Kim Foxx 'Major Failure' / Bears, Too / Cats In Trash / Boosters

Some jerk allegedly stole kittens from an O'Hare International Airport traveler and tossed them in an airport garbage can.

Now, police are searching for the people who saved the cats from the trash.

The kitties, named Perceive and Nivea, were last seen in a blue cat carrier.

For more details: Stolen Kittens Tossed In O'Hare Trash: Cops Want To ID Rescuers

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• Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx and prosecutors in her office misled the public, abused their discretion and breached obligations of "honesty and transparency" in dismissing the initial 16-count indictment of former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, according to a 60-page special prosecutor's summary report. Read the report here. (Patch)
• Award-winning cartoonist Keith J. Taylor died last week after a long battle with cancer complicated by COVID-19. He was 72. (Patch)
• If you want a treat from Lincoln Square's sweet shop Baker Miller, you'll have to show proof that you've been jabbed with a coronavirus vaccine booster. As far as the owners know, they're the first business in Chicago to require patrons to provide proof of a booster. Why? "We can't afford to close," Dave Miller said. (Eater)
• Mayor Lori Lightfoot called on the feds to send more agents to town to quell street violence. The mayor also wants a moratorium on allowing people charged with violent crime to be released on electronic monitoring now that the city has topped 800 homicides this year and shootings and carjackings have skyrocketed. (WBEZ)

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