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Chicago's Very Own WGN-TV tells news stories from Chicago and its suburbs, northwest Indiana and southern Wisconsin. WGN brings you the very latest breaking news, weather, sports and entertainment.
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CHICAGO — A 19-year-old man is critical in the hospital after being shot several times in the city's Humboldt Park neighborhood Friday. According to the Chicago Police Department, the victim was walking on the sidewalk in the 500 block of North Sacramento Avenue around 4:30 p.m. when he was hit by gunfire in his face ..read more
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CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department has launched an investigation trying to find a 16-year-old girl who went missing from the city's Avalon Park neighborhood earlier today. CPD said Ja'Niya Hollis was last seen in the area of East 79th Street and South Stony Island Avenue Friday. Police describe Hollis as being around 5-foot-5-inches tall ..read more
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Chester Weger spent decades in prison and was known as the Starved Rock Killer for the deaths of three women at the state park in 1960 ..read more
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The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association announced this month that its searchers found the Margaret A. Muir in 50 feet of water off Algoma, Wisconsin, on May 12 ..read more
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X, formerly known as Twitter, has added a setting that allows users to opt out of allowing the platform to use their posts to train its artificial intelligence, known as Grok ..read more
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Jennifer Aniston, who's been open about her fertility struggles, is ripping Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance for his previous remarks dubbing Vice President Kamala Harris one of several "childless cat ladies" in Washington ..read more
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CHICAGO — Earlier this year, we told you about five unattributed paintings acquired by the Chicago Maritime Museum. The curator was almost certain the work belonged to 19th Century Black artist James Bolivar Needham. He was an artist with no formal training who settled Chicago and became part of a team that painted and decorated buildings ..read more
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two weeks after Donald Trump’s near assassination, the FBI confirmed Friday that it was indeed a bullet that struck the former president’s ear, moving to clear up conflicting accounts about what caused the former president’s injuries after a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally. “What struck former President Trump in ..read more
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CHICAGO - A jewelry booth owner lost some of her most valuable pieces Thursday night in a smash and grab crime. Maria Gil, owner of Jayeria Dos Perlas inside the Super Mall in West Elsdon, told WGN thieves shattered a display case at her jewelry booth Thursday night and stole some of her most valuable ..read more
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CHICAGO — The friendly face on the sign of MK Noodle depicts its energetic owner, MinhKhan Le. She is a 51-year-old immigrant, born in Laos to Vietnamese parents. She lived in Thailand, and then moved to Chicago, where she has owned and operated Vietnamese pho restaurants for more than a quarter century. “It’s tough,” Le ..read more