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In this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, photo, Pastor Corey Brooks of the New Beginnings Church poses for a portrait on a under maintained security wall that hugs the sprawling Norfolk Southern train yard and his church on Chicago's South Side. When street-gang thieves slipped into a Norfolk Southern rail yard on Chicago's South Side and ripped locks off one train, they likely expected to see merchandise like toys or tennis shoes. What they beheld instead was a gangster’s jackpot: box after box of brand new guns. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (AP)

Railroad thefts and guns: A deadly mix in Chicago

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FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2014 frame from dash-cam video provided by the Chicago Police Department, Laquan McDonald, right, walks down the street moments before being fatally shot by officer Jason Van Dyke sixteen times in Chicago. (AP)

Chicago moves forward with plan to curb police brutality

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FILE - In this May 19, 2013 file photo, Prince performs at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. A law-enforcement official says that tests show the music superstar died of an opioid overdose. Prince was found dead at his home on April 21, 2016, in suburban Minneapolis. He was 57. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) (Chris Pizzello/invision/ap)

Details emerge in Prince’s overdose death: Addiction specialist was contacted by singer’s reps

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Dennis Hastert goes down: Ex-speaker will plead guilty in hush-money case

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