Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Driver charged after 14-year-old boy shot while riding in stolen carDec 13, 2017 10:00 pm - A 16-year-old girl is facing charges after a 14-year-old boy was shot in the stolen vehicle she was driving late Tuesday in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwes...
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Move begins to ban horse-drawn carriages from city streetsDec 13, 2017 10:00 pm - Horse-drawn carriages are popular with tourists, but they're cruel to horses and dangerous to motorists, a downtown alderman said Wednesday, proposing that existing carr...
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Alderman rejects 80-story tower, two others off of Lake Shore DriveDec 12, 2017 10:00 pm - The developer that wanted to build three new skyscrapers, one 80 stories tall, off the downtown lakefront has been told no by the neighborhood alderman. Alderman Brendan...
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Hastert told to avoid pornography while on releaseDec 12, 2017 12:00 am - A federal judge abruptly told former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Tuesday to avoid pornography and sex phone numbers during his two years on supervised release. ...
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Rauner, Cook County assessor call on each other to resignDec 11, 2017 12:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner demanded Monday that Democrat Joseph Berrios step down, calling the longtime Cook County assessor - along with Rauner enemies J.B. Pritzker and House S...
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Valerie Jarrett joining University of Chicago Law SchoolDec 10, 2017 10:00 pm - Former Obama top adviser Valerie Jarrett, who has deep ties to the University of Chicago, will return to campus on Jan. 1 as a distinguished senior fellow at the law sch...
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Claypool resigns as Chicago Public Schools CEODec 08, 2017 12:00 am - Forrest Claypool resigned his $250,000-a-year post as chief executive officer of the Chicago Public Schools on Friday, three days after CPS' top internal investigator ca...
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Report: Claypool lied to cover up ethics breachDec 07, 2017 10:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's schools chief "repeatedly lied" to investigators and engaged in a "full-blown cover-up" of behavior that he and the top attorney for Chicago Public ...
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Suburban volleyball coach Rick Butler facing yet another career threatDec 06, 2017 10:00 pm - Dominant West suburban youth volleyball coach Rick Butler already faced new allegations of sexual abuse that threatened his successful career. Now, volleyball's national...
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Lake County judge blocks Cook County court layoffsDec 06, 2017 12:00 am - Lake County circuit court Judge Mitchell Hoffman has issued a temporary restraining order blocking the layoff of more than 150 Cook County court employees. Lawyers repr...