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NYC joins a growing wave of local governments erasing residents' medical debt

The city is partnering with the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt to buy up and forgive unpaid medical bills. The trend started in Cook County, Ill., and is spreading to cities across the country.

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Man fatally shot in Pilsen

About 12:10 a.m., Adrian Molina, 18, was in the 2200 block of West 21st Street when he was shot in the neck and face, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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PPP fraud investigation finds Cook County workers ripped off $1.2 million from pandemic relief program

Interim Cook County Inspector General Steven Cyranoski says he suspects eight workers of defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program — on top of at least 31 workers he previously identified.

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‘A person deserves a name,’ says sheriff’s commander who helped identify Chicago vet who died with no memory

This is the strange story of a person, now finally identified, who had two lives, no memories and turns out to have been a 75-year-old veteran missing since the 1970s.

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UIC campus cop with extremist ties is banned from testifying in Cook County court cases

The officer continued to work for the state university despite acknowledging he signed up years ago with the anti-government Oath Keepers, which played a key role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

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Kim Foxx touts accomplishing her ‘mission’ as Cook County state’s attorney: ‘No one drove me out of this job’

‘I honestly don’t know what I’m going to do next,’ she told a Tuesday meeting of the Leaders Network at the Columbus Park Refectory.

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Picture Chicago: 8 must-see news photos from the first week of 2024

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan made his first courtroom appearance as a criminal defendant at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, a happy couple celebrated winning the lottery for Cook County’s first marriage license in 2024, and the legendary Rosebud on Taylor Italian restaurant…

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Firefighter charged in shooting of driver in road rage ordered released on electronic monitoring

“You call the police and you report it,” a Cook County judge told Chicago firefighter Omotayo Kassim, who is accused of critically wounding a driver in Andersonville.

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Pilsen couple become first Cook County newlyweds of 2024

They met waiting for a CTA bus headed for Navy Pier six years ago and beat out over 200 other couples to receive Cook County’s first marriage license of the new year.

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Drug overdoses can be prevented by treating addiction as a health condition

As 2023 draws to a close, the number of people who died in Cook County from opioid-related causes may fall short of last year’s record — but it will still be more than died in vehicle accidents and homicides combined.

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A missing person with no memory: How investigators solved the cold case of Seven Doe

Investigators specializing in cold cases and missing people have discovered the identity of an Illinois woman who went missing in the 1970s

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Former head of wrongful conviction unit leaves Cook County state’s attorney’s office month after demotion

Nancy Adduci was a rising star in the prosecutor’s office but has faced allegations she hid evidence from the investigation of the 2011 murder of Chicago Police Department officer Clifton Lewis.

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Illinois became the first state to eliminate cash bail. Here’s how it’s working.

Officials in Cook County say implementation has been seamless, but the new policy put a strain on resources elsewhere in Illinois.

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Ring in the new year with vaccines, experts urge as COVID-19, flu cases rise in Cook County

Chicago hospitals were admitting about 30 COVID-19 patients per day as of Christmas Eve, a 13% rise from the previous week.

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Amid PPP fraud investigation, 9 top employees have left chief Cook County judge’s office

A year into Judge Timothy Evans’ still-secret investigation, the Sun-Times has found that nine of his highest-paid employees who left match loan recipients in the fraud-ridden Paycheck Protection Program.

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Man who helped save life of overdose victim sparks program offering free naloxone at West Side gas stations

Doses at 14 other West Side gas stations will become available at no charge between now and the new year as part of a Cook County sheriff’s office program.

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Man wrongfully imprisoned 30 years sues city, alleges he was framed by detectives

Francisco Benitez was 18 when he was arrested and later convicted in the 1989 fatal shootings of two teens. He got a certificate of innocence from the state Dec. 7.

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A failure to increase funding for mass transit will widen racial equity gap in Cook County

The affordability and availability of transit is a racial justice issue for metropolitan Chicago, the RTA chairman writes.

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Chicago outdoors: Sandhill dance, 12-point buck, Dave Genz, silver carp

A sandhill crane dancing with a cornstalk, a 12-point buck in the Foroest Preserves of Cook County, ice-fishing guru Dave Genz on bluegills and the record pounds of silver carp taken from the Illinois River are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

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Ex-Cook County Land Bank Authority official gets a year in prison over secret land deals

Mustafaa Saleh admitted he secretly bought county-owned homes and resold them for a profit. He was convicted of fraud involving the county agency.

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Will in SW Side recluse’s probate case allowed as evidence; heirs must wait decision on $11 million fortune

Admission of the will that mysteriously surfaced was not the ‘final word on validity,’ a Cook County judge said, leaving hope for distant relatives who had expected a share of Joseph Stancak’s millions.

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New state ID program for Cook County Jail detainees aims to ‘help people reintegrate’

A pilot program announced by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is thought to be the first in the nation offered to inmates at the county jail level.

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Man fatally shot in South Loop: police

Corey Ivy, 32, was found in the drivers seat of a parked vehicle in the first block of West Cermak Road around 9:15 p.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

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Black employment in Cook County is sandwiched between hope and reality

Jobs can be a source of inspiration, but opportunities are diminishing for young Black people in the Chicago area, Alden Loury writes.

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Why youth homelessness is a big problem in Cook County

Young Black men are disproportionately affected by housing instability, and youth in foster care or who have experienced the death of a parent or caregiver are also at high risk, a recent Chapin Hall study found.

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