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Trump administration tackling Chicago’s crime-ridden neighborhoods

By David Keene - The Washington Times

Suburban Chicago woman pleads guilty to labor trafficking

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CORRECTS TO DOUBLE IN THE FIFTH INNING, INSTEAD OF HOME RUN IN THE SEVENTH INNING - Chicago Cubs' Javier Baez hits a double next to Cincinnati Reds catcher Curt Casali during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Cincinnati, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)

Báez homers twice, Cubs stay hot with 8-5 win over Reds

By JOE KAY - Associated Press

$10K reward seeks information in shooting of Chicago baby

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Officers salute outside the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as an ambulance passes, containing the body of a Chicago Police officer, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, in Chicago. A high ranking member of the Chicago Police Department who was promoted earlier this month was found dead Tuesday morning after he apparently shot himself in a station on the city's West Side. An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday at the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office on the remains of Deputy Chief Dion Boyd. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Dion Boyd, Chicago deputy police chief, dead in apparent suicide at station

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FILE - In this Friday, July 17, 2020 file photo, Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady speaks during a press conference at the CPS headquarters announcing a preliminary reopening framework for public schools, in Chicago. People traveling from Missouri, Wisconsin, Nebraska and North Dakota to Chicago will have to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival or face possible fines starting Friday, July 31. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Wisconsin among 4 states added to Chicago quarantine order

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks during a press conference at City Hall, in Chicago, Wednesday morning, July 22, 2020. Authorities say gunfire outside the funeral home on Chicago's South Side that wounded multiple people was part of an ongoing conflict involving the gang of the man being mourned. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Lori Lightfoot blames Chicago violence on ‘too many illegal guns’ coming from other states

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown wears a face mask at a news conference on Monday, July 27, 2020 in Chicago. Police are reporting a drop in homicides and shooting incidents after the department rolled out two units designed to combat gun violence and ensure protests remain peaceful. The city reported three homicides over the weekend compared to 12 the weekend before. It was the first weekend that the 300-member Community Safety Team was dispatched to communities on the West and South sides where there has been an uptick in violent crime. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Chicago Police: Violence drops after 2 new units rolled out

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home moved in suburban Chicago

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Chicago Cubs pitcher Tyler Chatwood throws the ball during an intra-squad baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chatwood dominates, Cubs hit 3 HRs in 9-1 romp over Brewers

By ANDREW SELIGMAN - Associated Press

Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel throws the ball against the Minnesota Twins during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Saturday, July 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

García homers twice as White Sox pound Twins 10-3

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

Illinois State Police seek ways to halt expressway shootings

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Minnesota Twins' Max Kepler celebrates his second home run off Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Lucas Giolito, during the second inning of a baseball game Friday, July 24, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Kepler hits 2 HR, Twins power past White Sox 10-5 in opener

By MATT CARLSON - Associated Press

Oakland Athletics' Matt Olson, left, hits a grand slam home run in front of Los Angeles Angels catcher Jason Castro in the tenth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Friday, July 24, 2020. The Athletics won 7-3 in 10 innings. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Olson’s grand slam in 10th sends Athletics past Angels 7-3

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City municipal crews help guide the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park as it is removed by a crane, Friday, July 24, 2020, in Chicago. A statue of Christopher Columbus that drew chaotic protests in Chicago was taken down early Friday amid a plan by President Donald Trump to dispatch federal agents to the city. (Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Christopher Columbus statue taken down at Chicago park

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Protesters walk through chemical irritants dispersed by federal agents at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Following a larger Black Lives Matter Rally, several hundred demonstrators faced off against federal officers at the courthouse. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Surge of federal agents leaves many questions unanswered

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

Aislinn Pulley, a founding member of Black Lives Matter in Chicago, speaks at a rally on Federal Plaza Thursday, July 23, 2020, after a collection of Chicago activists groups announced they are filing a federal lawsuit against the Chicago Police Department, Fraternal Order of Police, and the federal government, in Chicago. The lawsuit also asks a judge to prevent agents in Chicago from making arrests or detaining people without probable cause and to require agents to identify themselves and their agency before taking either action and explain why someone is being arrested. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Chicago groups sue to bar federal agents from protest duties

By KATHLEEN FOODY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2017, file photo, Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, looks out over the floor the Illinois House at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. ComEd has agreed to pay $200 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into a long-running bribery scheme that implicates Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the U.S. Attorney's office announced Friday July 17, 2020. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP, File)

Q&A: What charges might longest serving US speaker face?

By MICHAEL TARM - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on &quot;Operation Legend: Combatting Violent Crime in American Cities,&quot; in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump sending agents into more cities to help combat crime

By COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

This Date in Baseball-Week Ahead

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