Chicago

Chicago (i/ʃˈkɑːɡ/ or /ʃˈkɔːɡ/) is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago is the seat of Cook County.

Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation: O'Hare International Airport is the busiest airport in the world when measured by aircraft traffic; it also has the largest number of U.S. highways and rail road freight. In 2012, Chicago was listed as an alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranked seventh in the world in the 2014 Global Cities Index.As of 2014, Chicago had the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States at US$610.5 billion.

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Is music finally reckoning with #MeToo?

Raw Story 06 Oct 2024
When an explosive series of accusations against R&B hitmaker R ... Singer R. Kelly, pictured during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago, Illinois in 2019, was convicted of leading a decades-long sex crime ring on September 27, 2021 © Antonio PEREZ / POOL/AFP/File ... Few repercussions have followed ... 'Keep survivors quiet' ... ....
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Jury selection begins next week in corruption trial of former Speaker Madigan

Journal Gazette 05 Oct 2024
CHICAGOJury ... The trial, which is scheduled to last through mid-December, is the culmination of more than a decade of digging by the FBI and prosecutors, and it’s the final in a series of related cases that have played out in Chicago’s federal courthouse over the last few years....
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R. Kelly’s daughter won’t take her son to see him in prison: ‘He knows exactly ...

New York Post 03 Oct 2024
R ... Kelly’s Karma ... R. Kelly turns to leave after appearing at a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse on September 17, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois ... 5 ... Kelly leaves the Leighton Courthouse on May 07, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois ... Kelly was also convicted on six of the 13 counts he faced, including three child porn charges, during a separate Chicago trial....
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Charges in killing of Chicago police Officer Clifton Lewis dismissed against final defendant

Chicago Sun-Times 02 Oct 2024
<img src="https.//cst.brightspotcdn.com/6d/d5/c03403fb4cbea0d8046ef0a0cbff/z090970.jpg" alt="Supporters of Alexander Villa, convicted in the 2011 slaying of Chicago Police Officer Clifton Lewis, gather in the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse after a judge vacated Villa's conviction, Wednesday, Oct....
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Judge denies defense motions as Madigan case heads to trial next week

Potter Leader-Enterprise 02 Oct 2024
(The Center Square) – A judge on Wednesday denied former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's motion to dismiss some of the charges he faces before trial next week ... Tuesday, Oct. 8, in Courtroom 1203 at the Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse in Chicago ... The judge also denied McClain's motion for severance ... U.S ... and ending at 5 p.m....
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Glenview Man Charged With Aggravated Battery With Deadly Weapon, Hate Crime

Journal Online Chicago 30 Sep 2024
Glenview police patch. (Photo submitted) ... Friday, Sept ... He remains in custody at Cook County Jail in Chicago after a detention hearing Saturday at the Cook County Leighton Criminal Courthouse where he was ordered held ... 4 at the Cook County Courthouse in Skokie. .......
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'El Chapo' son appears in Chicago court as lawyer denies deal with feds but won't ...

Chicago Sun-Times 30 Sep 2024
After a hearing for El Chapo' son Joaquin Guzman Lopez at Chicago's federal courthouse, defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman asserted again, as he did when the son was arrested in July , that "We have no agreement with the government." ... They were 2 Chicago pizza delivery guys....
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Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover to appear in court for the first time in years ...

The Daily Item 26 Sep 2024
CHICAGOInfamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover is set to appear in court for the first time in decades Thursday as his long-shot bid to win freedom comes to a head at Chicago’s federal courthouse .......
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What you need to know about how to cast your Illinois ballot in the 2024 ...

Chicago Sun-Times 26 Sep 2024
<img src="https.//cst.brightspotcdn.com/c3/19/2cbdc83242419afeffb6e82ac521/wardvoting-030524-10.jpg" alt="A citizen votes early in the 2024 presidential primary election at the Northtown Branch of the Chicago Public Library, at 6800 N ... City of Chicago ... 9, suburban Cook residents can vote in downtown Chicago at the pedway of 69 W....
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Daywatch: Early voting starts today in much of Illinois

Chicago Tribune 26 Sep 2024
Good morning, Chicago ... Early voting, however, does not start yet in Chicago or suburban Cook County. Chicago voters have to wait until Oct ... Infamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover is set to appear in court for the first time in decades today as his long-shot bid to win freedom comes to a head at Chicago’s federal courthouse....
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Chicago's longest-serving City Council member Ed Burke is in prison

Chicago Sun-Times 23 Sep 2024
Edward Burke (14th) waves to reporters and photographers as he walks into the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Monday, Nov ... Solis spent more than 20 years representing Chicago’s 25th Ward on the City Council ... Madigan , who will soon face his own corruption trial at Chicago's federal courthouse....
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The Pantagraph 20 Sep 2024
Flanked by his legal team, former AT&T executive Paul La Schiazza exits the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in downtown Chicago earlier this month. La Schiazza’s bribery trial ended in a mistrial on Thursday ... ....
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