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  • Jennifer Hudson Family Killing Update

    msnbc.com 3 weeks, 6 days ago

    Entertainment Tonight. The trial for the man accused of killing three members of Jennifer Hudson's family is set to begin this spring in Chicago. Cook County Judge Charles Burns decided Thursday to begin jury selection on April 9 in the trial of William Balfour. Jennifer Hudson Joins New Reality Show Competition Balfour -- the estranged husband of Jennifer Hudson's sister, Julia -- is charged with first-degree murder in the October 2008 slayings of Hudson's mother, brother and nephew. Prosecutors allege the

  • Chicago Cop Guilty Of Reckless Homicide, DUI In Death Of Cyclist

    suntimes.com 4 weeks, 1 day ago

    A Cook County jury Wednesday found Chicago cop Richard Bolling , who ran over and killed a 13-year-old cyclist , guilty of reckless homicide and drunken driving. Bolling faces up to 15 years in prison.

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Cook County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, with its county seat in Chicago. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles County. The county has 5,194,675 residents, which is 40.5 percent of all Illinois residents. Cook County's population is larger than that of 29 individual U.S. states and the combined populations of the seven smallest U.S. states. There are over 130 incorporated municipalities in Cook County, the largest of which is Chicago, which makes up approximately 54% of the population of the county. That part of the county which lies outside of the Chicago city limits is divided into 30 townships. Geographically the county is the fifth largest in Illinois by land area and shares the state's Lake Michigan shoreline with Lake County. Cook County is mainly urban and very densely populated, containing the City of Chicago and many suburbs.
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