Kyle Rittenhouse’s fate is up to a jury tasked with deciding if he acted in self-defense
By Mark Guarino and Mark Berman November 15, 2021 at 7:42 p.m. EST KENOSHA, Wis. — Jurors in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial are set to begin deliberations on Tuesday, putting the fiercely divisive case and the teenager’s fate in their hands. The prosecution and defense spent most of Monday using their [...]
Kyle Rittenhouse’s fatal shootings during Kenosha unrest unfolded in seconds, expert says
By Mark Guarino and Mark Berman November 11, 2021|Updated November 11, 2021 at 9:30 p.m. EST It took a little more than a minute for Kyle Rittenhouse to fire all of his shots last year in Kenosha, Wis., killing two people and wounding a third, an expert called by his [...]
Gaige Grosskreutz says he feared for his life, pointed gun at Kyle Rittenhouse before getting shot
By Mark Guarino and Mark Berman November 8, 2021 at 4:59 p.m. EST KENOSHA, Wis. — When Gaige Grosskreutz encountered Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha last year, the city was riven by chaotic unrest after a police shooting. Its streets were filled with demonstrators, law enforcement officials and [...]
‘We are in crisis mode’: Museum workers are turning to unions over conditions they say are untenable
By Mark Guarino November 4, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EDT CHICAGO — Artists are usually the ones associated with suffering for their art. But these days, the pain applies to industry workers, too. Art museums nationwide are undergoing a wave of unionization efforts to confront conditions that workers [...]
Jury seated in Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial, setting stage for high-profile case
By Mark Guarino, Kim Bellware and Mark Berman November 1, 2021|Updated November 1, 2021 at 9:15 p.m. EDT KENOSHA, Wis. — A jury was selected Monday evening in Kyle Rittenhouse’s homicide trial here, paving the way for opening statements to begin in the volatile case. They were seated at the end of a [...]
Chicago poised to create one of the nation’s largest ‘guaranteed basic income’ programs
Basic income programs are spreading across the country as critics raise concerns about job openings By Mark Guarino October 25, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. EDT The Chicago City Council is poised to vote this week on what would be one of the nation’s largest basic income programs, [...]
New Philadelphia, Ill., was a formerly enslaved man’s vision for an integrated town
By Mark Guarino September 12, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. EDT CHICAGO — As a child, Gerald McWorter often listened to his father tell stories about growing up on a farm in New Philadelphia, Ill. But it wasn't until a family reunion in 2005 that he fully understood [...]
Family of Anthony Huber, killed by Kyle Rittenhouse, files suit against city of Kenosha
By Mark Guarino August 17, 2021 at 11:52 a.m. EDT The family of Anthony Huber, who was fatally shot by Kyle Rittenhouse during riots in Kenosha, Wis., last summer, filed suit in Milwaukee on Tuesday, alleging that the city of Kenosha and its police and county sheriff’s [...]
Oversight of Chicago police handed to new civilian commission after years of public pressure
By Mark Guarino July 21, 2021 at 3:19 p.m. EDT CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department will be overseen soon by a commission of publicly elected community members, a development that strips city hall of the power it has wielded for decades over the scandal-prone department. The [...]
Chicago links Black residents’ lower life expectancy to past and present racism
By Mark Guarino July 7, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EDT CHICAGO — Ben Jones huffs slowly down Cottage Grove Avenue on a summer Saturday on Chicago's South Side. He has asthma, and the summer heat isn't helping his condition as he heads home with a plastic bag [...]