Articles filed under Chicago
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U. of Illinois at Chicago professor bequeaths school $1MDec 11, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A popular art history professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago who died last year has left $1 million to the school where he taught for three de...
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Chicago mayor: Hike gas tax to pay for transportation fixDec 11, 2018 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Outgoing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel says the state's motor-fuel tax should be increased to fund highway and bridge improvements. The Democrat an...
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Chicago-area police chief fired after sex video chargesDec 11, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago park district has fired its police chief more than a month after being accused of taking video of sexual encounters with ...
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Trubisky's recent performance dip is no cause for concernDec 11, 2018 12:00 am - Maybe it's Mitch Trubisky's own fault for raising expectations to unsustainable levels by stringing together three superb outings in a four-game span earlier in the seas...
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Teachers in suburban Chicago vote to end strikeDec 10, 2018 6:00 am - GENEVA, Ill. (AP) - Classes will resume in the Chicago suburb of Geneva for nearly 6,000 students after teachers voted in favor of an agreement between their union and t...
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The myths and truths about Chicago's guns and murder rateDec 10, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police are wrestling with gun violence, blamed largely on gangs. President Donald Trump has frequently singled out the city for criticism , callin...
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Chicago man campaigning for local candidate shot in the legDec 10, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Police say a volunteer for a City Council candidate was shot in the leg as he was speaking on Facebook Live while campaigning in one of the city's...
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Nagy's trickery pays off again for BearsDec 10, 2018 12:00 am - Goal line runs by a 332-pound defensive end and passes to a 312-pound offensive lineman? Passes by a running back to a quarterback off a reverse? Who knows what's coming...
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Hub Arkush: Defense shines again on prime-time stageDec 10, 2018 12:00 am - I had a really bad Monday. Fortunately, I had the tape of that Bears vs. Rams game to turn my Monday around. Most Mondays it's my job to watch the tape of the Bears' mos...
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'We're still in the war': Chicagoans battle flow of firearmsDec 10, 2018 12:00 am - Ke'Shon Newman's daily routine is guided by guns - the hundreds of illegal pistols, revolvers and other firearms that torment his South Side neighborhood. He walks on br...