Will Chicago voters back a candidate for Ill. governor who bashes the city?
By Mark Guarino September 24, 2022 at 2:08 p.m. EDT Darren Bailey, the Republican nominee for Illinois governor, spent the summer bashing Chicago as “a crime-ridden, corrupt, dysfunctional hellhole.” But apparently, he’s had a change of heart. He recently admitted that he was living atop the city [...]
The race for Illinois governor is a battle of billionaires
The wealthy Democratic governor and the state’s richest man have poured tens of millions into the contest. By Mark Guarino June 27, 2022 at 8:13 p.m. EDT The Republican primary for Illinois governor is raising eyebrows because a trio of billionaires are spending tens of millions of [...]
In Chicago, march highlights unsolved cases of missing Black women
By Mark Guarino Updated June 15, 2022 at 1:15 p.m. EDT|Published June 15, 2022 at 1:01 p.m. EDT CHICAGO — In the 100-degree heat late Tuesday, Myrna Walker marched for her sister Nancie Walker, whom she last heard from in January 2003 before she disappeared. Pausing for shade beneath [...]
New Orleans again embraces Mardi Gras — with constraints
One year after a pandemic-wary city canceled its famous carnival, the parades and at least some of the revelers are back. By Mark Guarino February 27, 2022 at 10:18 a.m. EST NEW ORLEANS — Mules don’t parade in most cities. Mules also don’t usually trot to pounding [...]
Federal lawsuit alleges Chicago police didn’t help prevent military veteran’s suicide in custody
By Mark Guarino February 22, 2022 at 5:03 p.m. EST A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that Chicago police officers did not prevent an Army veteran from dying by suicide while in their custody in December. While handcuffed in a holding cell, Irene Chavez repeatedly told officers [...]
Kyle Rittenhouse named in civil suit filed by parents of man killed in Kenosha
By Mark Guarino January 21, 2022 at 2:22 p.m. EST Kyle Rittenhouse has been added as a defendant to a civil lawsuit filed by the parents of Anthony Huber, a Wisconsin man Rittenhouse fatally shot in Kenosha during street protests in August 2020. In a criminal trial last [...]
At least six dead in shooting at July Fourth parade outside Chicago
Massacre in Highland Park joins other recent mass shootings that have restarted emotional debate over gun control By Mark Guarino, Susan Berger, Meryl Kornfield, James Bikales and Joby Warrick Updated July 5, 2022 at 5:03 a.m. EDT Published July 4, 2022 at 7:27 p.m. EDT HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — [...]
The man who shot Reagan wants to play concerts. It’s not going well.
John Hinckley Jr. is no longer under court oversight. But he’s found that his freedom has limits. By Mark Guarino August 13, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT In early June, John W. Hinckley Jr. was freed after 41 years of oversight from the court and mental health systems. [...]
Kyle Rittenhouse acquitted on all counts in polarizing Kenosha homicide trial
By Mark Guarino, Kim Bellware and Mark Berman November 19, 2021 at 7:55 p.m. EST KENOSHA, Wis. — A jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse on all counts Friday, more than a year after the teenager fatally shot two people and wounded a third amid unrest over a police [...]
Kyle Rittenhouse jurors finish first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict
By Mark Guarino, Kim Bellware and Mark Berman November 16, 2021|Updated November 16, 2021 at 8:12 p.m. EST KENOSHA, Wis. — Jurors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial concluded their first day of deliberations on Tuesday without reaching a verdict in the high-profile case that has fueled bitter debate over the line [...]