Articles filed under Chicago
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Van Dyke will be released from prison next monthJan 14, 2022 12:00 am - Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke will leave prison next month after serving more than three years for the murder of Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke's release is se...
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Chicago students walk out of class in protestJan 14, 2022 12:00 am - Several hundred students walked out of classes Friday to rally outside Chicago Public Schools downtown headquarters calling for additional COVID-19 safety measures durin...
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Two 14-year-old boys killed in separate shootings in ChicagoJan 13, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot on Chicago's South Side just hours after another boy the same age was shot and killed on the city's near West Side, pol...
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Man gets 20 years for wrong-way DUI crash that killed 2 in Clarendon HillsJan 13, 2022 12:00 am - A Chicago man who killed two people in a wrong-way head-on crash in Clarendon Hills has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. DuPage County Judge Daniel Guerin pronounce...
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Off-duty Chicago cop allegedly shoots 3 at bowling alleyJan 12, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An off-duty Chicago police officer was arrested after he allegedly shot and wounded three people during an argument at a suburban Chicago bowling alley, a...
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Chicago teachers accept COVID deal, keeping kids in schoolJan 12, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Students in the nation's third-largest school district returned to classrooms Wednesday after Chicago Public Schools canceled five days of classes amid a ...
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Joffrey Ballet reschedules February run of 'Don Quixote' to JuneJan 12, 2022 12:00 am - The Joffrey Ballet has rescheduled its entire run of "Don Quixote" from February to June due to concerns about the current COVID-19 surge. Choreographer Yuri Possokhov's...
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Suburban Chicago deputies shoot, kill man who fired at themJan 11, 2022 6:00 am - PORT BARRINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Suburban Chicago sheriff's deputies fatally shot a man early Tuesday after he fired at the deputies as they were responding to a domestic vi...
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Chicago mayor tests positive for COVID-19Jan 11, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday that she has tested positive for COVID-19. The Democrat said she has 'œcold-like symptoms'ť but otherwise feels...
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Union, parents mull if Chicago teacher standoff was worth itJan 11, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago schools will expand COVID-19 testing and have standards to switch schools to remote learning under a hard-fought tentative deal approved by teache...