Articles filed under Chicago
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Chicago grants Emmett Till's South Side home landmark statusJan 28, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago home of Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanized the civil rights movement when his mother insisted his mutilated body b...
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14-year-old arrested for role in Chicago carjacking spreeJan 28, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 14-year-old boy has been arrested for taking part in multiple carjackings including one involving an off-duty police officer, Chicago police said Thursd...
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Chicago principals offer school reopening plan amid pandemicJan 27, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools should allow students back into classrooms in no more than 100 facilities and then gradually reopen others, an organization of scho...
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U of Chicago receives $75 million for school of social workJan 27, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The University of Chicago has received a $75 million donation for its school of social work, the school announced Wednesday. University officials asserte...
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Mother, 4 children killed in fire at suburban Chicago homeJan 27, 2021 6:00 am - DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) - A mother and her four daughters were killed in a Wednesday fire that swept through their home in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, the city's f...
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Chicago schools reopening hits snag as union fight escalatesJan 27, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago ditched plans Tuesday for thousands of teachers to report to schools this week ahead of students after the teachers union said its members wouldn't comply and we...
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State buys West Loop office buildingJan 27, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State officials on Wednesday announced the purchase of a 17-story office building in Chicago's West Loop for $73.25 million, a move Gov. J.B. Pritzker's of...
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Chicago mayor gets vaccine as state loosens virus rulesJan 26, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot received a COVID-19 vaccine shot Monday as Illinois touted online signups and efforts to address racial equity at the start o...
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Chicago schools reopening hits snag as union fight escalatesJan 26, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago ditched plans Tuesday for thousands of teachers to report to schools this week ahead of students after the teachers union said its members wouldn'...
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Brothers accuse prominent Chicago priest of sexual abuseJan 25, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two brothers in their 60s on Monday described years of sexual abuse by a firebrand activist priest who has gained fame speaking out on national politics f...