Chicago
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The Latest: Chicago Teachers Union head slams Rauner
Apr 20, 2016 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - The Latest on school funding in Illinois and Chicago Public Schools' contract negotiations (all times local): 1:35 p.m. The head of the Chicago ...
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Educators pressure Illinois lawmakers over school funding
Apr 20, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Educators on Wednesday amped up the pressure on Illinois leaders for more school and university funding with protests in Springfield and fierce criticism ...
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NHL suspends Blackhawks' Shaw for using homophobic slurApr 20, 2016 1:00 am - Almost in tears and his voice shaking, Andrew Shaw stood before eight TV cameras and more than 20 media members to apologize for the hateful words he spewed at officials...
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Ex-Dorothy Brown worker pleads guilty to lying to grand jury
Apr 19, 2016 11:00 pm - Cook County's embattled circuit court clerk may have won the Democratic primary last month, but her trouble at the federal courthouse continued to haunt her Wednesday. F...
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Latos helps Chicago White Sox snap three-game losing streakApr 19, 2016 10:01 pm - Mat Latos continued his early push for American League Comeback Player of the Year honors Tuesday night at U.S. Cellular Field. Trying to fully recover from left knee su...
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Rod Daniel, director of 'Teen Wolf,' TV comedies, dead at 73
Apr 19, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Movie director Rod Daniel, known for light comedy films such as Michael J. Fox's "Teen Wolf," has died at his home in Chicago. He was 73. Daniel's family ...
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Shooting kills 1, injures 4 during Chicago rap video filming
Apr 19, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say one man is dead and four others are wounded after someone opened fire on a group filming a rap video in a park on the city's South Side...
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Thousands attend funeral for slain Ohio police officer
Apr 19, 2016 7:00 am - WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Law enforcement officers from as far away as Colorado have joined thousands of mourners at funeral services for an Ohio police officer who was k...
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FBI addiction documentary to be screened at Illinois school
Apr 19, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A documentary about drug addiction made for schools by the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration is being screened in suburban Chicago. FBI Director...
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Chicago area sees rise in overdose deaths linked to fentanyl
Apr 19, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities in Chicago are seeing more overdose deaths from the powerful painkiller fentanyl and its derivatives. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Offic...