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 Friday, Dec 29 After the deadliest year in two decades, the first half of 2017 seemed just as grim in Chicago as homicides remained devastatingly high. Then in the second half of the year, homicides plummeted, particularly in two of the city's most violence-plagued neighborhoods. |
| Chicago police disciplinary officials have ruled that an officer was unjustified in the fatal 2015 shooting of a baseball-bat clutching 19-year-old and an innocent bystander. |
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| Chicago area homeowners have hurried to prepay their property taxes before the federal tax code changes Jan. 1, with Cook County residents confident that the tax deduction strategy will work for them but those in the collar counties somewhat less certain. |
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| President Donald Trump seemingly mocked those who accept climate science as true, tweeting that the East Coast will be so cold that global warming may be a good thing. |
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| The fireworks in Springfield didn't stop when the budget war ended. More than 200 new state laws will take effect Jan. 1, changing what people can and can't do in Illinois next year. Take a look at them here. |
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| Glazed and Infused doughnuts will close all five shops permanently. One location, in River North, remains open through Sunday. But the West Loop flagship and main kitchen on Fulton Market, Lincoln Park, Streeterville and Loop locations are now closed to the public. |
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| A trapped kitten was beyond the reach of firefighters. But not an 11-year-old girlA kitten was trapped at the bottom of a backyard catch basin, beyond the reach of firefighters, animal control and other would-be rescuers. All hope was lost until a hero stepped forward — an 11-year-old girl. |
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| How to describe the news in 2017? Never dull? Widely varied? A constant stress? We'll let the most-trafficked stories on chicagotribune.com for each month speak for themselves. |
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