Articles filed under Chicago
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Teachers in Chicago inch closer to possible strikeSep 15, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Teachers in the nation's third-largest school district are inching closer to a strike that could happen as early as next month. After rejecting the distri...
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Suburban Chicago police: 18 water rescues after heavy rainsSep 13, 2019 7:00 am - WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) - Suburban Chicago police say first responders have made 18 water rescues following heavy rains. Lake County Sheriff's Office spokesman Chris Covelli...
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Chicago schools to overhaul handling of sex abuse complaintsSep 12, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools will overhaul how it handles sexual abuse complaints after a federal investigation found "tragic and inexcusable" problems followin...
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Report: Chicago spent $213M on lawyers in police casesSep 12, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago has paid private attorneys $213 million to handle police or misconduct cases over the past 15 years, in addition to the $757 million paid to resol...
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Federal investigation finds Chicago schools' handling of sex abuse complaints 'tragic and inexcusable'Sep 12, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Federal investigation finds Chicago schools' handling of sex abuse complaints 'tragic and inexcusable' ...
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Lyric Opera names Enrique Mazzola as new music directorSep 12, 2019 1:00 am - Italian conductor Enrique Mazzola will be the next music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago starting with the 2021-22 season. The Lyric announced Thursday that Mazzo...
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Trailblazing Northwestern professor turns 100 next month. He's still doing 'incredibly complex' research on heart disease.Sep 12, 2019 1:00 am - Jeremiah Stamler's scientific work is so cutting-edge, it recently earned him roughly half a million dollars in funding from a competitive grant program at the National ...
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Plan would allow release of reports on police conductSep 11, 2019 11:00 pm - For years, Inspector General Joe Ferguson's reports on the police shooting of Laquan McDonald and the death of David Koschman have been kept under wraps because city law...
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American Football talks Riot Fest, popularity and the band's Wheeling connectionSep 11, 2019 2:30 pm - Riot Fest's claim to fame on Chicago's summer fest landscape is its variety. Despite its punk-rock roots, year after year the three-day music festival promises an e...
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Woman sitting in Chicago house shot in head by passing carSep 11, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago woman is in critical condition after a bullet fired from a passing car pierced her front window and struck her in the head as she sat in her liv...