Articles filed under Chicago
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Best bets: Beatles fan festival goes online, 'Blues Brothers' tribute comes to Navy PierAug 04, 2020 6:00 am - • Please note that events are subject to change as a result of COVID-19 and other factors. Check events and recommended safety precautions before you go. Come together F...
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Chicago Public Schools to go fully remote to start fallAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago Public Schools students will start the new school year at home next month as officials plan to announce as soon as Wednesday that they'll back off a proposal tha...
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Chicago police mistakenly arrest former state legislatorAug 04, 2020 1:00 am - Two Chicago police officers detained a former high-ranking state representative less than two blocks from his West Side home over the weekend after they mistakenly belie...
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Nearly 60 fish types in Chicago waters, up from about 10Aug 03, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The variety of fish swimming in Chicago's rivers have increased in recent decades, which authorities attribute to a decline in pollution, according to a s...
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Police announce arrest in 9-year-old's slayingAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - A suspect is in custody in the fatal shooting Friday of a 9-year-old boy who was playing on Chicago's Near North Side, police said Monday. Janari Ricks was shot and kill...
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Chicago teachers, activists urge keeping schools closed during pandemicAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - As the debate heats up nationwide over the reopening of schools, Chicago teachers, activists and families rallied Monday outside Chicago City Hall to oppose a planned re...
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8 dead and at least 19 wounded in weekend Chicago shootingsAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Gun violence continued to plague Chicago, with eight people killed, including a 9-year-old boy, and at least 19 other people wounded so far this weekend, ...
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UIC wraps up oral history project on former Chicago mayorAug 02, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - University of Illinois at Chicago officials have wrapped up a two-year oral history project chronicling the leadership of former Chicago Mayor Richard M. ...
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Boy, 9, fatally shot while playing at Chicago parking lotAug 01, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 9-year-old boy was killed Friday night when a gunman fired several shots toward the Chicago parking lot where he was playing, police said. Nobody else w...
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Chicago homicides and shootings rise sharply in 2020Aug 01, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Homicides and shootings have surged in Chicago during the first seven months of the year. From Jan. 1 through the end of July, there were 440 homicides in...