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Flossmoor police responded to Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's house last weekend in response to a 911 call.

Foxx's husband, Kelley Foxx, told police the county's top prosecutor threw a video game controller and slapped him over something posted on Facebook.

Kim Fox said her husband called the police to hurt her, according to the police report.

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No Arrests In Domestic Incident At Kim Foxx's Home: Reports

Kim Foxx. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)

Saturday: Cloudy. High: 78 Low: 67.

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Sunday: Stormy. High: 67 Low: 58


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  • Former state public health department director Dr. Ngozi Ezike is at the center of an ethics probe into whether taking her new job as CEO of Sinai Health System, a non-profit funded by the state, violates state ethics law, David Jackson reports. (BGA)
  • Tristian Hamilton, better known as rapper FBC Cash, was killed and a woman was wounded in an early Friday morning shooting on the South Side. (ABC7)
  • Street "ambassadors" started stalking Magnificent Mile in blue and yellow vests Friday as part of an effort to boost security in the high-end shopping district. The ambassadors work from 3 to midnight every day until October. (NBC5)
  • Solving a murder in Chicago doesn't mean killers get charged. Last year, for instance, more than half of the homicide cases "cleared" by police didn't result in prosecution. (CWB)
  • Ever wonder how alley scrappers turn your busted lamp into cash? Reporter Adriana Cardona-Maguigad tags along with Francisco Garcia, a Pilsen metal scrapper trying to make a living by turning trash into cash. (WBEZ)

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Saturday:

  • Midsommerfest in Andersonville (5 p.m.)
  • Puerto Rican Festival and People’s Parade in Humboldt Park (4 p.m.)
  • Hyde Park Summer Fest at Midway Plaisance (Noon to 10 p.m.)
  • Lord Huron w/ Erin Rae at The Vic (8 p.m.)
  • Max Allard at Old Town School of Folk Music (8 p.m.)
Sunday:
  • Pink Party Hosted By Hampton Social at The Shore Club (12 p.m.)
  • US Air Guitar Championships at Subterranean (8 p.m.)
  • Chicago Blues Festival at Millennium Park (12 p.m.)
  • Passport Vibes: Afrobeat Street Festival at The Promontory (Noon-10 p.m.)
  • Steve Earle and the Dukes at Old Town School of Folk Music (3 p.m., 7 p.m.)
Steve Earle. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

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About me: Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docuseries on CNN and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary "16 Shots."

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