Chicago 5-year-old boy shot in the head by stray bullet

Dave McNary Film ReporterCleveland Berto has booked roles in the upcoming Sony drama “A Journal for Jordan” opposite Michael B. Jordan and as a series regular in the NBC drama “Chicago P.D.,” Variety has learned exclusively.Denzel Washington will direct and produce “A Journal for Jordan,” which is written by Academy Award nominee Virgil Williams and based on Dana Canedy’s New York Times best-selling memoir, which was published in 2008.

The Chicago Teachers Union has filed a request with the Illinois Education Labor Relations Board (IELRB) on Monday for an injunction against Mayor Lori Lightfoot's school reopening date as coronavirus cases continue to surge across the country.  According to a press release, the union is calling on Chicago Public Schools and Mayor Lightfoot to "set clear and responsible public health criteria by which to honestly judge student and educator safety, instead of arbitrarily setting a reopening date

Chicago authorities reported a violent weekend that saw at least four people killed and 32 others wounded in shootings across the city.  In the latest attack, a man was fatally shot on the city's Northwest Side on Sunday. Officers responded around 5:10 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union is facing swift criticism on social media Sunday after claiming in a now deleted tweet that the push to reopen schools is "rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny." One user replied to the tweet, saying "some people really don't like doing their jobs." Another user responded: "Then why are minority parents suing in California saying virtual learning has left their children behind? You say you care about your students, but you clearly don't." Meanwhile, another Twitter

Kim Kardashian, 40, took to her Instagram story to share a memorable moment with her family as they took in the joy of her son Saint turning five-years-old on Dec. 5.

A Michigan woman was arrested in the cold case deaths of her newborn twins 17 years ago. Antoinette Briley, 41, of Holland, is facing murder charges in connection with the deaths, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said Saturday.

A hotel in the Chicago area has been issued two notices for hosting a large indoor event earlier this week that violated Illinois coronavirus restrictions.  On Wednesday, the Hilton Chicago/Northbrook Hotel hosted a wedding with about 150 guests.

The manhunt for the suspect in a week-old, Chicago-area double homicide and child abduction has been extended to two other states and now involves the FBI. The Chicago FBI said Friday it joined the search for 31-year-old Clarence Hebron, who has been on the run since Nov.

Kim Kardashian, 40, is recycling her all-white Whooville themed Christmas decorations from 2019 — and proving once again how much her kids love them. On December 3, she shared a video to her Instagram stories of her daughter Chicago West, 2, and her son Saint West, 4, hiding among the unconventional holiday decorations, and giggling up a storm.

A 15-year-old boy was arrested this week in connection with the September killing of a 75-year-old man who was beaten and burned to death, authorities said Wednesday.  The unidentified teen faces one count each of first-degree murder and concealment of a homicidal death.The victim, Earl Miller, was beaten with a baseball bat and found burned next to a home on Sept.

Gun violence continues to plague Chicago streets with the city seeing a significant uptick in shootings and murders compared to last year.  On Tuesday, the Chicago Police Department reported 3,790 people were shot through Nov. 30, compared to 2,403 in the same time period last year.

True Thompson, 2, had the best day with her cousins. After Kim Kardashian’s youngest kids – Saint, 4, Chicago, 2, and 1-year-old Psalm West – met up with Khloe Kardashian’s daughter for some late fall fun, and Khloe, 36, shared the adventures to her Instagram (which were shared by a fan account on Nov.

NBC’s Sunday Night Football scored another primetime ratings win last night with its Green Bay-Chicago game — though some may argue it was barely a game with the Packers trampling the Bears 41-25. Nonetheless, SNF topped Sunday despite stumbling from last week’s numbers to a 4.1 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 13.92 million viewers. Those Nielsen Live+Same Day early numbers will likely be adjusted in finals.

Officials in Chicago reported a violent Thanksgiving Day weekend in the city that resulted in 37 shooting victims, including nine who died from their injuries. CBS Chicago reported that the first deadly shooting occurred early Friday when a 30-year-old man was struck in the head by a bullet and died at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Authorities in Chicago said Sunday that shootings this weekend across the city involved at least 47 victims, including five who died. There were six people shot on Saturday morning in the city’s Auburn Gresham, according to ABC7Chicago.

Will Tizard ContributorCinematographer Phedon Papamichael, known for his versatile array of visual styles, from Alexander Payne’s “Nebraska” to James Mangold’s “Ford v Ferrari,” says he knew going into Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” that he would need to do some reading between the lines.Sorkin’s Netflix original film, which recounts the notorious political prosecution of eight defendants charged with inciting riots at the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention, is an impressive

Jordan Moreau “MasterChef Junior” judge Gordon Ramsay donated $50,000 to help late contestant Ben Watkins’ cancer treatment back in August, Variety has confirmed. Watkins died on Monday from a rare form of cancer, called angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma, at the Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerWolf Entertainment remembered director/producer David Rodriguez tonight with a tribute to him on One Chicago, the NBC Wednesday lineup of Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D and Chicago Med..Rodriguez, whose credits include The Chi, Queen of the South, and episodes of all Chicago fseries, died October 29 from complications of a stroke. He was 50.He worked in Corrections and Law Enforcement, including serving time as an undercover narcotics officer in South Florida.

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Another weekend of gun violence in Chicago left one man dead and at least 21 others wounded across the city, according to reports. Violence in the Windy City fell from the previous weekend, during which police said seven people were fatally shot among the 41 shooting victims.