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Freezing Cold Settles In Over the Midwest, Bringing Life to a Standstill
CHICAGO — First came the days of snow. Then the fierce winds. Finally the temperatures plummeted to depths that stunned even Midwesterners. The cold that the middle of the country woke up to on Wednesday was the sort that makes cars moan, that makes breathing hurt, that makes any bit of exposed skin sting.For Sheriff Who Led Search for Jayme Closs, No Sweeter Words Than 'We Got Her'
CHICAGO — When Jayme Closs, 13, appeared along a rural Wisconsin road Thursday, she ended an 88-day search by hundreds of investigators. Chris Fitzgerald, the sheriff of Barron County, Wisconsin — where Jayme’s parents were found dead in their home on the night Jayme disappeared — was at the helm of that desperate search, which drew of tips from around the country.Timmothy Pitzen Hoax: Man Charged With Claiming to Be Missing Boy
For hours, he insisted that he was Timmothy Pitzen, a missing boy who had vanished in 2011 at the age of 6. He told the authorities that he had escaped from a hotel room where two men had been holding him captive for ages. He said that he had been physically and sexually abused.Timmothy Pitzen Hoax: Man Charged With Claiming to Be Missing Boy
For hours, he insisted that he was Timmothy Pitzen, a missing boy who had vanished in 2011 at the age of 6. He told the authorities that he had escaped from a hotel room where two men had been holding him captive for ages. He said that he had been physically and sexually abused.Wisconsin Judge Blocks Republicans' Move to Limit Democratic Governor's Power
CHICAGO — A Wisconsin judge on Thursday blocked a set of laws pushed through late last year by Republican legislators in Wisconsin that aimed to weaken the power of the state’s newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general, setting off a bitter fight in the state.Freezing Cold Settles In Over the Midwest, Bringing Life to a Standstill
CHICAGO — First came the days of snow. Then the fierce winds. Finally the temperatures plummeted to depths that stunned even Midwesterners. The cold that the middle of the country woke up to on Wednesday was the sort that makes cars moan, that makes breathing hurt, that makes any bit of exposed skin sting.For Sheriff Who Led Search for Jayme Closs, No Sweeter Words Than 'We Got Her'
CHICAGO — When Jayme Closs, 13, appeared along a rural Wisconsin road Thursday, she ended an 88-day search by hundreds of investigators. Chris Fitzgerald, the sheriff of Barron County, Wisconsin — where Jayme’s parents were found dead in their home on the night Jayme disappeared — was at the helm of that desperate search, which drew of tips from around the country.2 Chicago Police Officers Killed by a Train as They Chased a Suspect
CHICAGO — A procession of police cars snaked through this city’s streets before dawn Tuesday, guiding to the morgue the bodies of two Chicago police officers who were struck and killed by a train while chasing someone believed to have fired a gun.Rahm Emanuel, Chicago's departing mayor, in his own words
CHICAGO — Rahm Emanuel, the departing mayor of Chicago, is not slipping away quietly.
Wisconsin Judge blocks Republicans' move to limit Democratic governor's power
CHICAGO — A Wisconsin judge on Thursday blocked a set of laws pushed through late last year by Republican legislators in Wisconsin that aimed to weaken the power of the state’s newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general, setting off a bitter fight in the state.
Chicago, seeking a new mayor, sees many black residents voting with their feet
As Chicagoans go to the polls Tuesday to choose a new mayor in one of the most wide-open elections the nation’s third-largest city has experienced in generations, many African-Americans have cast their votes another way: They have moved out.
For Sheriff who led search for Jayme Closs, no sweeter words than 'we got her'
CHICAGO — When Jayme Closs, 13, appeared along a rural Wisconsin road Thursday, she ended an 88-day search by hundreds of investigators.
For Sheriff who led search for Jayme Closs, no sweeter words than 'we got her'
CHICAGO — When Jayme Closs, 13, appeared along a rural Wisconsin road Thursday, she ended an 88-day search by hundreds of investigators.
