Chicago
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From ho-hum to 6 levels: New parking lot at O’Hare’s Terminal 5 hits milestoneMay 13, 2024 11:25 am - Anyone who’s parked at O’Hare International Airport’s Terminal 5 knows the lot is about as fancy as a strip mall’s. That will change in October when the Chicago Departme...
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University of Chicago clears a pro-Palestinian demonstration as MIT confronts a new encampment
May 07, 2024 7:15 am - Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday as tension ratcheted up in standoffs with demonstrators at other college campuses around the U.S. — and increasingly, in Europe.
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Dino-might: Field Museum’s Archaeopteryx may be the ‘most important fossil ever’May 06, 2024 6:11 pm - The Field Museum’s iconic T. rex, Sue, may be a little jealous. There’s a new exhibit in town, Archaeopteryx, and it’s “perhaps the most important fossil ever discovered,...
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As Chicago Trader Joe’s votes on unionizing, grocer fights other efforts
Apr 30, 2024 8:17 am - The outcome of a vote on unionizing a Trader Joe’s on Chicago’s North Side is unclear after ballots were tallied late Monday in a closely watched union election at the na...
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Off-duty Chicago police officer shot to death
Apr 21, 2024 8:38 pm - An off-duty Chicago police officer was shot to death early Sunday in Gage Park on the Southwest Side in what sources described as an apparent carjacking. Officers respond...
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Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs long-standing frustrations among Black residents
Apr 21, 2024 6:00 am - The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black neighborhood it served, symbolizing a city indifferent to their interests...
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Chicago shooting kills 7-year-old girl and wounds 7 people including small children, police say
Apr 14, 2024 8:11 am - Eight people were shot including a young girl who was killed in what Chicago police believe was gang-related violence on the city's South Side on Saturday night. The 7-ye...
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Videos show Chicago police fired nearly 100 shots over 41 seconds during fatal traffic stop
Apr 09, 2024 2:46 pm - Plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 gun shots over 41 seconds during a traffic stop that left one man dead and one officer injured, according to graphic...
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A woman is killed and 4 other people are wounded in a Chicago shooting early Sunday
Mar 31, 2024 3:25 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — A 19-year-old woman was killed and four other people were wounded in a shooting early Sunday in Chicago, police said. The five females were in a business o...
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Report: Canada’s wildfires push Chicago to second most polluted major city in the U.S.Mar 19, 2024 5:58 pm - With an unfortunate boost from Canadian wildfires, Chicago’s air quality dropped a notch in 2023, identifying the city as the second most polluted in the United States, a...