Caroline Kubzansky

Caroline Kubzansky covers afternoons and evenings for the Metro desk. She previously covered local government and goings-on throughout the north and northwest suburbs for the Tribune's Pioneer Press. She is a committed Chicago partisan and a native of Washington, D.C.

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Jury awards former nurse falsely accused of battering infant nearly $3.9M

June 12, 2024 at 5:02 p.m.

Eight years after a nurse was falsely accused of breaking an infant’s arm during treatment at the University of Illinois at Chicago Hospital, a federal jury has awarded the woman...

Riot Fest will move from Douglass Park in North Lawndale to a new location set to be revealed Wednesday, its founder shared on social media Tuesday night.

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Riot Fest to leave Douglass Park following years of community tension, founder says

June 12, 2024 at 10:16 a.m.

Riot Fest will move from Douglass Park in North Lawndale to a new location set to be revealed Wednesday, its founder shared on social media Tuesday night.

Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle stood among Northwest Side elected officials Tuesday night hailing the opening of a shelter for newly arrived migrants in the Portage Park neighborhood as the city approaches the second anniversary of receiving buses of migrants from the southern border.

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Officials celebrate migrant shelter opening in Portage Park

June 12, 2024 at 5:11 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle stood among Northwest Side elected officials Tuesday night hailing the opening of a shelter for newly arrived migrants in the Portage...

Officers responded to a report of a person shot and found the guard lying outside on the 1400 block of South Morgan Street at around 4:09 a.m.

Crime and Public Safety |
Security guard is fatally shot in Little Italy. ‘He was such a workaholic.’

June 11, 2024 at 3:38 p.m.

Officers responded to a report of a person shot and found the guard lying outside on the 1400 block of South Morgan Street at around 4:09 a.m.

A teenage girl and preteen boy were hospitalized Friday night after each were shot in a large gathering in the Douglas neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.

Crime and Public Safety |
Boy, 12, and girl, 15 wounded at large group gathering: police

June 8, 2024 at 9:22 a.m.

A teenage girl and preteen boy were hospitalized Friday night after each were shot in a large gathering in the Douglas neighborhood on the South Side, authorities said.

U.S. Labor Department investigators opened probes into four companies the day after a pair of workers fell nine stories from scaffolding at a University of Chicago construction site.

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Officials investigate accidental death of construction worker, remembered as ‘wicked sharp,’ loyal to loved ones

June 11, 2024 at 4:48 p.m.

U.S. Labor Department investigators opened probes into four companies the day after a pair of workers fell nine stories from scaffolding at a University of Chicago construction site.

The home where Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed to death and mother was seriously injured in unincorporated Will County. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Crime and Public Safety |
Mom of Palestinian boy who was fatally stabbed in Will County files suit against alleged killer

June 7, 2024 at 5:59 p.m.

Months after surviving a knife attack in unincorporated Will County that killed a 6-year-old Palestinian boy, the child’s mother has sued the alleged attacker.

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