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2 months ago | 
wellandtribune.ca | Joyce Li |Vanessa Tiberio
York police have arrested 20 people and laid 235 charges related to 47 break-ins following a four-month investigation into recent residential break-and-enters throughout the region. “Residential break-and-enters are categorized as a property crime, and all too often, these are discounted as somehow being less important, less serious,” Deputy Chief Alvaro Almeida said at a police press conference Thursday. “But ask residents who have been the victim of these crimes how they feel about these acts.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Joyce Li
Democrat Monica Gordon is projected to win with 65% of the vote for Cook County Clerk, according to The New York Times with data from the Associated Press. Gordon faced Republican candidate Michelle Pennington and Libertarian candidate Christopher Laurent in the special race to fill the remainder of the late Clerk Karen Yarbrough’s term.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Jacob Wendler |Joyce Li |Jerry Wu |William Tong
About a dozen students set up a “Gaza Solidarity Sukkah” on Deering Meadow Wednesday evening to honor the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, call on the U.S. to enact an arms embargo on Israel and push Northwestern to divest from companies tied to the country amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Sukkot, an eight-day celebration that runs Oct. 16 through Oct. 23 this year, marks the fall harvest and commemorates the 40 years Israelites spent wandering the desert after fleeing slavery in Egypt.
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Oct 16, 2024 | dailynorthwestern.com | Jacob Wendler |Joyce Li |Jerry Wu |William Tong
About a dozen students set up a “Gaza Solidarity Sukkah” on Deering Meadow Wednesday evening to honor the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, call on the U.S. to enact an arms embargo on Israel and push Northwestern to divest from companies tied to the country amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Sukkot, an eight-day celebration that runs Oct. 16 through Oct. 23 this year, marks the fall harvest and commemorates the 40 years Israelites spent wandering the desert after fleeing slavery in Egypt.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Joyce Li
A class-action lawsuit filed Monday by two former college students accuses College Board and 40 universities, including Northwestern, of violating antitrust law with a conspiracy to increase attendance costs.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Joyce Li
More than 200 Northwestern community members gathered at Deering Meadow on Monday evening for a candlelight vigil commemorating the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the militant group Hamas. “We’re gathered here tonight to remember and mourn the lives lost and shattered in Israel one year ago today, the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust,” said Medill junior Madeleine Stern, Wildcats for Israel president.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Joyce Li
More than 2,500 scholars, journalists and health professionals have signed a petition as of Sunday demanding that Northwestern reinstate Medill Prof. Steven Thrasher after the University canceled his classes and placed him under investigation. Thrasher’s class cancellations came after he faced misdemeanor charges from Cook County prosecutors for his participation in the pro-Palestinian encampment on Deering Meadow in April.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Joyce Li |William Tong
Medill Prof. Steven Thrasher faces investigation from Northwestern after his involvement in the pro-Palestine encampment on campus in April, and his Fall Quarter classes have been canceled, Medill officials confirmed. Thrasher said he learned about his class cancellations from students days after Cook County prosecutors dropped misdemeanor charges against him in July for his participation in the encampment, along with two other faculty members and a graduate student at NU.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Joyce Li
Northwestern filed a motion Tuesday to dismiss a breach of contract lawsuit that alleged NU’s handling of the pro-Palestinian encampment on Deering Meadow showed “a discriminatory non-enforcement” of its policies to protect students from harassment.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Joyce Li
With their vehicles covered in rainbow streamers, balloons and paper mâché, dozens of families drove through Evanston on Sunday to celebrate Evanston Pride’s fourth annual Youth Car Parade. The parade passed through nearly every ward in the city, ending at Ingraham Park. Spectators lined the streets at Robert Crown Community Center, Fountain Square and the intersection between Chicago Avenue and Main Street.
