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Mayor’s concern over threats to police is not the best reason to keep them off city streets.

Among those killed as 17-year-old Lee Carter Jr., who was shot while standing in the driveway of a home in the 9500 block of South Sangamon Street, police said.

The man, 40, was standing outside in the 300 block of South Kilbourn Avenue when he was shot in the chest by someone traveling in a red car, police said.

The teen was standing in the driveway of a home in the 9500 block of South Sangamon Street about 2:20 a.m. when he was struck in the chest by gunfire, police said.

Men need to get tested for prostate cancer. A bill I sponsored would require insurers to cover prostate cancer screening without co-pays, deductibles and other cost-sharing. The bill has passed the Illinois House and Senate.

The man, 27, was found on a sidewalk in the 2000 block of West 35th Street about 10:30 p.m. with a gunshot wound to the neck, police said.

Vitaliy Baka told the Chicago Sun-Times he’s innocent of defrauding investors of millions but would plead guilty if his sentence could be limited to the time he has spent in jail awaiting trial.

Coronavirus cases have increased in Chicago by 27% since last week. And for the first time in about a month, four southern Illinois counties have hit the “high transmission” threshold set by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, meaning masks are recommended for people gathering…

But Dorene Wiese, president of the American Indian Association of Illinois and a longtime Chicago resident, says it’s an undercount that could hurt Native American communities.

The bribery count leveled against Solis in a one-page, lightly detailed document at least confirms that Solis will face public charges. A lengthy investigation into his own alleged misdeeds prompted him to turn on some of the state’s most powerful politicians.

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