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They were shot as they sat in a car in the 2500 block of South Keeler Friday morning, Chicago police said.

The organization celebrated with its 100th anniversary national convention in East Peoria.

Starting this fall, hundreds of residents across Cook County will receive a note in the mail bearing a simple message: Your medical debt is taken care of.

CHICAGO — The family attorney of Anthony Alvarez, who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer following a foot chase in March 2021, said Thursday that the Police Board denied the Civilian Office of Police Accountability’s recommendation to fire the officer who shot Alvarez in the high-profile case.

Girls Inc. of Chicago’s summer camp members visit Quinn Fire Academy to get hands-on training from pros.

The family attorney of a man fatally shot by a Chicago police officer last year says the Chicago Police Board has denied a recommendation to fire the officer

CHICAGO — A 13-year-old boy is accused of jumping into a car with two young children inside during a West Side carjacking that ended when he crashed moments later on Wednesday evening.

Alvarez’s family said they were “appalled” by the decision, which they claimed “marks a continuation of the City of Chicago’s complicity in a loss of human life due to CPD’s decadeslong failure to enact a meaningful foot-pursuit policy.”

Jeffrey Eugene Mason, 34, of Chicago, opened fire at a family gathering in a park before being shot by an off-duty Palos Hills police office who was also in attendance, authorities said.