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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Evanston police Cmdr. Ryan Glew speaks at the media station at the Hilton Garden Inn Chicago North Shore/Evanston parking lot on March 14. The couple that was targeted in the Evanston swatting incident was also linked to a call regarding a fake incident in Chicago the same day.

On day of Northwestern swatting hoax, calls to Evanston, Chicago police targeted same couple

May 24, 2018

The couple that was targeted in a March swatting incident on Northwestern’s campus was also targeted by a similar hoax call to the Chicago Police Department, the Chicago Tribune reported. The Evanston...

Blotter: Chicago man charged with retail theft of shampoo

April 8, 2018

A Chicago man was arrested in connection with retail theft Friday morning. At approximately 12:40 a.m., officers responded to a report of retail theft at the CVS at 101 Asbury Ave., Evanston police...

Pritzker School of Law. Pritzker Prof. Steven Drizin, one of the attorneys on the case featured in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer,” spoke in a Tuesday Facebook Live conversation on wrongful convictions.

Pritzker professor discusses wrongful convictions, ‘Making a Murderer’ case

February 13, 2018

Pritzker Prof. Steven Drizin said that early in his career, he was asked to represent an 11-year-old boy who confessed to killing his 83-year-old neighbor. It was the moment that the boy told him, “I...

Pritzker School of Law. Lawyers from Northwestern’s MacArthur Justice Center settled a case for an immigrant who was falsely accused of being a gang member.

Northwestern lawyers settle for release of immigrant incorrectly identified as gang member

February 7, 2018

Northwestern lawyers helped settle a case for the release of an undocumented immigrant who was detained for 10 months after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents incorrectly identified him as...

Chad Estep. University Police received an anonymous tip last September that helped lead to the identification of Estep, who allegedly pushed a man off the CTA platform in August.

Anonymous tip to University Police helped lead to arrest in case of man pushed from CTA platform

January 9, 2018

University Police received an anonymous tip this September that helped lead to the identification and arrest of NU doctoral graduate Chad Estep. Estep allegedly pushed Chicago resident Ben Benedict...

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