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At least 29 people have been shot, eight fatally, in Chicago since Friday evening, according to police. Reports of weekend violence also include a deadly beating on the West Side and a stabbing on a CTA platform in the Loop.
The weekend’s violence follows a particularly deadly stretch on the previous weekend when 45 people were shot, at least seven fatally, according to preliminary statistics from the Chicago Police Department and information from the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Five of the people shot this weekend were between 16 and 17 years old, according to police reports. Two of those died from their wounds. The shootings come days after a gunman fired a semi-automatic rifle toward a Near West Side housing complex, killing 7-year-old Jai’Mani Amir Rivera on Tuesday. In that case, Raysean Comer, 16, was charged as an adult with first-degree murder.
Read the full story from the Tribune’s Adriana Pérez.
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The Bean reopens after nearly a year of construction and limited access
The reopening comes after ten months of construction that limited visitor access. According to the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, the podium on Grainger Plaza, the area of Millennium Park surrounding The Bean, was rebuilt, with new stairs, accessible ramps, paver replacement, a waterproofing system and other accessibility measures.
A surgical abortion room at Equity Clinic in Champaign on May 21, 2023. (Shanna Madison/Chicago Tribune)
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Sentencing for ex-Ald. Edward Burke offers referendum on Chicago’s old-school corruption
After a lifetime of backroom wheeling and dealing, former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke faces the most consequential negotiation of his life on Monday — and in the most public of places.
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A jury found Illini basketball star Terrence Shannon not guilty of rape. Then the online harassment of his accuser started.
Less than two hours had passed since the not guilty verdict came down, and their names and photographs were already published and viewed millions of times on social media.
Some said the 19-year-old should be prosecuted for accusing Terrence Shannon Jr. of rape when a Douglas County jury decided no such crime could be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. Others said the Chicago native and University of Illinois men’s basketball star should sue her and her best friend, also 19, for damaging his reputation and possibly his NBA dreams.
Woman sues American Airlines over in-flight incident with ‘uncontrollably drunk’ seatmate
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Mortgage company Guaranteed Rate changing its name to Rate
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Ryne Sandberg’s cancer journey gives the Cubs Hall of Famer new perspective with statue unveiling
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“Negative Space” by Gillian Linden. (W.W. Norton & Company)
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