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Rebecca Johnson

Reporter · US

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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Rebecca Johnson

    Chicago’s book translators ‘inhabit’ languages in their work, which is more art than science (opens the original)

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    For Izidora Angel, translating books from her native Bulgarian to English is akin to an actor reading a script. She’ll start by writing five or 10 pages in order to understand the author’s voice — the cadence, the emotional beats. Then she’s able to fully inhabit it. “You have to find all the nooks and crannies of it … otherwise it’s like hitting the (wrong) note on the piano,” the 45-year-old Near West Side resident said. “It doesn’t sound right and everyone can hear it.” Still, Angel felt an u

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Rebecca Johnson

    Idaho authorities say they have a new lead on the Tylenol murders. Illinois investigators are skeptical. (opens the original)

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    An unknown man walked into the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Boise, Idaho, on Dec. 4, 1982. He wore a Seiko watch, a leather belt and a bolo tie made of turquoise and silver. He carried a wallet but no identification. An envelope filled with 19 $100 bills sat inside his shirt pocket. His hair was dyed and he had a deep tan, not common in the Idaho winter. Within hours, he died by suicide inside the church. The cause was cyanide poisoning. The Ada County Sheriff’s Office has spent decades searc

  3. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Rebecca Johnson

    Chicago woman ‘felt relief’ as troubled South Side foster facility’s manager sentenced to 30 years in prison (opens the original)

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    One of the young women who was sexually assaulted by an overnight manager at a troubled South Side foster facility when she was a teenager said she “felt relief” last week after he was sentenced to 30 years in prison. “Initially it was really nerve-wracking … because I didn’t know how things were gonna go,” Yadira Escamilla told the Tribune on Monday. “When the sentencing came, I was just happy that he actually got some time.” Cook County Judge Ursula Walowski handed down the 30-year sentence to

  4. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Rebecca Johnson, Lila Hempel-Edgers - Chicago Tribune (TNS)

    Police say Flock is invaluable. But as misuse mounts, many wonder how to rein in the surveillance system (opens the original)

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    CHICAGO -- The new headlines seem to pop up daily. The Flock cameras were allegedly used by a former sheriff’s deputy in Wisconsin’s Kenosha County to stalk his then-girlfriend, who also worked as a deputy sheriff. In McHenry County, a police chief allegedly searched their vast network of automated cameras nearly 250 times to track former romantic partners and others connected to them. In northwest Indiana, threemisusecases emerged in just one week, while officers in Bloomingdale, West Chica

  5. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Rebecca Johnson

    Police say Flock is invaluable. But as misuse mounts, many wonder how to rein in the surveillance system. (opens the original)

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    The Flock cameras were allegedly used by a former sheriff’s deputy in Wisconsin’s Kenosha County to stalk his then-girlfriend, who also worked as a deputy sheriff. In McHenry County, a police chief allegedly searched their vast network of automated cameras nearly 250 times to track former romantic partners and others connected to them. In northwest Indiana, three misuse cases emerged in just one week, while officers in Bloomingdale, West Chicago, Itasca and Channahon have been put on administrat

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