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Chicago agrees officers must record gun-pointing incidents

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, he will not seek a third term in office at a press conference on the 5th floor at City Hall in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP) ** FILE **

Chicago’s next mayor will be leading a deeply divided city

By SARA BURNETT and DON BABWIN - Associated Press

Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke walks into the courthouse, Wednesday morning, Sept. 5, 2018, in Chicago. Prospective jurors in the murder trial of Dyke who killed black teenager Laquan McDonald are to be given questionnaires as the first phase of jury selection starts Wednesday. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago police officer faces trial in shooting of black teen

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

With wife Amy Rule by his side, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, he will not seek a third term in office at a press conference on the 5th floor at City Hall in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP)

With Emanuel out, others could get in race for Chicago mayor

By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, he will not seek a third term in office at a press conference on the 5th floor at City Hall in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune via AP) ** FILE **

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel leaves city with big challenges

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Next Chicago mayor to confront city divided by race, class

By SARA BURNETT and DON BABWIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2018, file photo, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Emanuel announced Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, that he will not seek a third term in 2019. AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel abandons quest for third term

By DON BABWIN AND MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Text of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s statement on third term

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Organizer of an anti-violence protest the Rev. Gregory Livingston, center, is arrested while protesting along a ramp leading on to Interstate 90, known as the Kennedy Expressway, in Chicago, Monday, Sept. 3, 2018. Demonstrators had planned to march westbound on Interstate 90 for about a mile, but troopers successfully blocked access to the interstate and no protesters appeared to reach it. (Tim Boyle/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Protest brings arrests, doesn’t shut down Chicago expressway

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Protestors are lead towards a van after begin arrested along a ramp leading onto the Interstate 90, also known as the Kennedy Expressway, in Chicago, Monday, Sept 3, 2018. (Tim Boyle/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

The Latest: A dozen arrested in Chicago protest near O’Hare

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2 hubs picked for Illinois Innovation Center outside Chicago

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New York Yankees catcher Austin Romine, left, reacts as Detroit Tigers' Victor Reyes, right, strikes out to end a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Turner lifts Dodgers over Diamondbacks 3-2

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This aerial frame grab from video by WFLD-TV in Chicago shows rescue personnel at the scene where several people were reported trapped inside a Chicago water reclamation plant after a fire and possible explosion caused part of the building's roof to collapse Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018. (WFLD-TV via AP)

The Latest: 10 injured in Chicago explosion, roof collapse

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Boston Red Sox's J.D. Martinez, right, celebrates a three-run home run against the Chicago White Sox with teammate Xander Bogaerts during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jim Young)

Bradley helps Red Sox rally past White Sox 9-4

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

Chicago Cubs' Tommy La Stella and Kyle Schwarber, rear, celebrate in the dugout after La Stella's two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)

La Stella’s pinch-hit homer carries Cubs past Braves 5-4

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

Schock corruption case being moved _ possibly to Chicago

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Chicago White Sox pitcher Reynaldo Lopez tags out New York Yankees runner Gleyber Torres, right, attempting to score when the ball got away from catcher Kevan Smith during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

LaMarre, Lopez team up on Yankees; White Sox win 4-1

By JAKE SEINER - Associated Press

AP FACT CHECK: Chicago mayor mostly right on jobs, poverty

By AMANDA SEITZ - Associated Press

People stand around at the scene after a fire killed several people including multiple children Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, in Chicago. The cause of the blaze hasn't been determined. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune via AP)

The Latest: 9th victim from Chicago apartment fire dies

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In this photo taken Wednesday, June 6, 2018 civil rights attorney Al McSurely sits for an interview at his home in Carthage, N.C. As the Poor People's Campaign launches a massive initiative to sign up people to support the movement and to vote, its leaders are working with the generation of civil rights activists who stood with the Rev. Martin Luther King and have continued his work. The Rev. William Barber is co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign. He says he turns to those who came before him: leaders such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman, and attorney Al McSurely. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Social justice movement veterans help Poor People’s Campaign

By MARTHA WAGGONER and ERRIN HAINES WHACK - Associated Press