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Officer Luis Huesca was 8th officer to die by gunfire in Illinois since 2020
Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca’s death Sunday marked at least the eighth time a police officer in Illinois has died by gunfire since 2020, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a national non-profit that keeps data on law enforcement deaths.
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NBC 5 Investigates files lawsuit against Johnson administration seeking public records related to migrants
NBC 5 Investigates filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court Friday against Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration, alleging the City of Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications has withheld certain public records related to the migrant crisis.
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Lurie Children's Hospital investigating claims that stolen data was sold online
Lurie Children’s Hospital says it is investigating claims that information reportedly stolen during a recent cyberattack against the hospital was sold online, NBC 5 Investigates has learned.
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Records reveal potential gaps in Johnson's administration approach to health care for migrants
Internal city documents obtained by NBC 5 Investigates show Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration was aware as far back as October that “overcrowding individuals” in the city’s migrant shelters put both migrants and shelter staff at “higher risk of contagious illnesses.” Those same records, obtained by NBC 5 Investigates through a series of Freedom of Information Act requests, show that the…
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5-year old migrant boy died as a result of sepsis, per Cook County medical examiner
A 5-year old boy, Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero, who was found unresponsive at a Pilsen migrant shelter in December, died as a result of sepsis due to strep; COVID-19 and two other viral infections were listed as contributing factors, NBC 5 Investigates learned late Friday from Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
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CTA ignored federal investigators' recommendations to install mandated train control system
NBC 5 Investigates is learning more about safety concerns on the CTA prior to Thursday’s Yellow Line train crash.
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Radio traffic sheds light on CTA Yellow Line crash, one of worst in agency's history
NBC 5 investigates has more insight into what happened in the moments before a Yellow line train crashed in one of the worst collisions in the agency’s history.
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Questions loom about camps as Johnson announces new approach to migrant crisis
CHICAGO – Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a shift Wednesday in the how city will approach the migrant crisis. While details were scarce, Johnson said this would include new financial commitments from both Cook County and the state of Illinois. Johnson told reporters the new plan would involve a tiered 60-day stay limit for migrants in city shelters, more resources to…
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City still assessing Brighton Park migrant camp site despite signing 6-month contract
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration said on Friday that it was still “in the process” of determining whether a vacant lot in Brighton Park will be used as a base camp to house migrants, despite the city signing a six-month land use contract with the property owners that could cost taxpayers more than $548,000. NBC 5 Investigates was first to report…
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Chicago signs land use contract for $91K per month to house migrants in vacant lot in Brighton Park
NBC 5 Investigates has learned the city of Chicago has signed a land use contract with the owners of a vacant lot in Brighton Park to use the property to provide temporary housing for migrants.
