Articles filed under Chicago
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Chicago aquarium pushes restaurants to reduce plastic useFeb 28, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has launched a program encouraging restaurants to reduce the use of plastic. To take part, restaurants have to commit to study t...
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A Marvelous day: Superheroes take over when Museum of Science and Industry reopensFeb 28, 2021 6:00 am - Two exhibits at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago have been burned upon my brain since Grandma and Grandpa took me there in the '80s: the Whispering Gallery,...
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Woman charged in connection with 2 Chicago carjackingsFeb 27, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 36-year-old woman has been arrested following two Chicago carjackings, including one where an 8-year-old boy jumped from an SUV to escape. Veronica Hard...
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Stricter speed camera rules start Monday for Chicago driversFeb 27, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Motorists in Chicago, the city wants you to slow down or else pay up. Stricter speed camera rules will mean tickets starting Monday for anyone driving as ...
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Archdiocese says DCFS letter doesn't mean Pfleger is clearedFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - The Rev. Michael Pfleger had hoped a state agency's findings would open the door for him to return to his ministry at St. Sabina Church, but the Archdiocese of Chicago s...
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Federal officials hope to vaccinate 6,000 per day at United CenterFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - A mass vaccination site will open in the United Center parking lot in Chicago that will make COVID-19 vaccine inoculations available to anyone eligible in the state, fed...
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Shootings shut down inbound I-290 from Cicero Avenue to downtownFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - Two people in two separate cars were wounded by the same shooter Friday night on the inbound Eisenhower Expressway, the Illinois State Police said. State police said the...
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2 who killed Chicago cops paroled after decades in prisonFeb 25, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two men convicted of killing Chicago police officers in separate incidents decades ago were paroled Thursday, drawing the ire of officials who opposed the...
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Firefighters rescue Chicago area woman trapped under awningFeb 25, 2021 6:00 am - SCHILLER PARK, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago woman was rescued by firefighters after spending 10 hours trapped beneath an awning that collapsed outside her home under t...
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2nd Madigan replacement chosen for 22nd House DistrictFeb 25, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Former Speaker Michael Madigan chose a second replacement to fill the House seat he vacated last week after he publicly urged his first appointee to step d...