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Chicago Teachers Union says there are gaps in COVID-19 safety protocolsSep 02, 2021 1:00 am - With the first week of the fall term more than half over, the Chicago Teachers Union on Thursday accused Chicago Public Schools of "duct-taping" together COVID-19 safety...
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Feds say Elk Grove Village man admitted breaching Capitol, expressed regretSep 02, 2021 1:00 am - An Elk Grove Village man was charged with breaching the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection, a decision he later described to an FBI agent as his "biggest mistak...
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Oak Lawn woman misspelled 'Moderna' on fake COVID-19 vaccine card to get into Hawaii: authoritiesSep 01, 2021 1:00 am - Authorities say a southwest suburban woman used a phony COVID-19 vaccination card that misspelled “Moderna” to get into Hawaii for a vacation last week without quarantin...
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Chicago Pride Parade canceled due to COVID-19Sep 01, 2021 1:00 am - COVID-19 has claimed Chicago's Pride Parade yet again. Organizers on Wednesday announced the Boystown celebration has been canceled for a second straight year as the cit...
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Former CEO of Schaumburg firm becomes first Illinoisan to plead guilty in U.S. Capitol breachAug 31, 2021 1:00 am - The former CEO of a Schaumburg tech firm tossed a chair toward U.S. Capitol police officers who were "dozens of feet away" and had to be dragged behind a police line to ...
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Ebertfest film festival postponed to April 2022Aug 26, 2021 1:00 am - The annual Ebertfest film festival slated for next month in downstate Champaign has been postponed to 2022 due to the surge in COVID-19 across the state. The announcemen...
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Lawsuit alleges Abbott wrongly fired Black woman, promoted white menAug 25, 2021 1:00 am - An attorney for a former worker for Abbott Laboratories on Tuesday argued in a federal trial that the pharmaceutical giant specifically targeted Black workers in a layof...
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Kanye West re-creating his childhood Chicago home inside Soldier Field for Thursday showAug 24, 2021 1:00 am - Kanye West isn't bringing just his "Donda" listening event to Soldier Field in Chicago this Thursday. Photographs inside the stadium reveal the hip-hop star is also re-c...
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Slain cop's mom says she died 'doing what she was called to do'Aug 19, 2021 1:00 am - Ella French was 8 months old, wearing a "serious and solemn face," when Elizabeth French, who would take her in first as a foster child and later adopt her, met her. "I ...
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Highland Park mayor to run for state Supreme CourtAug 06, 2021 1:00 am - Vowing to "ensure access to justice for all, the mayor of Highland Park launched her bid for a seat on the Illinois Supreme Court on Friday, setting the stage for what c...