Articles filed under Chicago
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Former Obama aide says she won't run for Chicago mayorSep 07, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Former presidential aide Valerie Jarrett says she will not join the political scrum developing to replace Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Jarrett, who served ...
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Chicago hotel workers strike in pursuit of better benefitsSep 07, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Workers are picketing outside several downtown Chicago hotels as housekeepers, servers, cooks and others participate in a strike as part of an effort to g...
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Toni Preckwinkle to form exploratory committee for mayor's raceSep 07, 2018 1:00 am - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle will announce plans to form an exploratory committee for a run for mayor in the coming days, a representative for Preckwinkl...
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Bloomingdale firm at center of federal corruption probeSep 07, 2018 1:00 am - The owner of a Bloomingdale-based attorney referral service was indicted on bribery charges as part of a federal investigation into corruption within the Chicago Police ...
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Hotel workers go on strike in ChicagoSep 07, 2018 1:00 am - Picket lines formed outside several downtown hotels before dawn Friday as hotel workers began striking for improved benefits. One week after their union contract expired...
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Bears make Eddie Goldman one of NFL's highest-paid nose tackles with four-year extensionSep 07, 2018 1:00 am - LAKE FOREST - The Bears locked up another key component of their No. 10 defense by signing nose tackle Eddie Goldman to a four-year contract extension for $42 million, w...
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Sessions in Chicago: Don't listen to 'anti-police radicals'Sep 06, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions told an event for Chicago police that heeding the advice of those he dubbed "radicals" when it comes to police policy ...
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2 killed in suburban Chicago crash with sheriff's squad carSep 06, 2018 7:00 am - NILES, Ill. (AP) - Police say two women were killed when a sheriff's squad car crashed into their car in Chicago's northern suburbs. The two-car crash happened Thursday ...
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Chicago Teachers Union has new president, vice presidentSep 06, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Teachers Union has chosen a new president and vice president. The union's House of Delegates voted Wednesday for Jesse Sharkey to take over th...
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Chicago's Adler Planetarium to honor astronaut James LovellSep 06, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Astronaut Jim Lovell will be the recipient this week of a lifetime achievement award from Chicago's Adler Planetarium. The award for Lovell, announced Wed...