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DNC 2024: Chicago's location plays to agitator's advantage

CHICAGO – Organizers behind protests against Democrats’ support for the Israeli military are coordinating bus drop-offs for agitators from around the country in Chicago this week as they hope for tens of thousands of attendees. Permits for rallies on the Democratic National Convention’s opening and closing evenings, Monday and Thursday, sought space for tens of...

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DNC in Chicago: 8 shot, 4 murdered in Windy City on day 1 of convention

The Chicago Police Department recorded eight shootings, four of which were fatal, and one armed robbery on Monday, the first day of the Democratic National Convention in the Windy City. That compares to a total of 26 shooting incidents involving 30 total victims, five of whom died, over the weekend leading up to the DNC...

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Missing Colorado hiker found alive days after disappearing during 'spiritual' quest without cell phone

A Colorado hiker was found alive four days after she disappeared in the backcountry during a “spiritual” retreat with a group of campers who did not bring cellphones, authorities said. Gina Chase, 53, of Victoria, Canada, was located uninjured on Saturday in the search area near Lone Cone, Colorado, the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office...

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Federal prison worker dies after touching drug-laced package sent to inmate: DOJ

Three people are facing charges in the death of a federal prison worker in California who died earlier this month after handling a drug-laced package sent to an inmate at U.S. Penitentiary Atwater, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced Tuesday. Inmate Jamar Jones, 35; Stephanie Ferreira, 35, of Indiana; and Jermen Rudd III, 37, of Missouri,...

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Anti-Israel demonstrators burn American flag outside Chicago consulate on 2nd night of DNC

CHICAGO – Anti-Israel demonstrations continued through the second night of the Democratic National Convention, with protesters burning an American flag and chanting “Free Palestine” outside a building in Chicago that houses the Israeli consulate. Officers handcuffed at least four people from the demonstration and led them away after protesters charged a line of police officers,...