Chicago
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Avian enthusiasts try to counter the deadly risk of Chicago high-rises for migrating birds
Oct 13, 2024 6:00 am - This fall, McCormick Place unveiled new bird-safe window film on one of its glass buildings along the Lake Michigan shore.
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‘We’re continuing to make progress’: Bears’ Warren focused on breaking ground on lakefront stadium in 2025
Oct 09, 2024 12:11 pm - WARE, England — The Bears remain focused on the city’s lakefront as the location for a nearly $5 billion stadium development project, team president Kevin Warren said Wed...
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Jury selection begins in Michael Madigan corruption trial
Oct 09, 2024 6:41 am - Jury selection began Wednesday in the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, once the longest-serving legislative leader in American history.
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McDonald’s sues major beef producers for price-fixing
Oct 08, 2024 7:40 am - McDonald’s is just the latest plaintiff to accuse the big four meatpackers of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. Ranchers, cattle sellers, consumers and beef buyers have also sued Tyson, Cargill, JBS and National Beef over similar allegations. The complaints have been consolidated in Minnesota federal court.
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Chicago mayor names new school board after entire panel resigns amid a fight over district control
Oct 07, 2024 1:54 pm - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson named members of a new school board on Monday, days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the public schools in the nation’s third-largest city.
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15-year-old is charged with murder in July shooting death of Chicago mail carrier
Oct 01, 2024 3:20 pm - CHICAGO — A 15-year-old has been arrested in Iowa and charged with murder in the shooting death of a mail carrier in Chicago over the summer, police said Tuesday. Octavia...
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United Center megaproject sounds enticing, Burnett says. But who’ll pay for new Pink Line station?
Sep 28, 2024 9:43 pm - Zoning Committee Chair Walter Burnett says he’s enticed by plans for a proposed$7 billion mixed-use development that would transform a sea of United Center parking lots i...
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Like sun, hate planes? Amtrak starting route from Chicago to Miami just in time for winterSep 24, 2024 9:31 pm - The Floridian service kicks off Nov. 10 with intermediate stops in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Washington D.C., Jacksonville, Orlando and Tampa.
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Police say 4 people fatally shot on Chicago-area subway train
Sep 02, 2024 2:56 pm - FOREST PARK, Ill. (AP) — A shooting on a subway train outside Chicago on Labor Day morning left four people dead, police said. Three people were pronounced dead at the Fo...
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Harris summons Americans to reject political divisions, warns of consequences posed by a Trump win
Aug 22, 2024 11:17 pm - Kamala Harris summoned Americans on Thursday to reject political division and instead chart what she called a “new way forward,” as she accepted her party’s nominatio...