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Chicago: woman who killed mom in Bali indicted on U.S. murder charge

Chicago: woman who killed mom in Bali indicted on U.S. murder charge

By DON BABWIN and KATHLEEN FOODY, Associated Press Troy Warren for ChicagoNewsAndTalk.Com  CHICAGO — A Chicago woman who served more than seven years in an Indonesian prison for killing her mother at a luxury resort on the island of Bali has been indicted on murder conspiracy charges in the United States and taken into federal custody. FBI agents took Heather Mack, 26, into custody on her arrival at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago. Mack has been charged with conspiring to kill her mother Sheila von Wiese-Mack in a U.S. indictment that…
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Chicago: Hundreds arrive for funeral of slain Chicago police officer

Chicago: Hundreds arrive for funeral of slain Chicago police officer

By Don Babwin, The Associated Press Troy Warren for ChicagoNewsAndTalk.Com Hundreds of police officers from across Illinois and beyond have gathered for a funeral Mass to remember a Chicago police officer who was fatally shot earlier this month Scores of police officers stood to attention as the casket containing the body of a Chicago police officer fatally shot this month was carried into a South Side church for her funeral Thursday morning. A sea of officers in their dress blue uniforms formed outside St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel as mourners — including Mayor Lori Lightfoot, former Mayor Richard M. Daley,…
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Chicago: Chicago Cubs – Court papers reveal new allegations in Ben Zobrist divorce

Chicago: Chicago Cubs – Court papers reveal new allegations in Ben Zobrist divorce

By Avery Newmark, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for ChicagoNewsAndTalk.Com 7-day trial scheduled to begin Aug. 9 in Franklin, Tennessee Several new bombshells have come to light in the bitter and lengthy divorce of former Chicago Cubs player Ben Zobrist and his estranged wife Julianna, who are scheduled to appear in court next month amid a newly filed lawsuit from May that alleges Julianna had a year-long affair with their Nashville pastor Bryon Yawn. Court documents detailed this week in the Chicago Tribunereveal that Julianna accused Ben of “basically giving up” and losing out on income when he “intentionally and voluntarily” took…
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