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FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to reporters after meeting with legislative leaders during veto session in Springfield, Ill. The General Assembly convenes Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, for just two days to finish its work before a new session begins Wednesday while the two-year budget standoff looms large. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

Illinois Senate budget plan to end deadlock stalls

By JOHN O'CONNOR - Associated Press

San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard (2) looks to pass around Charlotte Hornets forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in San Antonio. San Antonio won 102-85. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)

Sorry, Pop: The Spurs are historically good at 3-pointers

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Bail denied for man charged in security breach at O’Hare

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Obama gives Chicago $1B for transit as he leaves office

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Wayne Brady to play Aaron Burr in ‘Hamilton’ in Chicago

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2016, file photo, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks to reporters after meeting with legislative leaders during veto session in Springfield, Ill. The General Assembly convenes Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, for just two days to finish its work before a new session begins Wednesday while the two-year budget standoff looms large. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)

The Latest: Illinois House Oks criminal justice reforms

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New York Knicks guard Derrick Rose (25) drives to the basket as Atlanta Hawks forward Kent Bazemore (24) defends in the second half of an NBA basketball game on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, in Atlanta. Atlanta won the game 102-98 in overtime. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland)

Knicks PG Derrick Rose misses game for unknown reason

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

These booking photos provided by the Chicago Police Department show, from left, Tesfaye Cooper, Brittany Covington, Tanishia Covington and Jordan Hill, four people charged, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, with aggravated kidnapping and taking part in a hate crime after allegedly beating and taunting a man in a video broadcast live on Facebook. (Chicago Police Department via AP)

The Latest: Nearly $100K raised for Chicago beating victim

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These booking photos provided by the Chicago Police Department show, from left, Tesfaye Cooper, Brittany Covington, Tanishia Covington and Jordan Hill, four people charged, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, with aggravated kidnapping and taking part in a hate crime after allegedly beating and taunting a man in a video broadcast live on Facebook. (Chicago Police Department via AP)

Judge refuses to release 4 accused of beating disabled youth

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

Chicago Blackhawks goalie Scott Darling, right, blocks a shot by Carolina Hurricanes right wing Ty Rattie during the third period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Darling leads Blackhawks to 2-1 win against Hurricanes

By MATT CARLSON - Associated Press

This image from a video that was broadcast live on Facebook and later posted on Vidme shows a frame in which a man, right, is assaulted in Chicago. The video shows the man with his mouth taped shut as a woman and other people cut off his shirt and hair with a knife, and someone pushes his head with his or her foot. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, that the victim has mental health challenges, and he called the video &quot;sickening.&quot; (Vidme via AP)

Small percentage of hate crimes aimed at whites

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS - Associated Press

TV personality Montel Williams is shown here in an Oct. 18, 2012 file photo from the grounds of the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Montel Williams slams Chicago’s accused Facebook Live torturers: ‘Life in prison. No parole’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Chance the Rapper joins board of Chicago history museum

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Family spokesman David Boyd and others hold a news conference Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017, in Crystal Lake, Ill., after an 18-year-old man was assaulted in Chicago earlier this week. Four people were charged with hate crimes Thursday in connection with a video broadcast live on Facebook that showed a mentally disabled white man being beaten and taunted, threatened with a knife and forced to drink from a toilet. Boyd is the brother-in-law of the victim. (Patrick Kunzer/Daily Herald via AP)

Latest: Defenders give details on Chicago beating suspects

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Obama plans final White House bash before term ends Jan. 20

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press

This image posted on the Chicago Police Department's Twitter page shows a frame from a video that was broadcast live on Facebook in which a man is assaulted. The video shows the man with his mouth taped shut as a woman and other people cut off his shirt and hair with a knife, and someone pushes his head with his or her foot. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Wednesday that the victim has mental health challenges, and he called the video &quot;sickening.&quot; (Chicago Police Department via AP)

Hate-crime charges filed in attack on mentally disabled man

By CARLA K. JOHNSON and CARYN ROUSSEAU - Associated Press

This image posted on the Chicago Police Department's Twitter page shows a frame from a video that was broadcast live on Facebook in which a man is assaulted. The video shows the man with his mouth taped shut as a woman and other people cut off his shirt and hair with a knife, and someone pushes his head with his or her foot. Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Wednesday that the victim has mental health challenges, and he called the video &quot;sickening.&quot; (Chicago Police Department via AP)

Chicago police describe chronology of alleged hate crime

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Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (23) drives to the basket against New Orleans Pelicans' Dante Cunningham (33) in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

LeBron playing, Irving and Love out as Cavs face Bulls

By TOM WITHERS - Associated Press

Storm clouds hang over the downtown Chicago skyline Monday, June 30, 2014, as rain and high winds move into Illinois from Iowa. Flights were canceled at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport as northern Illinois braced for severe weather. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Chicago residents have nothing to lose by trying something new

By Cal Thomas

Overall crime down in Detroit; homicides edge up slightly

By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press