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Injuries, arrests in clashes between protesters and police

May.20, 2012 | Comment

A standoff between police and anti-war demonstrators near the NATO summit at McCormick Place left several protesters bloodied and led to dozens of arrests, as delegates gathered for the first of two days of meetings. The confrontation, which flared up... »

Little to protest about transportation

May.20, 2012 | Comment

World leaders might have little to discuss at future summits if efforts to prevent wars and end world hunger went as well overall as the flow of humanity on Chicago-area highways, trains and buses during what was expected to be a traffic-stopping NATO... »

NATO Saturday: Trains, protesters, charges

May.20, 2012 | Comment

NATO Saturday began with police clearing commuter trains on the South Side and protesters walking through Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s North Side neighborhood. By early afternoon, a judge had set bond at $1.5 million bond for three protesters charged with a... »

2 accused in bomb-making schemes tied to NATO summit

May.20, 2012 | Comment

Two more men have been charged with planning to make explosives to be used during the NATO summit. But authorities said they are not connected to three men in their 20s who were arrested in a Bridgeport raid earlier this week and charged under the state&... »

Anti-war protesters rally in Grant Park, now on the march

May.20, 2012 | Comment

A massive anti-war protest in Grant Park has now taken to the streets, as an estimated 4,000 demonstrators have begun a slow, sweaty march south toward the shadow of the NATO summit at McCormick Place. Chanting “No NATO, no way,” and “... »