Chicago
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Classes canceled a 3rd day amid Chicago teacher strike
Oct 20, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - More than 300,000 public school students in Chicago are getting another day off as contract talks continue between the teachers' union and the nation's th...
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Best bets: Spend an 'An Evening with Travis Tritt' at the GeneseeOct 20, 2019 7:00 am - Heralding the hunt Conductor Nicholas Kraemer leads the Music of the Baroque in hunting-inspired pieces in the concert “The Chase - Haydn, Handel & Rameau” this week at ...
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Chicago mobster 'Joey the Clown' Lombardo dies in prison
Oct 20, 2019 1:00 am - Notorious Chicago Outfit killer Joseph "Joey the Clown" Lombardo died Saturday while serving a life prison sentence, federal prosecutors said on Sunday. Lombardo was 90 ...
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Chicago lawmakers push stricter legislation for farm animals
Oct 19, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Urban farming has become more common in Chicago neighborhoods, and now lawmakers have begun pushing for stricter legislation that could regulate the numbe...
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Chicago strike means day off for some, emergency for others
Oct 19, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago parents leaned on family, friends and community groups as 25,000 teachers in the nation's third-largest school district went on strike this past w...
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Ravinia's leader stepping down after 2020 season
Oct 19, 2019 1:00 am - Welz Kauffman, the Ravinia Festival president and CEO who has helmed the world-renowned music behemoth in Highland Park for nearly two decades, will be stepping down fro...
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Lightfoot: Teacher talks progress, classes unlikely to resume Monday
Oct 19, 2019 1:00 am - The Chicago Teachers Union and city leaders each praised "progress" made at the bargaining table as the teachers' strike entered its third day, but Mayor Lori Lightf...
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Chicago's mayor says top cop drinking before incident in car
Oct 18, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's mayor said Friday that the city's top police officer told her he'd had "a couple of drinks with dinner" before he fell asleep at a stop sign whi...
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New Chicago mayor faces familiar problems as teachers strike
Oct 18, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot swept into office this spring declaring it "a new day" for the nation's third-largest city. She pledged to change the way Cit...
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Chicago-area relatives charged in undocumented workers case
Oct 18, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Four relatives are charged with employing at least 18 undocumented workers at their suburban Chicago sheet-metal company. The case announced Friday is a r...