Articles filed under Chicago
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The Latest: Chicago mayor: No makeup days in teachers strikeOct 30, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on Chicago Public Schools teachers' strike (all times local): 10:20 p.m. Chicago's mayor refused to grant striking teachers demands to add scho...
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Hackles rise as Chicago teachers strike drags into day 10Oct 30, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's mayor on Tuesday accused leaders of the city's powerful teachers union of using its "political agenda" to hold up a contract agreement to end a ...
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Watchdog says Chicago cop justified in 2014 shooting deathOct 30, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago police officer was justified in fatally shooting a 19-year-old man on the back porch of a house in 2014, but an investigation into another offic...
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AP FACT CHECK: Afghanistan isn't safer than ChicagoOct 30, 2019 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - President Donald Trump ripped Chicago as a hellscape of violence that makes Afghanistan, one of the world's deadliest countries for terrorism, seem like...
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Researchers: Chicago must overhaul homicide investigationsOct 30, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Police Department must make significant changes in the way it investigates homicides in a city where more than half of killings go unsolved, a...
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Outcome Health to pay $70M to settle fraud claimOct 30, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago-based Outcome Health agreed Wednesday to pay a $70 million settlement in a federal fraud investigation, according to the U.S. attorney's office of the Northern D...
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Chicago teachers OK tentative deal, but strike goes onOct 30, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago's teachers union voted to approve a tentative contract agreement with city officials Wednesday but refused to end a strike that has canceled two weeks of classes...
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Woman dies after being hit by truck outside Des Plaines workplaceOct 30, 2019 1:00 am - A 56-year-old Chicago woman was killed late Tuesday when hit by a truck while crossing the street across from her workplace in Des Plaines, authorities said. Nancy Raine...
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Forgiving fines a boost for libraryOct 29, 2019 11:00 pm - Mayor Lori Lightfoot's decision to eliminate library late fees and lure scofflaw patrons back to Chicago Public Libraries by erasing outstanding debt already is working ...
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The Latest: Chicago mayor 'disappointed' by failed talksOct 29, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on a Chicago teachers strike (all times local): 5:50 p.m. Chicago's mayor says she is "deeply disappointed" that leaders of the city's teachers...