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The trial — a first for thousands of similar cases across the country to make it to a jury — has lasted three weeks. The jury of nine women and three men will now deliberate over whether the heartburn drug caused an 89-year-old Brookfield woman's colon cancer.
The bizarre details in a police report describe how the mother was followed by at least one man into a Northwest Side home. The man punched her repeatedly before he forced her and her baby into a waiting SUV as she yelled for help.
Ald. Emma Mitts said she accepted the mayor's offer to chair the Housing Committee and thought she had a deal — until Tuesday, when she was told the job has been promised to Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, who resigned as Zoning chair after being accused of bullying Mitts.
From targeting humanitarian vehicles to standing by as mobs attack trucks, Israel is blocking aid from reaching Gaza.