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Protesters Battle Chicago Cops at NATO Summit

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 21 May 2012 01:30:00 CDT

What began as an orderly march by thousands of activists protesting the NATO summit yesterday turned bloody as clashed erupted with Chicago police. At least seven people required hospital treatment, and dozens were arrested, reports the Chicago Tribune . The confrontation lasted close to two hours, and left several protesters bloodied,...

Thousands March on NATO Summit

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:17:04 CDT

Thousands of demonstrators upset with the war in Afghanistan, climate change, and the erosion of union rights marched through downtown Chicago today, taking their discontent on a wide range of world issues to leaders assembled for a NATO summit. The protest, one of the city's largest in years, was to...

Chicago Busts 2 More on Terror Charges

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 20 May 2012 10:59:45 CDT

Two more men have been arrested in Chicago on terrorism-related charges, reports the Chicago Tribune . Sebastian Senakiewicz, a 24-year-old Chicago resident, was charged yesterday with a single count of terrorism/false threat after being arrested on Thursday, for "planning/conspiring in the building of explosives, including molotov cocktails which were to be...

Chicago Busts 18 in NATO Protests

Mark Russell — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:04:55 CDT

Hours of protest marches by up to 1,000 anti-NATO demonstrators and clashes with police in Chicago's Loop led to about 18 arrests last night, but no serious damage or injuries, reports the AP . Protesters tested police barriers as they tried to make their way north of the Chicago River...

Chicago Cops: Protesters Planned to Hit Obama HQ

Sat, 19 May 2012 12:32:36 CDT

Prosecutors say three men arrested in a raid on a Chicago apartment had planned to attack President Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home, police stations, and other targets. The trio was arrested Wednesday in a nighttime raid in the Bridgeport neighborhood on the South Side. They're accused of trying...

Chicago Cops Seek Groom in Bride's Slaying

John Johnson — Wed, 16 May 2012 13:43:05 CDT

Police near Chicago have issued an arrest warrant for a bridegroom whose new wife was found stabbed to death in a bathtub shortly after their Friday wedding, reports the Chicago Tribune . Arnoldo Jimenez, 30, hasn't been seen since the family of Estrella Carrera found her body in the tub on...

Bride Found Stabbed to Death in Bathtub

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:47:00 CDT

A suburban Chicago bride still wearing her wedding gown was found stabbed to death in the bathtub of her home. Estrella Carrera, 26, was discovered by police just days after her wedding to a 30-year-old Chicago man, whose name was not released. Cops are investigating the killing as a "domestic...

Anti-War Protesters Collared at Obama HQ

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:06:14 CDT

Eight anti-war protesters were arrested outside President Obama's campaign headquarters in Chicago today after dozens of them burst in to kick off a "Week Without Capitalism," the Chicago Tribune reports. Assembled by the Catholic Worker movement, they listened to a protester read a statement in the lobby of a Loop...

NATO Video Flubs Chicago Facts

John Johnson — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:26:00 CDT

Chicago hosts a NATO summit later this month, and NATO officials have a handsome new video out trumpeting the choice of the city. The problem, points out the Chicago Tribune , is that said video needed a fact-checker: It referred to Chicago as the capital of Illinois. Sorry, Springfield. It said...