Dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time
CHICAGO (AP) — The sergeant had so little use for the tablet that she did not bother to grab it from the seat of her squad car when she ran into the house where a suicidal man was screaming and slamming his head against the floor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time
CHICAGO (AP) — The sergeant had so little use for the tablet that she did not bother to grab it from the seat of her squad car when she ran into the house where a suicidal man was screaming and slamming his head against the floor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time
CHICAGO (AP) — The sergeant had so little use for the tablet that she did not bother to grab it from the seat of her squad car when she ran into the house where a suicidal man was screaming and slamming his head against the floor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Dealing with mental health crisis one Zoom call at a time
CHICAGO (AP) — The sergeant had so little use for the tablet that she did not bother to grab it from the seat of her squad car when she ran into the house where a suicidal man was screaming and slamming his head against the floor.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO
Cops who kill often catch a break at sentencing time
CHICAGO (AP) — Throughout the murder trial, prosecutors showed jurors the video seen countless times around the world of the white police officer killing a Black male. And when it was over, the jurors found the officer guilty of murder.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Cops who kill often catch a break at sentencing time
CHICAGO (AP) — Throughout the murder trial, prosecutors showed jurors the video seen countless times around the world of the white police officer killing a Black male. And when it was over, the jurors found the officer guilty of murder.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO
Illinois man accused of threatening inauguration violence
CHICAGO (AP) — A suburban Chicago man accused of threatening to take the lives of President-elect Joe Biden and other Democrats at the upcoming inauguration in Washington, D.C., has been arrested, prosecutors said Tuesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Chicago police union head apologizes for defending mob
CHICAGO (AP) — The president of the Chicago Police officers’ union apologized Friday for defending the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol and downplaying this week's violence that left four people dead.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Chicago police union head apologizes for defending mob
CHICAGO (AP) — The president of the Chicago Police officers’ union apologized Friday for defending the pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol and downplaying this week's violence that left four people dead.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Chicago priest Pfleger `devastated' by sex-abuse allegations
CHICAGO (AP) — An activist Chicago Catholic priest who has garnered attention for taking on everyone from drug dealers to Jerry Springer said Wednesday that he is “devastated” by allegations that he sexually abused a minor more than 40 years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Video shows woman after being struck by Chicago police SUV
CHICAGO (AP) — The release of video from an officer's body camera showing a woman on the ground after being struck by a police SUV marks the second time in less than a month that Chicago police video dating back to 2019 has been made public after the city fought …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Chicago ends 2020 with 769 homicides as gun violence surges
CHICAGO (AP) — The number of homicides and shootings in Chicago spiked dramatically in 2020, ending with more bloodshed than in all but one year in more than two decades, statistics released by police on Friday revealed.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO
Video shows Chicago cops storming into wrong home
CHICAGO (AP) — A civilian police review board confirmed Tuesday it is investigating allegations that Chicago police officers serving a search warrant last year barged into the wrong home and handcuffed a naked woman who lived there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Hunt still on for suspects in ransacking of Chicago stores
CHICAGO (AP) — The summer night when crowds descended on downtown Chicago, shattered store windows and poured inside the gaping holes to grab as much merchandise as they could carry away is a distant memory to many in the city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Hunt still on for suspects in ransacking of Chicago stores
CHICAGO (AP) — The summer night when crowds descended on downtown Chicago, shattered store windows and poured inside the gaping holes to grab as much merchandise as they could carry away is a distant memory to many in the city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
Chicago archdiocese to pay $1.5 million in sexual abuse suit
CHICAGO (AP) — The Archdiocese of Chicago has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who says he was sexually abused as a child by a defrocked priest who was convicted of sexually abusing several boys, the man's attorney said Thursday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO
COVID-19 deaths of Serbian clerics highlight virus worries
As coronavirus cases surge globally, the COVID-19 deaths of two senior Serbian Orthodox Church clerics — one who died weeks after presiding over the funeral of the other — are raising questions about whether some religious institutions are doing enough to slow the spread of the virus.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Protesters sue Chicago Police over 'brutal, violent' tactics
CHICAGO (AP) — Activists who protested in Chicago over George Floyd's death and the killing by police of other Blacks across the U.S. filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing city police officers of brutally attacking and falsely arresting them during the demonstrations.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO
Illinois governor isolates after possible COVID-19 exposure
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker self-isolated Friday and was awaiting test results after learning that he may have been exposed to the coronavirus at a meeting earlier this week, the third time during the pandemic that the Democratic governor has taken the step.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Mother sues in police shooting, says son was left to die
CHICAGO (AP) — The mother of the Black man who was fatally shot by a suburban Chicago police officer has filed a federal lawsuit accusing law enforcement of letting him bleed to death in the eight minutes it for took an ambulance to arrive.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Woman shot by suburban Chicago police sues officers, city
CHICAGO (AP) — A Black woman who was seriously injured when a suburban Chicago police officer shot her and killed her boyfriend is suing the officer who opened fire and the officer who initially questioned them minutes earlier.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Lawyers: Cop video of shooting of 2 Blacks suggests coverup
DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) — A body camera worn by a suburban Chicago police officer who shot a black couple in their car was only turned on moments after the shooting — a fact that the lawyers representing the woman strongly suggests an attempt to cover up what had happened …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Lawyers: Cop video doesn't show fatal shooting of Black man
DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) — Lawyers for a Black couple who were shot in their car by a suburban Chicago police officer said Wednesday that police video showed the bullet-riddled vehicle but not the shooting, which left a man dead and his girlfriend wounded.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Woman injured in police shooting says cops let boyfriend die
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A woman who was shot by police last week in suburban Chicago said Tuesday that officers did nothing more than cover her boyfriend with a blanket after he was shot and left him on the ground to die.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Woman injured in police shooting says cops let boyfriend die
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A woman who was shot by police last week in suburban Chicago said Tuesday that officers did nothing more than cover her boyfriend with a blanket after he was shot and left him on the ground to die.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ex-boyfriend accused of killing pregnant Chicago woman, baby
CHICAGO (AP) — A man charged in the slaying of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and the baby who died four days later allegedly shot her to prevent her from giving birth, Chicago police said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Ex-boyfriend accused of killing pregnant Chicago woman, baby
CHICAGO (AP) — A man charged in the slaying of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and the baby who died four days later allegedly shot her to prevent her from giving birth, Chicago police said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Chicago adds 5 states to travel quarantine amid virus spike
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago added five states to its travel quarantine order as rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations prompted Mayor Lori Lightfoot to announce she's thinking about reimposing strict guidelines on businesses that were put in place earlier this year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
Chicago adds 5 states to travel quarantine amid virus spike
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago added five states to its travel quarantine order as rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations prompted Mayor Lori Lightfoot to announce she's thinking about reimposing strict guidelines on businesses that were put in place earlier this year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO
'Cheer' star Jerry Harris asks for jail release until trial
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge said Wednesday that she will decide soon whether to allow Jerry Harris, a star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” to be released from jail and placed on home confinement while he awaits trial on child pornography charges.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
7 Chicago cops suspended for roles in chief's traffic stop
CHICAGO (AP) — Seven Chicago police officers have been suspended for their roles the night then-Superintendent Eddie Johnson was found asleep behind the wheel of his SUV after having several drinks at a bar, according to a report by the city's inspector general released Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
'Cheer' star Jerry Harris asks for jail release until trial
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge said Wednesday that she will decide soon whether to allow Jerry Harris, a star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” to be released from jail and placed on home confinement while he awaits trial on child pornography charges.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Chicago officer sues former chief for sexual harassment
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police officer has filed a lawsuit alleging sexual assault by former police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, who was out drinking with her the night he was found asleep behind the wheel of his SUV.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
'Cheer' star Jerry Harris asks for jail release until trial
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge said Wednesday that she will decide soon whether to allow Jerry Harris, a star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” to be released from jail and placed on home confinement while he awaits trial on child pornography charges.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
'Cheer' star Jerry Harris asks for jail release until trial
CHICAGO (AP) — A judge said Wednesday that she will decide soon whether to allow Jerry Harris, a star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” to be released from jail and placed on home confinement while he awaits trial on child pornography charges.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO
Chicago’s holiday weekend ends with 17 dead, 70 wounded
Police Superintendent: Major hurdle is the failure of the county’s criminal justice system to keep violent offenders behind bars
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FROM THE AP: As cases surge in US, rural areas seeing increases as well
For many states and counties in the U.S., the dark days of the coronavirus pandemic in April unfolded on their television screens, not on their doorsteps. But now, some places that appeared to have avoided the worst are seeing surges of infections, as worries shift from major cities to rural …
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Lack of social distancing leads to closure of parks, trails
OAK PARK, Ill. (AP) — It was a sunny day, the first in about a week when temperatures had climbed past the 50-degree mark, and people in Chicago did what they always do on such a day: They flocked to the shores of Lake Michigan.
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Grieving and saying goodbye in the time of coronavirus
CHICAGO (AP) — Tucked deep in the obituary for Charles Recka was an announcement that a Mass celebrating his 87 years of life “will be held at a later date.”
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Grieving and saying goodbye in the time of coronavirus
CHICAGO (AP) — Tucked deep in the obituary for Charles Recka was an announcement that a Mass celebrating his 87 years of life “will be held at a later date.”
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO
Detainees walk out of cells, into voting booths in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — Sirjerathan Wilson never thought it was worth the trouble to vote and never had. But inside Cook County Jail, Wilson sees it differently: voting is a chance to remind himself that his opinion matters and to show his family that he's doing more than just letting one …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO
St. Patrick's Day parades nixed, from New York to Dublin
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been postponed for the first time in its 258-year history because of coronavirus concerns, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday.
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Chicago-area woman goes for 18th 'Jeopardy!' win
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Tornadoes, damaging storms kill three in Midwest
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Guards help escort Chicago kids to new schools
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Ebert showed willingness to adapt to new media
CHICAGO - Roger Ebert started out as an old-school newspaper man, the kind that has all but vanished: a fierce competitor who spent the day trying to scoop the competition and the night bellied up to the bar swapping stories.
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Cubs fans worry about losing ...
CHICAGO - Tim Fleming and Jennifer Miller took the plastic cups of Old Style from the Wrigley Field vendor, then tapped the beers together as if making a champagne toast.
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A memory for murder?
SYCAMORE, Ill. - Over the years, evidence decays or passes through so many hands it's rendered useless. Murder weapons disappear, and witnesses' memories dim or are carried to the grave.
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