Articles filed under Chicago
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Pfleger removed from parish after sexual abuse allegationJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - Father Michael Pfleger, the longtime pastor at St. Sabina Church and an outspoken anti-gun violence advocate, has been removed from the Auburn Gresham parish following r...
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Some Chicago teachers expected in schools stay homeJan 04, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Some Chicago Public Schools teachers expected to report to the classroom ahead of preschool students' anticipated return next week stayed home Monday over...
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Ten years after incident, Chicago cop firedJan 04, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer has been fired a decade after allowed a fellow officer leave the scene where the other officer allegedly assaulted two people. ...
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Chicago offering scholarships for construction, engineeringJan 03, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago officials are accepting applications for a scholarship program designed to help disadvantaged students pursue schooling and careers in constructio...
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4th arrest in slaying of retired Chicago firefighterJan 02, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A fourth person has been arrested in the slaying of a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant, who was shot and killed killed during an attempt to carj...
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Former Chicago industrial site being eyed as solar farmJan 01, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A toxic former industrial site on Chicago's Southeast Side is being considered for a 36-acre solar farm, according to a published report. The proposal wo...
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Chicago ends 2020 with 769 homicides as gun violence surgesJan 01, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The number of homicides and shootings in Chicago spiked dramatically in 2020, ending with more bloodshed than in all but one year in more than two decades...
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Chicago mayor meets with victim of botched police raidDec 31, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot met Thursday with a Black woman who was the victim of a botched police raid on her home during which she was forced to stand ...
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Hedge fund Alden offers to buy Tribune, valuing it at $521 millionDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - Hedge fund Alden, Tribune's largest shareholder, has offered to buy the rest of the newspaper publisher at a price that values it at $520.6 million. Alden sent a letter ...
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Chicago activists offering $10K for tips in man's slayingDec 30, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago anti-violence activists are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the fatal shooting of a man found dea...