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Nine states will share in a total of $720 million in a deal with eight drug-makers. Illinois has collected about $1.4 billion of the $50 billion nationwide in opioid settlements.

Lontray Clark, 23, is accused of intentionally starting a fire June 26 at an apartment building at 5222 W. North Ave., killing four people, including a 5-year-old boy and a pregnant woman, and injuring at least three others. Twenty-eight people were left homeless. Clark was arrested in Springfield.

The village bought the house this week for $375,000, a spokesperson said. Dolton now plans to obtain national historic landmark status for the home.

The Museum of Contemporary Art commissioned the 16-ton artwork, a 1957 Cadillac DeVille encased in concrete, that was created in 1970 by German artist Wolf Vostell. Since a 2016 rehab, it’s been parked in a space near the entrance to a campus parking garage.

Two gunmen walked up to a group and opened fire just after 11 p.m. in the 4800 block of South Justine Street, police said. Antiviolence activists decried Chicago’s fifth mass shooting since Wednesday.

This is the third straight year of declining gas prices, and it’s the lowest cost of gas — averaging $3.65 a gallon in the metro area — over the holiday since 2021.

Although support for Pride events remained strong, drag performers in Chicago say business was slower this June under the shift in political climate since President Trump returned to office.

No charges have been filed in the attack that left an unidentified 56-year-old man dead Sunday.

Muchos de los despedidos son guardias de cruce. Otros 209 puestos vacantes fueron eliminados en un esfuerzo por cerrar un déficit proyectado de $734 millones, dijo el distrito escolar el viernes. Recortes al personal docente y escolar podrían ocurrir en julio.

Charles Leto, de 55 años de edad, enfrenta cargos de intento de asesinato, agresión agravada y uso de un arma de fuego en conexión con el tiroteo del jueves que mató a un joven de 15 años de edad e hirió a otro de 14. La víctima más joven es primo de Laquan McDonald, quien fue asesinado por un oficial de la Policía de Chicago en 2014.