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A 16-year-old boy who vowed that athletics would be his path out of Chicago and away from its rampant violence was shot and killed Sunday evening in front of his home. Andre Taylor, a multi-sport athlete at Percy Julian High School, was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the forehead on his front lawn of his home on the city's embattled South Side, DNAInfo Chicago reports.

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A 22-year-old Chicago man has been charged in the execution-style shooting of Tyshawn Lee, 9, whose death in November rankled the nation and became the latest symbol of problems with gun violence in America.

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Constantine "Dean" Andrews, the Chicago Police Department's chief of detectives, has resigned following the announcement that the Department of Justice will investigate the department.

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Mario Tricoci model competition winner Kaylyn Pryor shot, killed in Chicago https://t.co/bg6nKcIeBk pic.twitter.com/svtvYn05tY — WGN TV News (@WGNNews) November 3, 2015 A model and a…

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Missouri lawmakers passed one of the nation’s most stringent abortion waiting periods Wednesday, overriding a veto of legislation that will require women to wait 72 hours after consulting with a doctor before ending a pregnancy. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon denounced the measure as “extreme and disrespectful” toward women, because it contains no exception for cases of rape or […]

When will this all end? Tragedy is rising in Chi-town, as 20 people have been injured – as well as 2 killed – in a span of just 12 hours, this occurring only two weeks after the Windy City experienced a string of shootings during Fourth of July weekend. 11-year-old Shamiya Adams was one of the victims who […]