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Illinois landlord jailed for decades in hate-crime attack on Palestinian American family has died

Ahmed Rehab, the executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Chicago office, said in a statement on Saturday that “this depraved killer has died, but the hate is still alive and well...

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Illinois landlord convicted in hate crime killing of 6-year-old Palestinian boy dies in custody

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Illinois landlord who killed 6-year-old Muslim boy in 2023 hate crime has died, police say

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Illinois Man Convicted in Killing of Palestinian American Boy Dies in Custody

The case received global attention and stoked fear and outrage among the large Palestinian and Muslim communities in Chicago’s suburbs.

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Joseph Czuba, landlord convicted in murder of Palestinian American boy Wadee Al Fayoumi, dies in prison

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Illinois landlord who killed 6-year-ol Palestinian-American, injured his mother in hate crime stabbing dies in prison

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Gov. Pritzker says state of Illinois is seeing major drop in violent crime alongside Chicago

The crime numbers are shaping up to be the story of the summer in the city. Through this past weekend, homicides are down 30% from the same time period last year in Chicago.

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Dead man found in Illinois, investigators activate Major Case Squad

MADISON, Ill. — Investigators have activated the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis after first responders found a man's body in an Illinois intersection.

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ICE arrests illegal immigrant accused of decapitating Illinois woman after judge set him free

ICE agents arrested Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez in Chicago after he was released from custody despite being charged with concealing the decapitated body of missing woman Megan Bos.

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'Denigrates state autonomy': Judge tosses Trump admin lawsuit targeting sanctuary policies in Illinois and Chicago

On Feb. 5, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a relatively terse 23-page complaint accusing the combined governments and officials of violating the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit alleged the "so-called" sanctuary policies at issue provide non-citizens "safe havens from federal law enforcement detection."

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Illinois mom wants change to state law after man accused of concealing daughter's body was released

Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez faces several charges for allegedly hiding Megan Bos' body. None of those charges rose to the level of severity to warrant detainment in Illinois.