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Group Of Robbers Push Down Woman, Take Her Purse Near Mag Mile, Police Say

The woman was taken to the hospital in good condition, police said.

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DOWNTOWN — A 30-year-old woman was knocked over and robbed by a group of people just off the Magnificent Mile on Wednesday night, police said.

At 7:40 p.m., the woman was in the first block of East Huron Street when a group of boys or men pushed her to the ground, police said. Someone took her bag and the robbers left in a dark-colored car.

The woman was taken to Northwestern Hospital in good condition, police said.

An investigation was ongoing.

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Buoyed By L.A. Strike, Chicago Teachers Union Delivers 75-Item List Of Demands To The City

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The move comes after Hilco received approval to build a massive — and controversial — distribution center at the Crawford Coal Plant site in Little Village.

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