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The man accused of shooting a Jewish man who was walking to synagogue in West Rogers Park last weekend now faces additional charges of terrorism and hate crime, officials announced Thursday. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, was arrested Saturday morning following a shootout with Chicago police officers. He allegedly opened fire on responding police officers and paramedics, and was … [Read more...] about Hate crime, terrorism charges added against alleged West Rogers Park shooter

Two unions representing two sets of Chicago city workers, forced to bargain their contracts jointly, are in the midst of an extraordinary spat, accusing each other and the city of playing politics and failing to hold up their ends of the deal. City workers who are members of SEIU Local 73 bargain their contracts jointly with city employees who are members of IBEW Local … [Read more...] about Contract for more than 1,000 city workers in the balance as unions spar, point fingers at city

NEW YORK — Veteran NBC News reporter Andrea Mitchell said Tuesday that she plans to end her weekday MSNBC show after the inauguration of a new president and switch back to a reporting role. Mitchell, 77, has been hosting “Andrea Mitchell Reports” in the daytime lineup since 2008, longer than anyone else at the network. She’s worked for NBC News since 1978, covering every major … [Read more...] about Andrea Mitchell says she’s ending her daytime MSNBC show after 16 years

WASHINGTON — American voters are approaching the presidential election with deep unease about what could follow, including the potential for political violence, attempts to overturn the election results and its broader implications for democracy, according to a new poll. The findings of the survey, conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, speak … [Read more...] about US voters concerned about post-election violence and efforts to overturn the results: AP-NORC poll