Chicago
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Striking CSO musicians offering free concerts
Mar 19, 2019 11:00 pm - Striking Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians announced Wednesday a series of free concerts. The musicians, who have been on strike since March 11, are calling the serie...
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Downers Groove puts jams front and center with new release, Martyrs' showMar 19, 2019 11:00 pm - It's not rare to listen to an album after seeing a band play and think, “Yeah, the recording is good, but the live show is where the energy really is.” Downers Grove-ba...
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Chicago police union wants federal probe in Smollett case
Mar 19, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago police union's president alleges that the county's top prosecutor interfered with the investigation of "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett before r...
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A timeline of the Chicago police shooting of Laquan McDonald
Mar 19, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shot Laquan McDonald in 2014. He was convicted in October of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravate...
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Graduate teaching assistants strike at U of Illinois-Chicago
Mar 19, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Graduate student employees at the University of Illinois at Chicago have gone on strike. The Chicago Tribune reports the graduate and teaching assistants ...
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Sound check: Jeff Tweedy's education benefit showsMar 19, 2019 6:00 am - Jeff Tweedy benefits Jeff Tweedy, frontman for Chicago-based alternative rock band Wilco, takes the stage again for his annual two-night Benefit for Education shows this...
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Some Lollapalooza acts revealedMar 19, 2019 1:00 am - The Lollapalooza music festival announced a partial lineup Tuesday via a YouTube video. Lollapalooza sneaked a partial lineup announcement into a video promoting its p...
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Chicago man charged with stealing car, fleeing Arlington Heights police stop
Mar 19, 2019 1:00 am - Charges were filed Tuesday against a man accused of fleeing a traffic stop in Arlington Heights in a stolen car early Monday before crashing it in the city. Alexander Pa...
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Hey! Ho! Let's go! Ramones-inspired show to play ChicagoMar 19, 2019 1:00 am - First things first: "Four Chords and a Gun," a theatrical hybrid inspired by seminal punk band The Ramones, is not a musical. Broadway in Chicago made that clear Tuesda...
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White nationalist group's stickers found lining route of South Side Irish Parade
Mar 18, 2019 11:00 pm - Stickers advertising a white nationalist hate group were found along the route of Sunday's South Side Irish Parade, according to 19th Ward Alderman Matt O'Shea. On Monda...