Authorities are saying that the woman found dead inside the baggage claim of a Chicago airport is being considered a suicide. The 57-year-old woman was found “pinned” inside the baggage conveyor belt machinery at O’Hare International Airport on Thursday. The medical examiner’s office has determined the cause of death to be asphyxiation from being hanged...
A group of brazen thieves took to the streets of Chicago and ransacked luxury retailer Prada as The Windy City prepares for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) just over a week away. According to the Chicago Police Department, a group of three to four offenders shattered the front glass door of the high-end retailer at...
As Chicago prepares to host the Democratic National Convention, local business owners are divided as to how it will impact the city and their bottom line. Chicago will soon be in the national spotlight when it hosts the DNC on August 19-22, with an anticipated 50,000 visitors attending the event. Street and walkway upgrades are...
An investigation is ongoing after a woman was killed in a freak accident involving a baggage carousel inside a restricted area of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Around 7:45 a.m. Thursday, an airport employee was inspecting a baggage handling area in Terminal 5 when the dead woman was found, Fox 32 reported. The woman, who investigators...
People living in Dolton, Illinois, demanded answers from embattled Mayor Tiffany Henyard Monday night while attending a contentious board meeting. Along with voicing displeasure about how the village is being run, residents questioned government spending during the meeting, which was marked with interruptions, disorganization, shouting and ejections. Dolton police officers and Cook County Sheriff’s deputies...
Chicago’s city council denied that the cleanup of homeless encampments containing migrants has anything to do with the upcoming Democratic National Convention (DNC). A large homeless encampment was cleared on July 17, the Chicago Tribune reported. The paper reported further that Maura McCauley, managing deputy commissioner of the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services,...
Faster than a whiplash, identity politics returned to the forefront of the political culture wars the moment the Democrat Party anointed Vice President Kamala Harris as their nominee for president of the United States. Identity politics never went away; it’s always been there, the grease in the machine of America racial politics. But this time...
Vice President Kamala Harris secured enough delegates to become the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee Friday, though voting does not close until Monday, the party’s chair said. A virtual roll call to formally nominate Harris as the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee kicked off on Thursday. “I am honored to be the presumptive Democratic nominee,” Harris said...
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson praised former President Trump for appearing before a “hostile” National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention in Chicago. “I commend my friend @realdonaldtrump for going into a hostile environment at @NABJ today and answering tough questions,” Carson said in a post on X Wednesday. Carson’s comments...
The Harris campaign lashed out at former President Trump before he appeared on stage this afternoon at a National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) event, accusing the former president of “demeaning” the organization’s members in the past. “Ahead of Donald Trump’s conversation at NABJ today – let’s remember exactly who this man is. Not only...
