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A Life-Saving Drug Is Scarce In Areas With The Most Opioid-Related Deaths

A Life-Saving Drug Is Scarce In Areas With The Most Opioid-Related Deaths

Areas of Chicago that have the highest numbers of opioid-related deaths also have a scarcity of the drug trea…

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Some Methodists Vowing Defiance Or Split After Church's Latest LGBTQ Decision

Some Methodists Vowing Defiance Or Split After Church's Latest LGBTQ Decision

On a sign outside the Church of the Three Crosses, the "United" in United Methodist is covered in duct tape. …

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Decrease in Austin homicides credited to community involvement

Decrease in Austin homicides credited to community involvement

Once it was a hot spot for gun violence and drug trafficking, but now Hubbard Park is teeming with drum circl…

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Rashaad Crawford had high hopes for Back of the Yards: 'These people don't know what they've done...

Rashaad Crawford had high hopes for Back of the Yards: 'These people don't know what they've done...

By BLAIR PADDOCK Homicide Watch Chicago Rashaad H. Crawford, 23, was known as a dreamer in his Back of the Ya…

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Breaking the confined mind

Breaking the confined mind

All Eddie Willis wanted was to take a shower. It was his tenth day without being allowed one, even though inm…

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Bill Awaiting Pritzker’s Signature Would Clear Hurdle for People Challenging Sentences on Crimes Committed When Under 21

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By Blair Paddock Verified
| Chicago Tonight
Bill Awaiting Pritzker’s Signature Would Clear Hurdle for People Challenging Sentences on Crimes Committed When Under 21 (Jerry Nowicki / Capitol News Illinois) Omar Johnson has been in prison for his entire adult life. At 19, he shot and killed someone during a robbery. He then began his life sentence when he was 22 at Menard Correctional Center. In October, he’ll turn 50 inside of that same prison. “I’m definitely not the person I was when I was 19 years old,” Omar Johnson said.
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Week in Review: Bears Stadium Saga Continues; Supreme Court Hands Down Immigration Rulings

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By Blair Paddock Verified
| Chicago Tonight
Week in Review: Bears Stadium Saga Continues; Supreme Court Hands Down Immigration Rulings Following a mass shooting over Father’s Day weekend, Mayor Brandon Johnson signs an executive order to create a new Office of Gun Violence Reduction. Another candidate jumps in the race to be the next Chicago mayor: former CHA chair Matt Brewer. Meanwhile, Gov.
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Cook County Has Been Called the Wrongful Conviction Capital of the US. New Book Explores Why

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By Blair Paddock Verified
| Chicago Tonight
Cook County Has Been Called the Wrongful Conviction Capital of the US. New Book Explores Why Cook County has been called the wrongful conviction capital of the country. But who is giving the county this title? In her new book, “Crime Fictions: How Racist Lies Built a System of Mass Wrongful Conviction,” author Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve tries to answer that. She identifies cases of Black youth, some as young as 7, who are wrongfully accused and coerced into confessions.
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