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30 Years Later, Jackson Reunites With Released Air Force Pilot
CHICAGO (CBS) — On January 4, 1984, the Rev. Jesse Jackson brought then Navy Lt. Robert Goodman home. Jackson had negotiated Goodman’s release after he was held captive in Syria. As CBS 2′s Suzanne Le...
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Plane Slides Off O’Hare Taxiway; No One Hurt
CHICAGO (STMW) – A plane slid off a taxiway at O’Hare International Airport on Saturday evening. A Spirit Airlines plane bound for Las Vegas was taxiing to a runway about 6 p.m. when it slid off the...
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Police: Boy, 16, Shot And Killed In Bronzeville
CHICAGO (STMW) — A homicide investigation is underway after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed Sunday morning in the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood. About 5:50 a.m. police received a call of a...
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Two Men Charged In New Year’s Day Police-Involved Shooting
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two men have been charged in connection with a New Year’s Day shooting in which police shot at least one person in the Roseland neighborhood. Two other people were shot in the incident...
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Prosecutor: Man Took Video Under Woman’s Skirt With ‘Pen Camera’ At Whole Foods
CHICAGO (STMW) — With a tiny “pen camera” attached to his shoe, Christopher C. Meyer stood behind a woman in line at a Whole Foods grocery store in River Forest last spring and carefully raised her...
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Cary Boy Injured, Airlifted After Sledding Into A Tree
CARY, Ill. (STMW) – A boy was injured and airlifted to a hospital on Friday after sledding into a tree in northwest suburban Cary, authorities said. Emergency crews responded to calls of a boy knocked...
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Police: One Charged In Brutal Sex Assault On Northwest Side
CHICAGO (STMW) – The man charged this weekend in last month’s brutal sexual assault of a Belmont-Cragin teen faced similar charges in a separate case last summer, but the judge dismissed the earlier...
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Hundreds Of Flights Canceled At O’Hare
CHICAGO (CBS) – The airlines expect a lot of people will be trying to travel today – because tomorrow is going to be the first day back at work for many people after Christmas and New Year’s. And the...
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Divvy Bike Stations To Close Sunday Afternoon Due To Severe Cold
CHICAGO (STMW) – Divvy bicycle stations will close today ahead of the historically frigid airmass bearing down on Chicago later tonight that many have dubbed “ChiBeria.” The shared bike stations across...
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OEMC Warns Chicago Residents To Avoid Going Outside If Possible
CHICAGO (CBS) – The City of Chicago has extended the hours for warming shelters during the winter storm and is urging residents to help each other during this dangerous winter storm. WBBM’s Nancy Harty...
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Man Charged In Attempted Robbery, Shooting Of Delivery Driver
CHICAGO (STMW) — A 21-year-old man has been charged after allegedly shooting a delivery driver in a robbery attempt Friday night in the South Deering neighborhood on the Far South Side, police...
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Chicago Gripped By Record Cold; Schools Closed, Public Transit Delayed
Updated 01/06/14 – 9:11 a.m. CHICAGO (CBS) – With the Chicago area stuck in a deep freeze through Tuesday, virtually all local schools have canceled classes for Monday, and local officials were...
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Argument Over Video Games Might Have Led To Teen’s Death
CHICAGO (STMW) – A 13-year-old boy who allegedly admitted to police that he fatally shot his 16-year-old cousin Sunday in the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood has been ordered held, according to...
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SIU Basketball Team Stranded On Bus On I-57
(STMW) – The winter storm barreling across the Midwest has left the Southern Illinois University men’s basketball team stranded aboard their team bus on Interstate 57 near downstate Champaign. About...
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Winter Storm Closes NWI Interstates, South Shore Line
(STMW) – The Indiana Department of Transportation has closed Interstate 94, both eastbound and westbound, between the Illinois state line and the U.S. 421 exit at Michigan City, and Interstate 65, both...
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CTA Trains Delayed By Extreme Cold
Updated 01/06/14 – 8:32 a.m. CHICAGO (STMW) – CTA Purple Line service is resuming after Monday’s frigid weather shut it down for about an hour and caused delays on multiple other train lines during the...
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2 Killed, 8 Wounded In Weekend Shootings
CHICAGO (STMW) – Two people are dead – including a teenage boy – and at least eight other people have been wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday afternoon. A 30-year-old man died Friday...
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The Coldest Days Ever In Chicago
Date Temperature Jan. 20, 1985 27 below zero Jan 10, 1982 26 below zero Jan. 16, 1982 25 below zero Dec. 24, 1983 25 below zero Dec. 24, 1872 23 below zero Jan. 17, 1982 23 below zero Jan. 19, 1985 23...
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Metra Train Strikes Wall Pulling Into LaSalle Street Station
CHICAGO (CBS) – Four people reportedly were taken to hospitals after a Metra Rock Island train hit a concrete retaining wall while pulling into the station downtown. Metra passenger Jack Lavallee said...
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Outbreak Of Drug-Resistant Bacteria Linked To Lutheran General Hospital
PARK RIDGE, Ill. (STMW) – The largest outbreak of a very specific and very dangerous bacteria in the U.S. has been linked to procedures performed at a north suburban hospital last year. The Centers for...
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