Body found in Calumet City not yet identified
Calumet City police say a woman's unclothed body found near vacant businesses behind a forest preserve is not yet identified as Nailah Franklin. Her sister and other relatives disputed early confirmation, while investigators pursue verification through Chicago detectives. Franklin, 28, had been missing since Sept. 19 after not attending a work meeting.
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Russell Larson
Nailah Franklin
Hammond
Ind
Wfld-Tv
Franklin
Jon Merrill
Andrew Holmes
Lehia Franklin Acox
Caterpillar retirees wary of GM UAW VEBA deal
Retired Caterpillar workers in Peoria express skepticism about a tentative GM UAW contract that includes a VEBA health trust for retirees. They recall Caterpillar’s 1998 VEBA funded at 32.3 million dollars, which was depleted within six years amid rising medical costs, fueling wariness of the new arrangement.
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Caterpillar Inc
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
Caterpillar
UAW
VEBA
Stan Valentine
Missing railroad spikes expose rail system vulnerability
Chicago area Metra workers found a dozen spikes missing on a South Side commuter line. Experts warn open unguarded tracks invite sabotage with potential derailment risks. FBI probes the incident amid broader concerns over freight and passenger rail safety nationwide.
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David Heyman
Homeland Security Program
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Washington, D.C
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FBI
Federal Railroad Administration
United States
American Public Transportation Association
California
Arizona Desert
Chicago police reputation hit as federal probe widens
Federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald announced a federal probe into a Chicago drugs and gangs unit amid new charges that a suspended officer planned to murder a fellow cop who might testify. The inquiry also targets alleged torture in the 1980s and perjury in civil suits.
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U.S
Patrick Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Police Department
Cook County
Area 2
Jon Burge
G. Flint Taylor
Finnigan
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