Articles filed under Chicago
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Pot firms race to get city OK for 7 potential dispensaries - but only 3 will ever openMar 01, 2020 10:00 pm - Call it a weed war. Cannabis firms seeking local approval to open recreational pot shops at seven locations will take part in a special meeting Friday of the Zoning Boar...
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Chicago watchdog: Juvenile diversion program fails at goalsMar 01, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A decade-old program that was supposed to keep many juveniles out of the criminal justice system upon arrest has suffered from bad record-keeping, poor co...
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Charges dropped against man shot by Chicago cop at stationMar 01, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man shot and seriously wounded by a Chicago police officer in a downtown train station won't face charges, as prosecutors on Sunday dropped the criminal...
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Chicago mayor: Police shooting video 'extremely disturbing'Feb 29, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's mayor said video footage of police shooting and wounding a suspect inside a downtown Chicago train station is 'œextremely disturbing'ť and that ...
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High-tech Chicago exhibit puts visitors eye-to-eye with Martin Luther King Jr.Feb 29, 2020 6:00 am - Imagine being so close to Martin Luther King Jr. as he gives one of the world's most famous speeches that you notice the creases in his face and then realize the late ci...
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Judge acquits Amtrak officer in fatal Chicago shootingFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A judge on Friday acquitted an Amtrak police officer of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Minnesota man at a major train station in ...
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5 Chicago cops injured in traffic crashFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Five Chicago police officers were injured when their cars crashed into each other late Thursday night, the department said. The three officers in an unma...
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High-tech Chicago exhibit puts visitors eye-to-eye with MLKFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Imagine being so close to Martin Luther King Jr. as he gives one of the world's most famous speeches that you notice the creases in his face and then real...
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Chicago schools drop Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples DayFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's public schools will no longer observe Columbus Day, replacing that October school holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day, with civic and political ...
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Pritzker says current coronavirus risk low, but public health agencies prepared for possible spreadFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread around the world, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot insisted Friday that state and loc...