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La subsecretaria de Seguridad Nacional, Tricia McLaughlin, insiste en que “no estamos dejando Chicago”, pero se espera que la campaña de inmigración de los agentes federales comience a disminuir, según una fuente que indica que Bovino podría partir tan pronto como el martes.

Burke’s defense team has promised to summon former Ald. Danny Solis to the witness stand — finally giving Burke the chance to confront the man who famously turned on him while wearing an FBI wire.

A new study re-examining old fossils collected by a Colombian priest more than 50 years ago has found they are actually rare hatchling turtles.

Prosecutors say the former City Council dean was upset that he had failed to land an internship at the Field Museum for the daughter of a close friend.

Prosecutors kicked off their case with Elmhurst University political science professor Constance Mixon, who began to explain Chicago city government to the jury.

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall, prosecutors and defense attorneys have chosen 12 jurors at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse who will hear evidence that was used in 2019 to level criminal charges against Burke in a push against old-school, Chicago-style corruption.

A petition to require the lights to be shut off at night has reached over 10,000 signatures and will be presented to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority on Monday.

Researchers find that a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease helps kingfishers avoid brain damage while plunge-diving.