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Best Bets: Nathan Chen, 'Stars on Ice' tour to ChicagoMay 10, 2022 6:00 am - Skating winners Cheer on Olympic gold medal winner Nathan Chen, figure skating world champions Brandon Frazier and Addison native Alexa Knierim and a bevy of other famed...
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Republican appellate justice to become first Black woman on Illinois Supreme CourtMay 10, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Supreme Court announced Tuesday that 4th District Appellate Justice Lisa Holder White has been appointed to succeed Justice Rita Garman, makin...
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Hub Arkush: Four players the Bears could target to improve at wide receiverMay 10, 2022 1:00 am - Asked last weekend if he understood why Bears fans are so concerned about the lack of proven talent at wide receiver, Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsy responded, "...
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Chicago providing $500K to expand access to abortionMay 09, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The city of Chicago is providing $500,000 to increase access to abortion, particularly for poor people and people of color, as the U.S. Supreme Court is e...
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Indiana man gets 50 years in wife's 2020 killing, beheadingMay 09, 2022 7:00 am - CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A west central Indiana man was sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing his wife, whose severed head was found buried...
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Longest-serving jurist Garman retires from state high courtMay 09, 2022 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman, who had planned to seek a third 10-year term in November, abruptly tendered her resignation Monday. ...
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Jane collective members tell their stories in filmMay 09, 2022 5:30 am - The story of the Jane collective that ran an under-the-radar abortion service for women in the Chicago area before Roe v. Wade is getting new exposure 50 years after pol...
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'Call Jane': How Chicago and suburban women defied authority to provide abortions in the 1970sMay 09, 2022 5:30 am - Fifty years ago, Abby Pariser and Sheila Smith were caring for women undergoing illegal abortions at a secret Chicago location when homicide detectives came calling. “Fi...
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DCFS director: 'Stuck kids' docket a problem years in the makingMay 09, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith has faced nine cases of contempt of court in recent weeks for failing to comply with a judge...
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Garman to retire from state Supreme CourtMay 09, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Republican Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman announced Monday that she will retire on July 7, marking the end of a long legal career that has incl...