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$300 Tip For Chicago Uber Driver Who Drove Buffalo Bills Player 550 Miles For Practice

The 26-year-old North Sider thought the NFL cornerback wanted to go to Buffalo Wild Wings. But nine hours later, they were in New York.

Chicago Convicted Felon Pleads Guilty To Illegally Possessing Handgun At Lyons Firing Range

A Chicago convicted felon admitted in federal court Thursday that he illegally possessed a handgun at a Lyons shooting range.

Mapped: Opt-Outs To Cook County Minimum Wage Ordinance

What towns have local officials who rejected a $10-an-hour minimum wage?

Police Investigate Shooting Involving Chicago Aviation Officer, Teen in Buffalo Grove

The 31-year-old off-duty officer was injured after being hit by a vehicle, and the teen suffered a gunshot wound, police said.

Man Charged With Sexually Abusing Girls at Schaumburg Daycare

The 72-year-old man is accused of assaulting the girls between 2008 and 2012 at a home daycare run by his wife in Schaumburg.

Alert Best Buy Employee Saves Elderly Man from 'Grandparent' Phone Scam

A Palos Park man was about to share codes of $4,000 in Best Buy gift cards to bail his son out of jail when an employee told him it was a scam.

Hairdresser Beat His Child's Mother Because She Was Late: Cops

A 25-year-old Evanston man allegedly violently attacked his Skokie ex-girlfriend and struck his daughter with a backpack.

Movies Out This Weekend: 'The Mummy,' 'It Comes at Night' And 'Megan Leavey'

Tom Cruise is back on the big screen this weekend. Get the verdict on "The Mummy," plus a true story that demands a pack of tissues.

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