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Census bureau finds Chicago is growing, but slowly

The population of Chicago has climbed but it climbed slower than any major city in the United States.

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June sentencing in Kan. for dad who bound kids

A June sentencing date has been scheduled for a suburban Chicago man who was arrested after two of his children were found bound and blindfolded in a Wal-Mart parking lot in eastern Kansas.

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Man sentenced for killing man lured for sex

A 50-year prison sentence was handed a man convicted of killing an unarmed man lured to a McHenry County home for sex.

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Former Gov. Thompson to get honorary NIU degree

Former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson is being given an honorary law degree by Northern Illinois University.

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W. Ill. drug court supervisor facing drug charge

Federal prosecutors have charged the supervisor of a western Illinois drug-court program with allowing his home to be used to make methamphetamine and to grow marijuana.

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Jurors to resume deliberations at Trump trial

Jurors are set to deliberate a second day at a civil trial where an 87-year-old woman alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a condominium deal.

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Prosecution case may be near end in Beason trial

Prosecutors appear to be nearing the end of their case in the trial of a man charged with beating five members of a central Illinois family to death in 2009.

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Jewish group: Detroit leaders abet Farrakhan bias

A leading national Jewish civil rights group criticized Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on Wednesday for making anti-Semitic statements at a Detroit church appearance and called on a Michigan congressman and other leaders in attendance to condemn the remarks.

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Photographer and forester Wayne Miller dies at 94

Photographer Wayne F. Miller, who created a ground-breaking series of portraits chronicling the lives of black Americans in Chicago after serving with an elite Navy unit that produced some of the most indelible combat images of World War II, died Wednesday. He was 94.

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New Ill. House gun bill has more restrictions

A compromise allowing the carrying of concealed weapons backed by House Speaker Michael Madigan and agreed to by the General Assembly's leading gun-rights advocate materialized Wednesday, adding to the list of gun-free locales but making it easier for qualified gun owners to get permits.