Chicago
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Chicago schools dropping lawsuit filed over state funding
Oct 04, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools is dropping its lawsuit against the state of Illinois alleging a failure to adequately fund the district. CPS claimed in the lawsui...
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Lawsuit seeks 'seat at the table' on Chicago police reforms
Oct 04, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Another new lawsuit wants to ensure issues related to people with disabilities are addressed in any plan to reform Chicago police. The ACLU and other advo...
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Chicago Marathon vows to do 'everything necessary' to make race safeOct 04, 2017 5:30 am - The following statement about race security was issued by organziers of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon: As we enter the final week of preparations for the 40th run...
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Chicago Marathon boss: After 40 years, we're still the people's raceOct 04, 2017 5:30 am - Editor's note: Carey Pinkowski has served as executive race director of the Chicago Marathon since 1990. He writes about the race's 40th anniversary on Sunday, and t...
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University of Illinois to receive Roger Ebert memorabilia
Oct 03, 2017 7:00 am - URBANA, Ill. (AP) - Movie-related memorabilia collected during late film critic Roger Ebert's tenure at the Chicago Sun-Times will become part of a University of Illinoi...
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Suburban Chicago high school monitor turns over 40 guns
Oct 03, 2017 7:00 am - NORTHBROOK, Ill. (AP) - A police report shows a high school hall monitor in a northern Chicago suburb had to turn over dozens of firearms after his arrest. The Pioneer P...
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Chicago reviews marathon security, no changes after Vegas
Oct 03, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago officials say they're constantly evaluating security before the city's annual marathon, but no changes have been made following the deadly shootin...
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1st suspect to be sentenced in Chicago train guns theft
Oct 03, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A purported street gang member is set to be sentenced for the heist of 100 newly minted guns that put a focus on security at a major Norfolk Southern rail...
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Baby delivered after pregnant mother fatally shot has died
Oct 03, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Authorities say attempts have failed to save a baby girl born after her pregnant mother was a fatal victim of Chicago gun violence. The Cook County medica...
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The Latest: Gang member sentenced in Chicago train theft
Oct 03, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on the sentencing of a Chicago street-gang member for stealing some 100 guns from a South Side rail yard (all times local): 4:40 p.m. A federal...