On a hot July day in 1919, a black 17-year-old swimming in Lake Michigan drifted in a dangerous direction — toward the white section of a Chicago beach. White beachgoers, angry at Eugene Williams’ intrusion, hurled rocks at him. One ...

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On a hot July day in 1919, a black 17-year-old swimming in Lake Michigan drifted in a dangerous direction — toward the white section of a Chicago beach. White beachgoers, angry at Eugene Williams’ intrusion, hurled rocks at him. One ...

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The bodies turned up in some of Chicago’s most derelict places: alleys, abandoned buildings, weed-choked lots and garbage containers. The victims were mostly black women who had been strangled or suffocated. Authorities believed many were prostitutes or drug addicts or ...

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The bodies turned up in some of Chicago’s most derelict places: alleys, abandoned buildings, weed-choked lots and garbage containers. The victims were mostly black women who had been strangled or suffocated. Authorities believed many were prostitutes or drug addicts or ...

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R&B singer R. Kelly’s attorney entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client Monday as the singer faces multiple charges of sexual abuse in Chicago. Kelly, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, entered the courtroom ...

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R&B singer R. Kelly’s attorney entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client Monday as the singer faces multiple charges of sexual abuse in Chicago. Kelly, one of the best-selling music artists of all time, entered the courtroom ...

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A rare scene in the American justice system unfolded Friday in a Chicago courthouse: A white officer stood before a mostly white jury and was convicted of killing a black teenager. It was the second such verdict nationally in two ...

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A rare scene in the American justice system unfolded Friday in a Chicago courthouse: A white officer stood before a mostly white jury and was convicted of killing a black teenager. It was the second such verdict nationally in two ...

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Many new partners at law firms in Missouri have at least this much in common: A degree from one of the state’s four law schools.

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Thompson Coburn announced that 10 real estate and land use attorneys are joining the firm’s Chicago office. Several of the attorneys officially joined the firm yesterday; the remainder will join on Dec. 7 and Jan. 4. In Chicago, where the ...

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President Barack Obama, whose trip to Copenhagen failed to land the Olympics, is being pressured to return to the city this year on another risky mission: winning a global agreement to fight global warming. “I would hope since he went ...

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