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In this Sept. 22. 1955 photo, Carolyn Bryant rests her head on her husband Roy Bryant's shoulder after she testified in Emmett Till murder court case in Sumner, Miss. Stymied in their calls for a renewed investigation into the murder of Emmett Till, relatives and activists are advocating another possible path toward accountability in Mississippi: They want authorities to launch a kidnapping prosecution against the woman who set off the lynching by accusing the Chicago teen of improper advances in 1955. (AP Photo, File)

Emmett Till’s relatives want accuser prosecuted in 1955 kidnapping

By Jay Reeves - Associated Press

Milwaukee Bucks' Khris Middleton drives past Chicago Bulls' DeMar DeRozan during the first half of Game 1 of their first round NBA playoff basketball game Sunday, April 17, 2022, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) **FILE**

Injuries make road back to NBA Finals bumpy for Suns, Bucks

By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 1969, photo, Fred Hampton, center, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther party, speaks outside a rally outside the U.S. Courthouse in Chicago while Dr. Benjamin Spock, background, listens. The Illinois childhood home of Hampton, an iconic Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed during a 1969 police raid of his Chicago apartment, has been designated a historical landmark. (AP Photo/ESK, File)

Fred Hampton childhood home gets historical landmark status

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Bible on a pulpit. Photo credit: Wolkenengel565 via Shutterstock. FILE

Illinois church touts ‘Fasting From Whiteness’ as Lent 2022 observance

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this Monday, May 10, 2021, file photo, Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) ** FILE **

Chicago to provide free gas and transit cards

By Peter Santo - The Washington Times

Miami's Isaiah Wong is conratulated by Kameron McGusty (23) after making a shot and being fouled during the second half of a college basketball game in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament Friday, March 25, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

McGusty, Miami beat Iowa State in Sweet 16

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

This booking photo provided by the Cook County Sheriff's Office shows Jussie Smollett. A judge sentenced Jussie Smollett to 150 days in jail Thursday, March 10, 2022, branding the Black and gay actor a charlatan for staging a hate crime against himself while the nation struggled with wrenching issues of racial injustice. (Cook County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Jussie Smollett begins jail sentence in protective custody

By Don Babwin and Kathleen Foody - Associated Press

Actor Jussie Smollett tears up while listening to his brother testify at his sentencing hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

Judge sentences Jussie Smollett to jail for faking hate crime

By Don Babwin and Kathleen Foody - Associated Press

Actor Jussie Smollett tears up after listening to his brother testify at his sentencing hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

Jussie Smollett prosecutor seeks jail time, large fine for staged hate crime

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Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago, Monday Feb. 24, 2020. Smollett is returning to a Chicago courtroom Thursday, March 10, 2022 for sentencing with just two questions hanging over his head: Will he admit that he lied about a racist homophobic attack and will a judge send him to jail? (AP Photo/Matt Marton File)

Jussie Smollett to learn fate after attack-hoax conviction

By Don Babwin - Associated Press

FILE - Alvin Bragg, now Manhattan District Attorney, speaks with supporters on election night, in New York, Nov. 2, 2021. Bragg has found himself under fire after instructing staff not to prosecute some low-level offenses, like prostitution and some instances of resisting arrest. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Take action now against Soros-Zuckerberg district attorneys

By Tom Basile

John Tapko clears snow at his house Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Overland Park, Kan. A major winter storm with millions of Americans in its path brought a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow to the middle section of the United States as airlines canceled hundreds of flights, governors urged residents to stay off roads and schools closed campuses. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Winter storm spreads heavy snow, ice further across U.S.

By Kathleen Foody and Jill Bleed - Associated Press

Actor Jussie Smollett, center, leaves the Leighton Criminal Courthouse with unidentified siblings, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, in Chicago, following a verdict in his trial. Smollett, who was found guilty last month of lying to police about a hate crime that authorities said he staged, will return to court for sentencing on March 10, a judge announced on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) **FILE**

Jussie Smollett to be sentenced March 10 for lying to police

By Don Babwin - Associated Press

Chicago Blackhawks' Marc-Andre Fleury plays against the Columbus Blue Jackets during an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jay LaPrete)

Report: Capitals ‘looking into’ trading for goalie Fleury

By Jacob Calvin Meyer - The Washington Times

In this Monday, May 10, 2021, file photo, Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) ** FILE **

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot tests positive for COVID-19

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Students at the Mt. Greenwood Elementary School in Chicago depart after a full day of classes on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. As hundreds of thousands of Chicago students remained out of school for a fourth day, students at the South Side school were back in classes as the school had enough staff to defy the union's directive to teachers to stay home amid negotiations with the school district over COVID-19 safety protocols. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago classrooms to reopen Wednesday after a bitter feud over remote learning in virus surge

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Students at the Mt. Greenwood Elementary School in Chicago depart after a full day of classes Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. As hundreds of thousands of Chicago students remained out of school for a fourth day students at the South Side school were back in classes as the school had enough staff to defy the union's directive to teachers to stay home amid negotiations with the school district over COVID-19 safety protocols. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago schools set to reopen after teachers union OKs safety plan

By Sophia Tareen and Kathleen Foody - Associated Press

Adan Meza, 29, a teacher at Benito Juarez High School, poses for a photo as he protests with other members of the Chicago Teachers Union and supporters while the union stages a car caravan protest outside City Hall in the Loop, Wednesday evening, Jan. 5, 2022. Chicago school leaders canceled classes in the nation’s third-largest school district for the second straight day after failing to reach an agreement with the teachers union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols. (Ashlee Rezin /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago Teachers Union closes schools for 3rd day amid virus dispute

By Sophia Tareen - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., waves to guests in the balcony as he takes his seat on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, before President Donald Trump's speech to a joint session of Congress. Longtime U.S. Rep. Rush, a onetime Black Panther with a dramatic rise in Illinois politics, won't seek reelection after 15 terms representing his Chicago-area district, according to a prepared video announcement obtained Monday, Jan. 3, 2022, by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Longtime Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush won’t seek reelection

By Sophia Tareen - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush looks on as Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a news conference in Chicago on Thursday afternoon, June 11, 2020, about a group of Chicago police officers in the congressman's campaign office while looters hit nearby stores. More than a dozen officers and supervisors from the Chicago Police were captured on video &quot;lounging&quot; inside a congressional campaign office on the city's South Side as people vandalized and stole from nearby businesses while protests and unrest spread across the city in late May, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

U.S. Rep Rush of Illinois reports breakthrough COVID-19 case

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