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The pandemic was devastating to the courier business, but it survived. The industry is a far cry from its heyday a few decades ago, but the culture and camaraderie remain.
Daniel Alvarado, an avowed Two-Six gang member, allegedly shot and killed Moises Suarez on July 5 in Little Village while on electronic monitoring anklet, prosecutors said Friday. Prosecutors opposed his being released in a March gun case.
La nueva política pone fin a un mandato de control de seguridad establecido hace casi 20 años, varios años después del fallido intento del “terrorista del zapato”, Richard Reid, de derribar un vuelo de París a Miami a finales de 2001.
The new policy puts an end to a security screening mandate put in place almost 20 years ago, several years after “shoe bomber” Richard Reid’s failed attempt to take down a flight from Paris to Miami in late 2001.
Ald. Michael Rodriguez scraps vote on city of Chicago ordinance that would have raised the pay of drivers who use the ride-hailing app.
Michael Madigan, the country’s longest-serving state House leader, served as speaker of the Illinois House from 1983 until 2021, with the exception of two years. Along the way, he developed a reputation as an all-powerful political wizard who wielded vast influence over laws affecting nearly every aspect of life in the state.
A vote scheduled for Thursday was pushed until Monday, giving time to alderpersons on Thursday to press ride-hailing company representatives more on a proposed ordinance that would pay drivers while they worked the app — even when there isn’t a passenger in their car.
An Uber spokesman told City Council members Wednesday morning, in a special committee hearing on the matter, that the company refunded all riders after realizing it misapplied a congestion tax outside of the designated hours.
It’s been a little more than a month since Jones’ trial ended with a hung jury. Prosecutors say Jones agreed to protect a red-light camera executive in exchange for $5,000 and a job for a former intern.
Officer Krystal Rivera was excited to celebrate her daughter’s 11th birthday this weekend. But Rivera’s life was tragically cut short late Thursday, when she was fatally shot in the back by a bullet fired by another officer.