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CTA chief announces exit amid funding woesJan 13, 2025 10:47 am - CTA President Dorval Carter, who oversaw projects like the Red Line extension, is retiring. He faced pressure to step down over issues like ridership drops and crime.
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Dead body found in wheel well of United plane from Chicago to Maui
Dec 26, 2024 7:34 am - Maui police are investigating the discovery of a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Maui, the airline and police department said in statements on Wednesday.
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Chicago middle-schooler finds goose poop that has cancer-fighting compound
Dec 23, 2024 3:06 pm - When Camarria Williams, 13, stumbled upon goose poop in a neighborhood park, she enthusiastically scooped some up. She and six other students were looking for bacteria samples. She learned, with university researchers’ help, that her goose poop contained a cancer-fighting compound.
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Suspect in 3 deaths killed by police in far-right influencer's Chicago-area neighborhood
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IBM to build new quantum computer in state-backed technology park
Dec 17, 2024 2:40 pm - IBM, the tech giant known for revolutionizing computing over the past 70 years, is setting up shop on Chicago’s South Side to develop what could be the field’s next big l...
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Why you won’t be able to use Kennedy Expressway reversibles until mid-JanuaryDec 17, 2024 11:44 am - Upgrade complications are delaying the Kennedy Expressway reversible lanes reopening, with lots of work going on “behind the scenes.”
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Chicago to be ground zero for mass deportations, Trump border czar tells Illinois Republicans
Dec 10, 2024 4:12 pm - Tom Homan made his remarks at a Northwest Side GOP holiday party. He also warned Mayor Brandon Johnson about the deportation plan, saying, “If he doesn’t want to help, get the hell out of the way.”
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Cloud computing tax threatens Chicago’s Silicon Valley dream
Dec 10, 2024 11:06 am - Chicago’s bid to become the Silicon Valley of the Midwest has registered some major wins in recent years: Google bought a huge downtown building, PsiQuantum Corp. announced a $1 billion investment in the city, and local startups raised a record $19 billion in 2022.
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US closes investigation into E. coli outbreak linked to onions in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders
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Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned