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FILE - In this Friday Aug. 28, 2009, file photo, Simeon Wright, a cousin of lynching victim Emmett Till, speaks at a news conference in Chicago. Wright, who was with Till when the Chicago boy was kidnapped and killed in Mississippi in 1955, has died at age 74. Wright's cousin, Airickca Gordon-Taylor, said Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017 that Wright died from cancer on Monday at his Chicago-area home. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

Cousin who saw Emmett Till being kidnapped dies at age 74

By CARYN ROUSSEAU and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

Labor Day weekend in Chicago less violent than last year

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jake Arrieta (49) is accompanied off the field by a trainer in the third inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Monday, Sept. 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Jake Arrieta exits with injury, Pirates rout Cubs 12-0

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

Michigan woman’s business creates vintage guitar straps

By JAKE BROWN - Associated Press

Groups nationwide weigh in on Chicago sanctuary city suit

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Tampa Bay Rays' Logan Morrison celebrates while rounding third base after hitting a two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Logan Morrison, Blake Snell lead Rays over White Sox 3-1

By JOHN JACKSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2004 file photo, comedian Shelley Berman, who has a role in the new film &quot;Meet the Fockers,&quot; poses at the premiere of the film in Universal City, Calif. Berman, whose groundbreaking routines in the 1950s and 1960s addressed the annoyances of everyday life, has died. He was 92. Publicist Glenn Schwartz says Berman died Friday, Sept. 1, 2017 at his home in Bell Canyon, Calif. He was 92. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Shelley Berman, comedian-bard of everyday life, has died

By FRAZIER MOORE - Associated Press

Employee Bryan Herrera holds a makeshift sign that reads, &quot;Out of Gas,&quot; as he stands outside the Shell filling station where he works, in north Dallas, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. It’s getting harder to fill gas tanks in parts of Texas where some stations are out of fuel and pump costs are spiking. A major gasoline pipeline shuttered due to Harvey may be able to resume shipping fuel from the Houston area by Sunday, which could ease gasoline shortages across the southern U.S. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas drivers rush to fill gas tanks as pump prices rise

By CLAUDIA LAUER and JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press

Chicago Cubs' Jose Quintana (62) and Kyle Schwarber celebrate after scoring on Schwarber's two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Schwarber hits 2 HRs, Cubs pound Pirates 17-3

By ANDREW SELIGMAN - Associated Press

Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, accompanied by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, center, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, speaks at a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017 in Chicago. Madigan filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking federal court oversight over the Chicago Police Department. Chicago is changing course and now wants to implement reforms of its police department under federal court supervision.(Rich Hein/Sun Times via AP)

Chicago changes course, wants police reforms with court role

By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Denver passes immigrant protections amid White House threats

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In this Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, photo, visitors to Chicago's Buckingham Fountain are silhouetted by the light display in Grant Park. The final display each night shoots water 150 feet into the air as part of a light and musical crescendo that lasts 20 minutes. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)

Behind the scenes at Chicago’s iconic Buckingham Fountain

By G-JUN YAM - Associated Press

Chicago-area man on FBI most-wanted list arrested in Mexico

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Chicago police officer convicted in 2013 shooting of teens

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Chicago Bears quarterback Mike Glennon, left, passes against the Tennessee Titans in the first half of an NFL football preseason game Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. At right is running back Jordan Howard (24). (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

Glennon helps himself with TD as Bears beat Titans 19-7

By TERESA M. WALKER - Associated Press

FBI says agency’s New Orleans chief will lead Chicago office

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Chicago White Sox's Yolmer Sanchez, right front, celebrates with teammates after driving in the winning run during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Chicago. The White Sox won 3-2. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Anderson, Sanchez team up in 9th, White Sox beat Tigers 3-2

By JOHN JACKSON - Associated Press

El toletero de los Tigres de Detroit Miguel Cabrera está en el fondo de una pelea entre jugadores de los Tigres con los de los Yanquies en el sexto inning de un partido de las Grandes Ligas el jueves, 24 de agosto del 2017. (AP Foto/Duane Burleson)

Tigers’ Cabrera banned 7 games, Yankees’ Sanchez 4 for fight

By MIKE FITZPATRICK - Associated Press

Trump administration opposes Chicago request for injunction

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Protesters demand removal of monument to fascist Italo Balbo

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