Anti-poverty organization told by police to stand down on Humboldt Park encampment in early test before DNC

In anticipation of next week’s Democratic National Convention, a Philadelphia-based group that advocates for homelessness and poverty-related issues, arrived at Humboldt Park on Saturday, prepared to set up encampments that would call attention to homelessness. But upon arrival, the demonstrators—many who had walked the 90-mile trip from Milwaukee, where they marched on the Republican National Convention—were […]

Man critically wounded Saturday afternoon on West Side, police say

A man described as in his 30s was left in critical condition Saturday afternoon after being shot multiple times on the West Side in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 2:30 p.m., someone approached the victim in the first block of South Lavergne Avenue and fired multiple shots in his direction before fleeing the scene. The victim suffered wounds to the neck and back, and was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was listed in critical condition, police said. No one was in custody and detectives were investigating.