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Jussie Smollett Stunner: Court Overturns Conviction

Illinois Supreme Court rules in case of actor's alleged hoax attack in 2019

(Newser) - A big surprise in the case of actor Jussie Smollett : The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned his conviction on allegations that he staged a racist and homophobic attack against himself in downtown Chicago in 2019, per the AP . The Chicago Sun-Times calls it a "blockbuster" decision "that will...

Woman Charged in Attack on Guy in 'Palestine' Hoodie

64-year-old allegedly punched man, attempted to throw coffee on his wife at Panera Bread

(Newser) - An Illinois woman is facing hate crime charges after allegedly attacking a couple, including a man in a "Palestine" hoodie, at a Panera Bread in suburban Chicago on Saturday. A video viewed more than 1 million times on X shows Alexandra Szustakiewicz repeatedly trying to strike a woman who...

Judge Fatally Shot, Wife Charged With Murder

Police found body of Michael Valentine outside his home in Albion, Illinois, on Tuesday

(Newser) - A notice from all the judges of Illinois' 2nd Judicial Circuit Court announcing the death of colleague Michael J. Valentine noted they were "shocked and deeply saddened" by his sudden passing. On Friday, the person police say is responsible for killing him, his wife Megan Valentine, made a court...

45 Years Later, Teen's Death Linked to Serial Killer

Police in Illinois say Kathy Halle was murdered by Bruce Lindahl

(Newser) - DNA found on the clothing of a suburban Chicago woman who was kidnapped and killed 45 years ago matches that of a suspected serial killer who died two years later. The DNA of Bruce Lindahl, who's believed to have killed as many as a dozen women and girls, was...

Tiny Dots on Chicago's High-Rise Windows Make a 'Huge Difference'

Avian advocates are working to stop birds from fatally smashing into the city's tall buildings

(Newser) - With a neon-green net in hand, Annette Prince briskly walks a downtown Chicago plaza at dawn, looking left and right as she goes. It's not long before she spots a tiny yellow bird sitting on the concrete. It doesn't fly away, and she quickly nets the bird, gently...

'Web of Deception' Led to Murder of Entire Family

The killer thought he had communicated with drug cartel members, police say. They were all his girlfriend

(Newser) - A man who shot to death a Chicago-area family last year thought he was acting on the orders of a Mexican drug cartel, investigators say. But the multiple cartel members Nathaniel Huey Jr. thought he had been communicating with were all online personas created by his girlfriend, Ermalinda Palomo. Police...

Michael Jordan's Home Has a Unique Asking Price
There's a Reason for $14.855M
Asking Price on Jordan Home
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Sep 8, 2024 7:15 AM CDT

There's a Reason for $14.855M Asking Price on Jordan Home

Add up those numbers in the price tag, and you get 23, basketball star's jersey number with the Bulls

(Newser) - In Illinois' Highland Park, about an hour outside Chicago, a luxury home on the market has a very specific asking price that goes three digits past its million-dollar decimal point. Per Zillow , the nine-bedroom, 19-bath, 32,000-square-foot estate, located on seven acres at 2700 Point Lane, is owned by none...

Lasso Catches Up to Escaped Bull
Lasso Catches Up
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Sep 6, 2024 2:55 PM CDT

Lasso Catches Up to Escaped Bull

Six men on horseback chase fugitive for hours in Illinois

(Newser) - A bull that escaped from an Illinois farm spent hours on the run before men on horseback finally lassoed the animal in a scene straight out of the Old West. The bull was captured Thursday evening after the McHenry County Sheriff's Office warned in a Facebook post around 4:...

DNC Marks a Symbolic Passing of the Torch

President Biden and first lady to speak on Monday's opening night

(Newser) - The Democratic National Convention kicking off Monday in Chicago is more noteworthy than usual, coming just four weeks after President Biden shuttered his campaign and made way for Vice President Kamala Harris to ascend to the top of Democrats' ticket, per the AP . Up until a month ago, Biden had...

Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Had a Rough Monday

No injuries after famous giant hot dog crashes into car, overturns on Illinois highway

(Newser) - It's not exactly a car that crashed this week on an Illinois highway: The Chicago Tribune reports that an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile—one of the company's 23-foot-long nomadic vehicles shaped like a giant hot dog—rolled over a little past 11am local time on Monday after it hit...

Bodycam Video Shows Deputy Shoot Woman After Pot Boiled

Sean Grayson has been indicted in the death of Sonya Massey

(Newser) - Sonya Massey ducked and apologized to an Illinois sheriff's deputy only seconds before he shot her three times in her own home, as seen in body camera video released Monday. The video's release came days after a grand jury indicted former Sangamon County Sheriff's Deputy Sean Grayson...

Prosecutors: Deputy Shot Woman Over Pot of Hot Water

Sean Grayson, now fired, said he feared for his safety when he shot Sonya Massey

(Newser) - The Illinois deputy charged with murdering a woman who called 911 shot her in the face after she handled a pot of steaming water, which he viewed as a threat, prosecutors say. Sean Grayson of the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office in Springfield, Illinois, is facing three counts of murder...

Deputy Charged With Murder of Woman Who Called 911

Illinois trooper responding to a call about a possible intruder killed Sonya Massey

(Newser) - A sheriff's deputy in Illinois who fatally shot a woman inside her home after she called 911 about a possible intruder has been charged with murder, reports the AP . Deputy Sean Grayson was indicted on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm in the death of...

Dam Breached in Illinois Flooding
Dam Breached
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Jul 16, 2024 2:14 PM CDT

Dam Breached in Illinois Flooding

Hundreds have been evacuated in Nashville

(Newser) - Hundreds of people in a southern Illinois town were ordered to evacuate Tuesday as water rolled over the top of a dam, just one perilous result of severe weather that raged through Midwest overnight with relentless rain and tornadoes and hit the Chicago area especially hard. Hundreds of thousands of...

Chicago's Long Holiday Weekend Was a Brutal One

More than 100 people were shot, and 19 were killed

(Newser) - The four-day holiday weekend was an especially violent one in Chicago:
  • Big numbers: The Chicago Sun-Times counts 105 people shot from Thursday through Sunday, and 19 of those victims were killed. That's up from 73 shootings and 11 fatalities during last year's four-day weekend for the Fourth, per
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They Picked the Wrong Spot for a Soccer Field

Sinkhole opens up in Illinois park above limestone mine

(Newser) - A giant sinkhole has swallowed the center of a soccer complex that was built over an operating limestone mine in southern Illinois, taking down a large light pole and leaving a gaping chasm where squads of kids often play. The good news is that no injuries were reported after the...

He Just Got a New Kidney, No Anesthesia or Opioids Needed

John Nicholas underwent an 'awake' transplant surgery at Northwestern: 'Very surreal'

(Newser) - Usually, a kidney transplant patient at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spends two to three days after the procedure recuperating in the Chicago medical center before being sent home. John Nicholas was back in his own bed the next day, partly thanks to surgeons operating on him using an uncommon "awake"...

Tribe Could Get Land Stolen by US Government Back

Terms of 1829 treaty remain in effect

(Newser) - Some 175 years after the US government stole land from the chief of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation while he was away visiting relatives, Illinois may return it to the tribe. Nothing ever changed the 1829 treaty that Chief Shab-eh-nay signed with the US to preserve for him a reservation...

Tragedy Strikes Family on Their Way to Vacation

Missouri girl, 8, dies after falling ill on SkyWest flight bound for Chicago; cause of death isn't clear

(Newser) - An 8-year-old Missouri girl flying to Chicago with her family for vacation died after getting sick while in the air. The child, IDed as Sydney Weston of Carl Junction, "suddenly became ill and then unresponsive in flight," the Peoria County Coroner's Office said Thursday in an online...

3 Deputies, Suspect Shot in Illinois Gated Community

'This individual had threatened not only suicide, but homicide,' sheriff says

(Newser) - Three sheriff's deputies were shot Wednesday while responding to a northern Illinois home, and the suspect was also wounded, authorities said. Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said the deputies were responding to a report that someone inside the home in the Lost Lake gated community near Dixon was threatening...

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