Loading
In an abrupt about-face, festival organizers announced the event will remain in Chicago after all. Neighborhood residents who were eager to see the festival leave town expressed dismay on learning they'd be dealing with the noise, trash, traffic again.
Both Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart and his Republican opponent Mary Cole denounced the cartoon on Tuesday.
The city's police oversight chief said the officer was training a new cop when he used what amounted to "deadly force" against the boy, who was taken to a hospital for mental health treatment after the incident.
Gov. JB Pritzker and other Democrats, who hold all statewide offices in deep-blue Illinois, praised Kamala Harris' nascent White House bid — and slammed an “embarrassing” state of affairs for Republicans.