Chicago
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Rennie Davis, 'Chicago Seven' activist, dies at 80
Feb 05, 2021 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - Rennie Davis, one of the 'œChicago Seven'ť activists who was tried for organizing an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the 1968 Democratic National Conventi...
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Chicago Teachers Union: City has stopped negotiating
Feb 05, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Talks over coronavirus safety protocols at public schools in Chicago have broken off after Mayor Lori Lightfoot and district officials walked away from th...
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$22,000 flute lost on Chicago train turns up in pawn shop
Feb 05, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Anyone who's left so much as a hat on a Chicago Transit Authority train knows that whatever leaves the station without its owner often is gone forever. Ex...
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CPS plans to lock out some teachers who don't show up Monday
Feb 05, 2021 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools officials say they will lock out preschool teachers and staff who work with disabled children from remote work if they do...
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Environmental complaint leads to federal discrimination probeFeb 05, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an investigation into the Illinois EPA over whether the planned relocation of an industrial scrap shr...
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Chicago schools, union continue talks over virus safety plan
Feb 04, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago extended remote learning for tens of thousands of public school students after city, school and teachers' union officials on Wednesday were once a...
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Chicago mayor demands teachers return, union offers proposal
Feb 04, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Thursday that the city was reviewing the teachers' union latest proposal on COVID-19 safety protocols to return to class...
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Teachers union sends counter-offer after Lightfoot says she's out of patience
Feb 04, 2021 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday said she had run out of patience with the Chicago Teachers Union, setting up a make-or-break day in negotiations with Chicago Public Sch...
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Kane County traffic stop leads to drug arrestsFeb 04, 2021 12:00 am - A Chicago man was charged with possession with intent to deliver of 11.5 pounds of cannabis after a traffic stop at 2:41 p.m. Jan. 22 on I-90, according to a Kane County...
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5th victim dies after January attacks in Chicago, suburbs
Feb 03, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 15-year-old girl has become the fifth person to die from a series of shootings last month by a Chicago gunman who was later killed in a suburban police ...