Midday News Links: More Than 2 Dozen Arrested In Fight For 15 Protests

By Chuck Sudo in News on Sep 4, 2014 6:30PM

Fast food workers protesting for a higher minimum wage are arrested by police outside a McDonald's on 87th Street in Chatham on the South side, Sept. 4, 2014. (Photo credit: Aaron Cynic/Chicagoist)

• Fast food workers are striking for a minimum wage across the country today and more than two dozen protesters were arrested outside a McDonald's on 87th Street in Chatham this morning. [Tribune]
• The WNBA Chicago Sky is in the league finals. [Tribune]
• Jerome Slowik once won $120,000 on “Jeopardy!” Now he’s charged with sexually abusing a child in Wisconsin. [Tribune]
• Demetries Thorpe received a 30-year sentence for smothering Joshua Summeries, his former girlfriend’s 5-month-old baby and hiding the body in a dumpster last year. Joshua's body was never recovered. [Sun-Times]
• With Starlin Castro sidelined with a sprained ankle (and possibly done for the remainder of the season), Javier Baez will likely see more time at shortstop for the Cubs. [CBS Chicago]