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ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani army said Sunday that it was investigating reports that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike in mid-January. The army’s announcement came shortly after Pakistani state television reported that Mehsud died in Orakzai, an area in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region where he was […]
The City of Chicago says it’s offering free tax preparation help for eligible individuals at several sites throughout the city. City officials also urge eligible residents to apply for the federal Earned Income Tax Credit. The idea is to help those who are struggling in the recession. The Earned Income Tax Credit gives refunds up […]
A fifth teen has been charged in the beating death of Fenger High School student Derrion Albert, authorities said tonight.Lapoleon Colbert, 19, was charged today with first-degree murder in connection to the Sept. 24 death in front of a Roseland community center, according to Sally Daly, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office. […]
Chicago’s legendary Maxwell Street market is being managed by the city — with a more lenient approach to vendors — now that the Daley administration has terminated its $850,000-a-year contract with JAM Productions. In 2008, Maxwell Street merchants alleged during a town hall meeting that they were being racially harassed and threatened with eviction and […]
WONDER LAKE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in the northwestern Chicago suburb of Wonder Lake said a persistent house cat probably saved the lives of a couple in a house fire. Assistant Chief Mike Weber of the Wonder lake Fire Protection District said the fire broke out shortly after midnight Monday in the bedroom of a […]
CHICAGO, IL – Five-oh executed a search warranty for a South Side store front and came up on 400 marijuana plants. Erwin Kupi, 35, of the 800 block of West 71st Street in the Englewood neighborhood, faces charges in connection with possessing more than 380 pounds of marijuana and producing more than 400 plants, according […]
VALPARAISO | A Valparaiso man grabbed a gun and threatened to kill his mother’s dogs after one of the dogs killed his hamster, Valparaiso police said. The man also threatened his mother, tried to prevent her from calling police and was found in possession of marijuana and smoking pipes, police said. Brian Sutherland, 26, who […]
CHICAGO, IL – A 24-year-old man was found shot to death in the West Chatham neighborhood on the South Side this morning, officials said. The unidentified man was found with a wound to his head at about 6:40 a.m. on the 500 block of West 75th Street, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak. […]