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CHICAGO — A woman trying to enter a Lincoln Park home just after midnight early Sunday was attacked by a knife-wielding rapist, police said.

It happened in the 1900 block of North Orchard Street.

The man came up to the woman as she tried to get into a home. He pulled out a knife and sexually assaulted her, police.

He then ran off, stealing some of the woman's possessions.

Police were unable to provide a detailed description of the rapist.