Articles filed under Chicago
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Chicago Public Schools employees ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear challenge to union duesJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Two Chicago Public Schools employees are challenging the validity of their signed contracts to pay union dues as unconstitutional under a 2018 decision tha...
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Ain't no road just like it: Surviving band member not a fan of LSD's renamingJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - CHICAGO - Chicago's city council voted Friday to change the name of Lake Shore Drive to the name of a Black man recognized as a key settler of the city. But the last sur...
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Lawsuit: 75-year Chicago parking meter deal is a monopolyJun 24, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The private company that operates Chicago's parking meters is being sued in federal court by three local residents who allege Chicago Parking Meters exclu...
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'The Art of Banksy' delays opening to Aug. 7Jun 24, 2021 1:00 am - "The Art of Banksy" has delayed its Chicago opening from July 1 to Aug. 7. The traveling exhibit also now has a home, after months of publicity without a named venue. T...
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Chicago confirms 1st Black woman as city fire commissionerJun 23, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago City Council on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of the city's first Black female fire commissioner. Annette Nance-Holt was serving as act...
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Chicago woman dies days after shooting that killed boyfriendJun 23, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago woman has died days after she was dragged from a car and shot during an attack captured on video that killed her boyfriend and drew more attenti...
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Chicago Archdiocese settles sexual abuse suit for $880,000Jun 23, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two men who said they were sexually molested decades ago by a notorious Catholic priest who was imprisoned for molesting other boys have agreed to a settl...
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Man exonerated in 1994 murder, gunned down outside ChicagoJun 23, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - One of four men convicted and later cleared of the 1994 rape and murder of a Chicago woman has been shot to death, the Cook County medical examiner's offi...
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Fire drop fifth game in 6 tries, 1-0 to CincinnatiJun 23, 2021 1:00 am - Alvaro Barreal scored his first goal of the season to help FC Cincinnati beat the Chicago Fire 1-0 on Wednesday night. Cincinnati (2-5-1) won for the first time in three...
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Ex-suburban Chicago mayor gets 2 years for bribery schemeJun 22, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man who admitted to authorities that he was taking part in a $300,000 bribery scheme while he was mayor of a financially struggling Chicago suburb was s...