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    Cook Co.’s top prosecutor takes lead in trial of alleged cop killer

    Four years ago, Chicago Police Officer Alejandro “Alex” Valadez became another “grim statistic,” Cook County’s top prosecutor told a jury Monday. Then Anita Alvarez pointed to Christopher Harris, 24, an alleged gunman seated quietly nearby wearing glasses and a dark cardigan sweater. “And this defendant?” Alvarez said. “Well, this defendant became a murderer.”

    Deadline missed, government shuts down for first time in 17 years

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    Congress plunged the U.S. government into a partial shutdown Tuesday for the first time in nearly two decades, as a conservative attempt to derail President Read More