Chicago
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Hyde Park Summer Fest called off
Aug 04, 2021 1:00 am - Rising COVID-19 cases have prompted organizers of another Chicago festival to cancel their plans for 2021. In June, Jonathan Swain, Hyde Park Summer Fest co-organizer, h...
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Suburban Chicago man gets probation in mom's beating death
Aug 03, 2021 7:00 am - GENEVA, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to four years of probation after pleading guilty to beating his mother to death with a baseball ball after ...
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Pro skateboarder faces murder charge in suburban Chicago
Aug 03, 2021 7:00 am - OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. (AP) - A professional skateboarder who has been featured in music videos by Snoop Dogg and Pharrell Williams was ordered held without bond Tuesday...
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Pioneering WMAQ cameraman dies at 88
Aug 03, 2021 1:00 am - When Billy Jennings was a young news photographer at WMAQ-TV, it hit him: He'd landed a big job in a big market with big on-air talent. He started to pace the newsroom f...
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Chicago's Little Italy festival canceled for 2nd year in row
Aug 02, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An annual festival in Chicago's Little Italy neighborhood has been canceled for a second straight year, largely to avoid further stressing vendors already...
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Cirque du Soleil's ''Twas the Night Before ...' to return to ChicagoAug 02, 2021 1:00 am - Cirque du Soleil is returning to the Windy City with a revival of "'Twas the Night Before ..." It plays a 17-performance run at the Chicago Theatre from Nov. 26 to Dec. ...
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Blagojevich sues for right to run again
Aug 02, 2021 1:00 am - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich returned Monday to the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, where he filed a lawsuit challenging a state Senate resolution that prevents him from runn...
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Chicago health care clinics order vaccines for employees
Aug 01, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Health care facilities in the Chicago area that serve some 80,000 low-income patients have joined a growing national push to require their employees to ge...
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Agency: Trump is due $1M tax refund for Chicago skyscraper
Jul 31, 2021 7:00 am - An Illinois tax agency has ruled that former President Donald Trump is due a $1 million refund on the 2011 tax bill for his downtown Chicago skyscraper, but local offici...
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Endangered shorebirds lose 2 chicks at Chicago beachfront
Jul 31, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two endangered shorebirds that birding enthusiasts have tracked for years along a Chicago beachfront have lost two chicks in their second nesting setback ...