Beginning Friday, Chicago Will See Sunset Times After 7 p.m.

Beginning Friday, Chicago Will See Sunset Times After 7 p.m.

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Here are today's top stories It's Thursday, Sep. 15th. 1 Beginning Friday, Chicago Will See Sunset Times After 7 p.m. The return of pumpkin spice lattes may be the unofficial start to fall, but there's no escaping it now: the days are officially getting shorter, and it's getting darker, earlier. And on Thursday, Chicago will see it's final sunrise after 7 p.m. According to NBC 5 Storm Team, the sun will set Thursday at 7:01 p.m. One day later on Friday, the sunset will set at 6:58 p.m. Read More → 2 3-Year-Old, 8-Year-Old Wounded in 2 Different Shootings Across Chicago Shortly afterwards, at 9:54 p.m. in the 700 block of E. 93rd Street, a 3-year-old male was sleeping inside his home when police say shots were fired outside the residence. According to authorities, a family member discovered the boy with a gunshot wound in the left elbow. Emergency responders rushed him to a nearby hospital where he was last listed in good condition, authorities said. The Chicago Sun-Times Wire contributed to this report. Read More → 3 Rail Worker Strike Averted For Now, But Some Metra, Amtrak Trains May Still Have Disrupted Schedules A potentially devastating and disruptive freight rail way worker strike has been averted —for now — and a "tentative" railway labor agreement between labor unions and railroad companies has been reached, the White House said early Thursday, just one day before Friday's deadline. "The tentative agreement reached tonight is an important win for our economy and the American people," a statement from President Joe Biden read. "I thank the unions and rail companies for negotiating in good faith and reaching a tentative agreement that will keep our critical rail system working and avoid disruption of our economy." According to a report from NBC News, freight workers were threatening to strike as early as Friday for reasons including higher pay, more generous paid leave, and a renegotiation of strict attendance policies that makes it difficult to take time off. Read More → 4 Which Charges Was R. Kelly Found Guilty of in Federal Trial? A jury has found singer R. Kelly guilty on numerous charges at his federal trial in Chicago. Kelly faced four counts of producing child porn, one of conspiring to obstruct justice by fixing the 2008 trial, one of conspiring to receive child porn, two of actually receiving it and five of enticing minors for sex. Here's how the jury found: Read More → 5 Man Injured in Chicago Lawn Gas Explosion, Authorities Say A man was hospitalized after a gas explosion badly-damaged his home in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, officials said. According to Chicago fire officials, the explosion occurred in the 6600 block of South Claremont Wednesday. Authorities say that the force of the explosion caused at least two sides of the home to collapse, briefly trapping the man inside. Read More → 6 No, the End of Cash Bail is Not a 'Purge Law' in Illinois. Here's What We Know Across social media and in political speeches and ads are opinions about Illinois' elimination of cash bail as part of new legislation set to take effect in the coming months. While other states, including New Jersey and New York, have passed legislation largely curtailing the use of cash bail for pretrial detentions, the state of Illinois will go one step further in January and eliminate cash bail entirely. The law has been front and center in election campaigns. Some on social media have dubbed it a so-called "purge law," likening it to the horror film "The Purge," in which criminal activity of all kinds is allowed for 12 hours. Others have claimed it will lead to "non-detainable offenses," a claim legislators and Gov. J.B. Pritzker have said is false. Read More → Got a tip or story idea? tips@nbcchicago.com Follow NBC Chicago Unsubscribe from this Mailing | Unsubscribe from all | Privacy | Terms ©2021 Copyright NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations 30 Rockefeller Plaza - New York, NY 10112