
Grad Student Robbed In Broad Daylight Near Northwestern Campus
Northwestern University is on alert, after a graduate student was robbed in broad daylight just blocks from the school's Evanston campus.
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Northwestern University is on alert, after a graduate student was robbed in broad daylight just blocks from the school's Evanston campus.
Myke Henry made one of two free throws with 6 seconds left and Meyers Leonard blocked a shot just before the buzzer as Illinois pulled out a 57-56 victory over Northwestern on Wednesday night.
Ryan Tannehill threw for 329 yards and a touchdown and Ben Malena ran for two more scores to lead Texas A&M to a 33-22 win over Northwestern on Saturday in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
William Buford had career-highs of 28 points and five 3-pointers as No. 2 Ohio State showed off its perimeter shooting in an 87-54 victory over Northwestern on Wednesday night in the Big Ten opener for both teams.
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Lighting up a cigarette in the nonsmoker's home proved to be the downfall of an Uptown man who was burglarizing the Evanston home at the time.
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A spokesperson for the train company said an inbound Rock Island train hit the boy just before reaching the New Lenox station.
Chicago police said the man was traveling inside a vehicle in the Albany Park neighborhood when he was hit in the chest by a gunshot.
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A Wisconsin state senator who came in third in the Democratic primary for governor in 2018 is running again.
Lisa Cook sued the Trump administration to block her firing, the first time a president has sought to remove a member of the seven-person board of governors.
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Morton Grove slapped the seller with code violations after the sale to the Hovey family was completed, which prevented them from getting a deed.
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The private equity firm Sycamore Partners has completed its acquisition of Walgreens, ending the drugstore chain's run as a publicly traded company.
Accessories retailer Claire's just revealed a list of hundreds of stores it will close as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
A company that installs license plate-detecting cameras to aid law enforcement has halted operations with federal agencies because of ongoing concerns among officials in Illinois and elsewhere.
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A spokesperson for the train company said an inbound Rock Island train hit the boy just before reaching the New Lenox station.
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The shelter-in-place order has been lifted but three armed men remains at large.
Chicago police said the man was traveling inside a vehicle in the Albany Park neighborhood when he was hit in the chest by a gunshot.
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Camera footage showed all three suspects entering the pawn shop while wearing distinctive clothing, police said.
Two of the five armed suspects are in custody, police said. A shelter-in-place was issued for several hours, but has since been lfited.
A witness reported hearing a loud noise and seeing the victim on the ground.
The 17-year-old boy was outside in the 5000 block of North Winthrop Avenue when eight men he didn't know walked up to him and opened fire in his direction, police said.
Two of the men wounded by gunfire were believed to be the initial shooters, and were taken into police custody.