Articles filed under Chicago
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Judge acquits Amtrak officer in fatal Chicago shootingFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A judge on Friday acquitted an Amtrak police officer of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Minnesota man at a major train station in ...
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5 Chicago cops injured in traffic crashFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Five Chicago police officers were injured when their cars crashed into each other late Thursday night, the department said. The three officers in an unma...
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High-tech Chicago exhibit puts visitors eye-to-eye with MLKFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Imagine being so close to Martin Luther King Jr. as he gives one of the world's most famous speeches that you notice the creases in his face and then real...
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Chicago schools drop Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples DayFeb 28, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's public schools will no longer observe Columbus Day, replacing that October school holiday with Indigenous Peoples Day, with civic and political ...
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Pritzker says current coronavirus risk low, but public health agencies prepared for possible spreadFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread around the world, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot insisted Friday that state and loc...
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Lightfoot: No plans to change city holiday of Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples DayFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday she has no plans to duplicate at the city level what her hand-picked school board just did, infuriating some Italian Americans. That is,...
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NBC renews 'Law & Order: SVU,' 'Chicago' dramas for 3 yearsFeb 27, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - NBC is giving three-year renewals to its drama series from veteran producer Dick Wolf, including the perennial 'œLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit.'ť ...
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CPS board, watchdog spar over test 'irregularities'Feb 26, 2020 10:00 pm - Days after Chicago Public Schools officials agreed to overhaul their standardized testing procedures, Board of Education members grilled the inspector general whose repo...
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Chicago police set to revamp controversial gang databaseFeb 26, 2020 10:00 pm - The Chicago Police Department is set to unveil plans to upgrade and remodel its controversial gang database. The Criminal Enterprise Information System will launch in th...
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Police: 3 fire shots into Chicago store; 1 dead, 4 woundedFeb 26, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two men and a woman fired nearly 20 shots into a convenience store on Chicago's South Side, killing an 18-year-old woman and wounding four other people, p...