$120 million wrongful conviction settlement

Two Chicago men who were wrongfully convicted of a 2003 murder were awarded a massive settlement from the city.

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John Fulton and Anthony Mitchell both spent 16 years behind bars for the murder. Their lawyers said they were forced into making false confessions by Chicago police and Cook County prosecutors when they were teenagers.

The settlement of a combined $120 million is one of the largest in the country.

Man murdered in E. St. Louis

Police are investigating after the body of the son of a former Major League Baseball player was discovered in an alley Sunday evening in East St. Louis.

According to Illinois State Police, 19-year-old Byron Gettis Jr. had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead. He was the son of Byron Gettis, Sr., who once played for the Kansas City Royals in 2004.

Gettis was home after serving a tour of duty in the military and was headed back in a week.

Southwest changing bag policy

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Southwest Airlines, with a hub at Chicago’s Midway Airport, is doing an about face on its “Bags Fly Free” policy. The airline announced Tuesday that it is ending its more than 50-year baggage policy in May.

The move comes as Southwest is poised to cut 1,750 jobs in April, which will be the first round of layoffs in company history.