Tag: #Chicago
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Chicago, Toronto game called off after Covid alert
Los Angeles, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):The NBA has postponed Sunday’s clash between the Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors in Florida after the Raptors were unable to raise a team due to Covid-19, the league said. A statement said the game at the Amalie Arena in Tampa had been shelved “because of positive test results and ongoing…
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India to be made accountable on its crimes in IIOJK: Counsel General Pakistan Chicago
CHICAGO, AUGUST 10 (ONLINE): Pakistan Counsel General Chicago, Javed Ahmad Imrani has said illegal and unilateral steps by India in Occupied Kashmir are blatant violations of their fundamental rights , and right to the self determination of Kashmiris and UN Security Council (SC) resolutions on plebiscite. He expressed these views in an article published in…
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Rapper Juice WRLD died of accidental opioid overdose: autopsy
Los Angeles, Jan 23 (AFP/APP): The rapper Juice WRLD died of an accidental opioid overdose, Chicago’s medical examiner said Wednesday, one month after the rising artist suffered a seizure at one of the city’s airports. “The manner of death is accident,” the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said of the December 8th death of the…
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Rising US rap artist Juice WRLD dies at 21
New York, Dec 8 (AFP/APP): Chicago-born rapper Juice WRLD, one of a wave of young artists who earned attention on streaming platforms before breaking out as chart-toppers and social media celebrities, died Sunday at the age of 21, according to local authorities. A spokeswoman from the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office in Illinois confirmed the…
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Chicago policeman’s bodyslam sparks outrage
Washington, Nov 30 (AFP/APP): A video of a Chicago policeman slamming a man into the pavement has added new tensions to the city’s strained police-public relations, with the mayor on Friday calling it “very disturbing.” Police said the incident took place Thursday in the Chatham neighborhood in Chicago’s Southeast Side, when a man, who had…
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Bivol overpowers Castillo to retain WBA belt
Los Angeles, Oct 13 (AFP/APP): Russian boxer Dmitry Bivol overpowered Lenin Castillo with a dominating attack to retain his WBA light heavyweight belt on Saturday in Chicago. Bivol cruised to a unanimous decision, winning almost every round and knocking the challenger down in the sixth round of a slow paced fight in front of a…