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A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Terrance Wright, an 18-year-old gay teen killed earlier this month. ?A 14-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Terrance Wright, an 18-year-old gay teen killed earlier this month on Chicago's South Side. The boy, whose name was not released, was charged with the murder in Juvenile Court on Monday, the Chicago Tribune reported. Police believe the boy shot Terrance Wright in the chest on October 20 after he left his high school in the Jeffrey Manor neighborhood. The teen died from his wounds eight days before he would have turned 19. Police were directed to the boy by his mother. The victim's family has previously said they believed Terrance was murdered because he was openly gay. ?I believe they only did that to him because he was gay,? said Javone Wright, Terrance's 16-year-old brother. ?What they going to rob him of ? his books?? rhetorically asked Wright's uncle, Tywan Bouldin, who also believes his nephew died because

Terrance Wright was murdered Friday on Chicago's South Side and his family believes he was killed because he was gay. Eighteen-year-old Terrance Wright was murdered Friday on Chicago's South Side and his family believes he was killed because he was gay. CBS Chicago reported that Wright lost his life at 99th and Yates. Police speculate that he died in the course of an attempted robbery. The Banner Academy South High School senior was approached after leaving his school in the Jeffrey Manor neighborhood, The Chicago Tribune reported. Police said Terrance fought back five attackers and was shot in the chest. Wright's family claims that the teen was murdered because he was openly gay. ?I believe they only did that to him because he was gay,? said Javone Wright, Terrance's 16-year-old brother. ?What they going to rob him of ? his books?? rhetorically asked Wright's uncle, Tywan Bouldin, who also believes his nephew died because of his sexual orientation. Bouldin said Terrance was bullied at

With charm, hidden steel and growing political skill, First Lady Michelle Obama is injecting a timely jolt of verve into her husband's battered political brand.

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson wiped away tears as her brother-in-law was sentenced to life in prison by a judge in Illinois on Tuesday for slaying her mother, brother and young nephew in 2008.

Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson wiped away silent tears as a jury read the verdict she had long awaited: her brother-in-law was guilty of killing her mother, brother and young nephew.

A Chicago jury on Friday found the brother-in-law of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson guilty of all charges of killing her mother, brother and young nephew.

The fate of the man accused of killing Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and young nephew was handed to a jury after prosecutors said a "tsunami" of evidence pointed to his guilt.

Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law threatened to kill her family if her sister left him and made good on that promise in a horrific triple homicide, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, choking back tears, testified Monday how no one in her family wanted her sister to marry the man who is accused of murdering her mother, brother and nephew.

First Lady Michelle Obama has kicked off an election-year charm offensive with an appearance at a celebrity campaign event and some light-hearted banter on a late night comedy show.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. poverty rate hit its highest level since 1993 last year with a record 46 million Americans living below the poverty line, according to a government report on Tuesday that depicted the grim effects of stubbornly high unemployment.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman in a headscarf runs into the street to calm a crowd before violence erupts. "This is what a war zone looks like," a voiceover declares.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some of the largest U.S. grocers said on Wednesday that they would join forces with First Lady Michelle Obama to bring healthy food to parts of the country, urban and rural, where access to fresh groceries is poor.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some of the largest U.S. grocers said on Wednesday that they would join forces with First Lady Michelle Obama to bring healthy food to parts of the country, urban and rural, where access to fresh groceries is poor.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some of the largest U.S. grocers said on Wednesday that they would join forces with First Lady Michelle Obama to bring healthy food to parts of the country, urban and rural, where access to fresh groceries is poor.

As ex-Obama advisor Emanuel is cleared to run for Chicago mayor, list of candidates narrows. Rahm Emanuel is a resident of Chicago and eligible to run for mayor, city elections officials ruled Thursday, removing the primary obstacle to the former White House chief of staff's bid to lead the nation's third-largest city.

IL state senator withdraws from Chicago mayoral race, wants other black candidates to follow. Illinois state Sen. James Meeks withdrew his candidacy for Chicago mayor on Thursday, and he urged other African-American candidates to follow his lead and rally what he called a divided black community around a single candidate.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Four young men will go on trial beginning next month over the 2009 videotaped beating death of a Chicago high school student that was viewed globally and led to promised reforms from official Washington.

Chicago authorities charge 18-year-old in stabbing deaths of 3 found dead in South Side home. Authorities in Chicago have charged an 18-year-old boy in the stabbing deaths of a mother and her two daughters, who were found dead in their home on the city's South Side.