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An animal trainer who was mauled by a tiger at a suburban Chicago circus farm says the incident was "really not a big deal."

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08/08 9:41 AM

Illinois State Police could soon have a new way to keep an eye on those who break the law. There is a plan to install new cameras that will...

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08/07 5:58 PM

A spokeswoman for Bernie Mac says the actor is responding well to treatment for pneumonia and hopes to be released in the next few weeks.

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08/08 9:52 AM

An independent board appointed to oversee Cook County's troubled health system is drawing fire for hiring a temporary chief financial...

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08/08 7:49 AM

A Bellwood man is being held in lieu of $500,000 bond on charges he deliberately ran down an 11-year-old boy with his car.

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08/08 7:52 AM

A Cook County judge has ordered a woman held in lieu of $500,000 bond in connection with the death of her 77-year-old boyfriend.

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08/08 9:44 AM

Former Alderman Edward Vrdolyak's trial is postponed until November with defense attorneys saying they need more time after being bombarded...

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08/08 7:56 AM

Chicago's top cop outlined security details for the Bud Billiken Parade, Chicago's second largest event.

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08/07 6:49 PM

The Chicago Bears were about to play their first pre-season game of the year.

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08/07 6:50 PM

Severe weather blew through northwest Indiana this week, but unlike other towns, the people Of Gary, Indiana, received no warning of the...

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08/07 5:56 PM

State Senator and Reverend James Meeks led a rally Thursday in Chicago's Federal Plaza for equity in education funding.

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08/07 5:54 PM

More than one million people are expected to attend the annual Bud Billiken Parade this weekend.

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08/07 9:48 PM

Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was discovered on a Joliet road early Thursday morning.

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08/07 4:37 PM

If Chicago wins the 2016 Olympic bid thousands of residents on the city's South Side could be forced to relocate. Thursday, dozens of...

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08/07 9:19 PM

The Chicago Police Board has suspended an officer who demanded free Starbucks coffee from five different stores on the North Side.

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08/07 5:58 PM

A man was killed in Joliet early Thursday morning when his minivan caught fire.

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08/07 11:00 AM

Potential Chicago Cubs owner Mark Cuban was in the city Wednesday night.

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08/06 11:09 PM

There were three bank robberies in the city of Chicago Thursday morning.

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08/07 4:59 PM