuffed in a wrongful 2019 police raid, Young has crusaded against the department’s search warrant process via a proposed namesake ordinance.

Southbound lanes on 1-55 were closed after a Friday morning “hazmat spill” in the southwest suburbs, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation.

Repairs must be completed before students and staff can safely return to the campus, including fixing unit ventilators, replacing all fire sprinklers, replacing the floor in the large gym and a complete clean up and installation of new flooring in all affected areas.

At least 20 vehicles’ windows were broken into early Friday morning in the South Loop, according to Chicago police.

A 27-year-old man was shot and killed Thursday night in North Lawndale, according to Chicago police.

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The once gee-whiz kid of Chicago meteorology, now the avuncular dean of local TV weathercasters, is retiring at the end of the month.

Just off the lobby at the gated North Lawndale campus of the social service agency UCAN sits a room where women, mainly mothers, convene for hours sharing stories about their lives and children, their successes and frustrations. This is a safe space, one where the violence that touched these women’s lives isn’t the focal point. Instead, some young moms try to juggle feeding a teething baby while sharing their hopes. Even though there are vulnerabilities, humor finds its way in to the conversations, and hugs are given freely. Читать дальше...

On Feb. 16, 2011, bookstore chain Borders filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it would close nearly a third of its stores. (Borders closed all of its remaining stores in September 2011.)

The Fulton County district attorney’s office has opted not to put Fani Willis back on the witness stand, avoiding the spectacle of more deeply personal testimony from the top prosecutor as she fights an effort to derail Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case. While Willis will not answer more questions in court on Friday, a defense attorney who is trying to have the prosecutor removed from the case is expected to call other witnesses to try to rebut the district attorney’s testimony about... Читать дальше...

First-term Clerk Iris Martinez facing off against Mariyana Spyropoulos, who is currently on the water reclamation board.

Mayor Brandon Johnson repeatedly refused to say if the company's operators had agreed to the contract extension needed to keep the police tool running.

The first half of the month is tied for the second warmest in Chicago on record, the latest in what has been an “exceptionally warm” winter.

Early voting started on Feb. 15, 2024, at the Chicago Board of Elections’ Loop Super Site on Clark Street in downtown Chicago.