Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

Afternoon Edition: May 27, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gemma Collins' Chicago replacement announced as Loose Women star following injury

Gemma Collins was due to make her debut with the musical at the Sunderland Empire this month but has now pulled out due to a knee injury

Chronicle Live

Man fatally shot in Homan Square

About 5 a.m., the man was in the 3500 block of West Polk Street when someone opened fire after two groups got into an “altercation,” Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

This week in history: Chicago’s 1933 World’s Fair opens

The fair, known formally as “A Century of Progress International Exposition,” welcomed visitors for the first time on May 27, 1933. Here’s a look at that day.

Chicago Sun-Times

Loose Women star replaces ‘absolutely gutted’ Gemma Collins in Chicago amid injury

Ex TOWIE star Gemma Collins was due to play Mama Morton in the touring production of Chicago, but has been forced to pull out due to a knee injury

Daily Mirror

The Environmental Justice Exchange: Living Around Chicago’s Industrial Corridors

Our host, Brett Chase, was joined for a live digital discussion on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. Watch the conversation to learn about how community organizers are fighting pollution near industrial corridors on Chicago’s Southwest Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

Apple AirTags, touted as a way to find lost keys, purses, also are being used by stalkers

Millions of the trackers have been sold since they were introduced last year. And reports to the Chicago Police Department of unwanted surveillance or stalking using them soon began.

Chicago Sun-Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Man charged with sexually assaulting, robbing woman in Old Town after following her from bus stop

Demarlin Brewer, 47, is also charged in a River North theft and burglary, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Scot who went from Glasgow to Chicago for first date shares update from the states

People across the world are invested in the new relationship between Scots man Paddy and American Bridget who met on Tinder where Paddy later flew nearly 5,000 miles for a first date.

Glasgow Live

PayPal Lays Off Employees As Growth Stagnates After Pandemic Recovery, Supply Chain Disruptions

PayPal Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) began laying off risk management and operations employees working in Chicago, Omaha, Nebraska, and Chandler, Arizona, this week, Bloomberg reports. PayPal ended 2021 with 30,900 employees, a 33% increase from pre-pandemic levels. PayPal incurred $20 million in costs tied to its restructuring in the first three months of…

Benzinga

Chicago’s Yin He Dance Company celebrates Chinese art, culture through classical, modern movement

At the core of the dance company is the belief that “dance is for everyone.”

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Mama’s back’: Gemma Collins replacement revealed for Chicago stage show

‘The GC’ had to pull out of the UK tour due to a pre-existing knee injury

Evening Standard

In Rogers Park, glimpses of a neighborhood that reflects Chicago’s diversity more than any other

The Far North Side neighborhood most closely fits the racial makeup of the city as a whole, a Sun-Times analysis of census data finds. These are some of the people who make it so diverse.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Enough’ Quigley, others in Congress tell ATF, demanding data on gun-dealer inspections

They cited an investigation published by the Sun-Times that found the agency routinely goes easy on lawbreaking gun dealers that sold ‘crime guns’ recovered in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gene Pesek, Sun-Times photographer who captured memorable shots of Beatles, Bears, Mirage tavern, dead at 95

“He was very meticulous in his craft,” says former Sun-Times photographer Bob Black. “I used to ask him, ‘How’d you do that?’ He was a master.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Joel Kim Booster, a former Chicago comedian, updates Jane Austen in ‘Fire Island’

Transplanting ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to the LGBTQ beach destination allows actor-writer to explore how ‘people communicate across class lines.’

Chicago Sun-Times

6 people wounded by gunfire in Chicago Thursday

Among those shot was a 17-year-old girl in Ravenswood Manor on the North Side.

Chicago Tribune

A trip revealed how serious Peru is taking the pandemic. My return to Chicago led to infection

When the plane touched down in Chicago, I sighed with relief. After meticulous planning, we were returning from a two-week trip to Lima, Peru. We hadn’t seen my partner’s sister — soon to turn 91 years old — for five years and felt that with thorough precautions, we could keep…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

CPD officer faces firing more than three years after fatally shooting 17-year-old boy

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown unsuccessfully pushed for a 10-day suspension for Officer Adolfo Bolanos, who shot 17-year-old Michael Elam Jr. three times in February 2019.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police sergeant faces firing for shooting at thieves who stole her SUV in Evergreen Park

Chicago Police Supt. David Brown pushed for a 180-suspension, but the vice president of the Chicago Police Board ruled against him.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘He just wanted to be a kid.’ Three charged with killing 9-year-old and wounding 6-year-old brother in ‘targeted’ Skokie shooting

Skokie police didn’t say who the three were targeting, noting that several family members were inside the home at the time.

Chicago Sun-Times

Democratic secretary of state candidates debate who is carrying the most ethical baggage

Ald. David Moore (17th), who has limited campaign coffers, tried to paint himself as the candidate without any ethical problems — as former state treasurer Alexi Giannoulias and Chicago city clerk Anna Valencia traded barbs in the heated Democratic race to succeed Illinois Secretary of State Jesse…

Chicago Sun-Times

Parking meter deal gets even worse for Chicago taxpayers, annual audit shows

Parking meter revenues are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels. With 61 years to go on the 75-year lease, Chicago Parking Meters LLC has now recouped its entire $1.16 billion investment, plus $502.5 million more.

The Independent UK

Judge tosses statements defendant made in 1972 murder case

A judge has thrown out statements that a 77-year-old Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl nearly half a century ago made to police and to his wife

Chicago Sun-Times

2 months after being gutted over accusations of being soft on crime, parole board frees 2 men convicted of Chicago-area killings

In March, the Illinois Senate rejected the appointments of two interim board members. A third quit rather than face a vote. With 2 new members, the board returned Thursday.

1 … 507 508 509 510

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Chicago Police Department

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.