Articles filed under Chicago
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Uber launches app to help gig workers find jobs in ChicagoOct 03, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Uber is launching an app that aims to make it easier for gig workers to line up jobs. The app connects workers in Chicago with potential jobs such as as ...
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Jury awards $4.8M in fatal shooting of Chicago man by guardOct 03, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The mother of a Chicago man fatally shot by a security guard at a public housing complex has been awarded nearly $5 million in her lawsuit against a secur...
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Museum of Science and Industry changing name after $125 million gift from Ken GriffinOct 03, 2019 1:00 am - The Museum of Science and Industry will now be called the Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry following a donation of $125 million from the Chicago billion...
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Jury convicts gunman in Tyshawn Lee murder caseOct 03, 2019 1:00 am - Dwright Boone-Doty, the gunman who killed 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee four years ago, was found guilty Thursday of first-degree murder. Jurors needed just three hours to reac...
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Chicago to spend $2.7 million to boost U.S. Census countOct 02, 2019 11:00 pm - Chicago will spend $2.7 million - $2 for every "hard-to-count" resident - to ensure an accurate 2020 U.S. Census and cut through the cloud of fear created by immigration...
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Teacher proposal could shorten school day for CPS kidsOct 02, 2019 11:00 pm - Chicago's elementary school teachers are looking to add half an hour of paid preparation time at the start of their day, a proposal which could potentially shorten the s...
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Chicago teachers set strike date as contract talks resumeOct 02, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago teachers strike could be weeks away if there isn't a last-minute deal between the union and the nation's third-largest school district. The Chic...
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New trial requested in ex-Chicago Bear girlfriend’s deathOct 02, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An attorney for a woman convicted of murder in the 2007 shooting death of ex-Chicago Bear Shaun Gayle’s pregnant girlfriend is asking for a new trial or...
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Jurors see autopsy photos of slain 9-year-old Chicago boyOct 02, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Prosecutors in the trial of two men charged with murder in the 2015 shooting death of a 9-year-old Chicago boy have rested their case after showing jurors...
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Chicago-area officer shoots, kills man who pointed BB gunOct 02, 2019 7:00 am - BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) - Suburban Chicago police say an officer fatally shot a man who rear-ended his vehicle and then pointed what turned out to be a BB gun at him. Brid...