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A journalist’s coming-out story in the 1970s. Straight reporters taking on the gay beat. Where are we now?

By 1984, after graduating with a journalism degree — and being a very out lesbian — I knew mainstream newsrooms were not for me. I was not going back into the closet for my career.

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A US man facing firearm charges told officers he accidentally shot himself in the leg while dreaming that an intruder was breaking into his home, Fox News reported. Lake County Sheriff’s deputies were called to his suburban home in Chicago, Illinois, following a report of a person with a gunshot…

The daughter of an American woman whose body was found stuffed inside a suitcase at an Indonesian resort island is scheduled to appear in Chicago federal court to change her plea to guilty on charges she helped kill her mother in Bali nine years ago

CHICAGO — After concluding a 6-3 homestand by earning a series victory against the Mets, one with seemingly some get-right vibes attached to it, the Pirates set out on a six-game road trip against a couple division foes feeling pretty good.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Board on Thursday voted to fire a police sergeant for his role in the botched 2019 raid at the home of social worker Anjanette Young.

Former Supt. David Brown argued that 33-year-old Terrell Eason didn’t pose an ‘imminent threat’ when officers opened fire. The police board Thursday found them not guilty of using unnecessary deadly force.