Todd Feurer

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The American Red Cross hosted a blood drive Thursday at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. Thursday is also World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, to bring attention to a disease often treated with blood transfusions. The Red Cross said they usually get fewer blood donations during the summer, so giving blood is more important now than ever. Donors at Thursday's event got free admission to the zoo. Blood Donation Red Cross Brookfield Zoo

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A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday denied singer R. Kelly's bid to be released to home detention, ruling that she does not have the jurisdiction to rule on his attorneys' claims that federal authorities are plotting to kill him in prison. Earlier this month, Kelly's attorneys filed an emergency motion seeking his immediate release to home detention, claiming his life is in danger as he serves a 30-year prison sentence for various sex crimes.

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A man shot himself in the head during an exchange of gunfire with police Wednesday morning outside a hotel in Chesterton, Indiana, an autopsy determined on Thursday. The Porter County Coroner's Office said 45-year-old Joseph Gerber, of Winamac, Indiana, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, and his death was deemed a suicide. An autopsy revealed he also suffered multiple other gunshot wounds.

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Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel considering presidential run, Crain's reports Former Chicago Mayor and Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel is reportedly considering a run for president in 2028. In an interview with Crain's Chicago Business, Emanuel said he's looking at the Democratic field and what he could contribute. The former mayor has been making the media rounds, talking about what the party needs to do to bring voters back to its caucus.

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The co-owner of a Chicago COVID-19 testing laboratory was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Wednesday for a fraud scheme in which in which his company provided fake negative results to people who had been tested and billed the federal government for the tests. Zishan Alvi, 46, of Inverness, Illinois, pleaded guilty last fall to one count of wire fraud. U.S. District Judge John J.