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'This American Life' tackles Chicago violence
William Rainey Harper High School, in West Englewood, is known for a few things. It has a really good football team for its size. In 2010 it was featured on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” for its success in boosting a dismal academic record....
Tags: Radio, Politics, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Health and Safety at School
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Chicago Overnight Report
Tribune reporterA wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • Police continue to investigate the deaths of two men discovered inside a white Camaro in the West Englewood neighborhood on the South Side. Officers were conducting a well-being check in...Tags: Marquette Park, Englewood, Asthma
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2 found dead in car in West Englewood
Two men were found dead inside a car Wednesday afternoon in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood. About 3:20 p.m., officers were conducting a well-being check in the 7100 block of South Oakley Avenue and found two bodies, one in the back seat and the...
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First lady cites Chicago violence in CBS interview
First lady Michelle Obama said the nation has to embrace youths whose lives are surrounded by violence and "let them know we hear" their concerns. In a taped interview on CBS' "Sunday Morning" television show, the first lady weighed in about violence in...
Tags: Englewood, CBS Corp., Teaching and Learning, Students, Hadiya Pendleton
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First lady says nation must 'embrace' youths impacted by violence
Tribune reporterFirst Lady Michelle Obama said the nation has to “embrace” youths whose lives are surrounded by violence and “let them know we hear” their concerns. In a taped interview on CBS’ “Sunday Morning” television show,...Tags: Englewood, CBS Corp., Teaching and Learning, Students, Hadiya Pendleton
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Authorities: Death of woman found in vacant building ruled homicide
An autopsy today found a woman found in a vacant South Side building died of stab wounds, authorities said. Denise Warfield, 47, died of multiple stab and incise wounds and her death was ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner'...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Englewood
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Coming to terms with the reality of our city
In Theodore Dreiser's "Sister Carrie," a prosperous Chicago businessman, George Hurstwood, takes up with the young, gorgeous Carrie Meeber, chucks family and home, and runs away with Carrie to Montreal. They find their way to New York, where their tales...
Tags: Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Reviews, Englewood, Chicago Transit Authority, Rahm Emanuel
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5 wounded in separate shootings
Tribune reportersA 15-year-old boy released from police custody on Friday was among five people shot through early Saturday morning, according to police. The boy was shot About 2 p.m. on the 6400 block of South Claremont Avenue in the West Englewood neighborhood, said...Tags: Shootings, Englewood, Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Police Department
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Michelle Obama: Violence against kids 'personal'
As politicians in Washington took a step toward tightening the nation's gun laws Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama sat down with Chicago high school students whose stories about violence brought her to tears. Before the meeting began at Harper High...Tags: U.S. Congress, Gun Control, Rahm Emanuel, Personal Weapon Control, CeaseFire
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First lady to visit Harper High in West Englewood
— First lady Michelle Obama, visiting Chicago on Wednesday for a discussion with Mayor Rahm Emanuel and civic leaders on ways to combat youth violence, will stop afterward at Harper High School, whose students have often been casualties in recent...Tags: Politics, Interior Policy, Gun Control, Rahm Emanuel, Personal Weapon Control
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1 killed, 11 wounded by gunfire since Friday
Tribune reporterA shooting in the Logan Square neighborhood left one man dead and another wounded Friday night as at least a dozen people were shot between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Just after 8 p.m., three people asked for directions from a 23-year-old...Tags: Shootings, Chicago Police Department, Englewood, Hospitals and Clinics, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
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Chicago police shoot man on SW Side, trade gunfire with man on North Side
Tribune reporterChicago police shot a man who turned toward them with a gun while running early Saturday morning, according to officials, one of two overnight shooting incidents that involved officers. Police tried to stop the man they eventually shot, along with two...Tags: Theft, Shootings, Chicago Police Department, Englewood, Police Investigations
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