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Overstuffed Donna Summer bio-musical squanders its disco-filled promiseFeb 14, 2020 3:00 pm - “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” - ★ ★ ½ Does every Top-40 pop artist of the past merit a jukebox musical these days? It seems so, and the latest to hit Chicago is “Su...
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Reworked charges in Chicago cite another R. Kelly accuserFeb 14, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An updated federal indictment against R. Kelly unsealed Friday in Chicago includes sex abuse allegations involving a new accuser, adding to the jailed sin...
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Man running from officers fatally struck by vehicle on I-80Feb 14, 2020 6:00 am - MILFORD, Neb. (AP) - The driver of a vehicle in which officers found narcotics after a traffic stop in eastern Nebraska died when he ran into traffic, authorities said. ...
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Young boy, woman die after suburban Chicago house fireFeb 14, 2020 6:00 am - MINOOKA, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago house fire early Friday killed a young boy and a 57-year-old woman, authorities said. Wavelyn Fitch, 5, was pronounced dead at th...
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Illinois man pleads guilty in Missouri girl's death at busFeb 14, 2020 6:00 am - JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) - An Illinois man has admitted that he fled from the scene after his truck hit and killed a southwest Missouri 8-year-old girl as she was trying to boar...
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Brothers of Chicago prep basketball star forgive his killerFeb 14, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The brothers of Chicago high school basketball star Ben Wilson, who was viewed as the top player in the nation before his murder in 1984, said Thursday th...
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Chicago-area student freed from immigrant detention centerFeb 14, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago high school student was released from a southern Illinois immigrant detention center with supporters planning to continue a fight again...
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Chicago teacher removed during probe of 'go back' anthem rowFeb 14, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago teacher accused of telling a Hispanic student she should go back to her own country after she refused to stand for the national anthem has been ...
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State police director supports requiring fingerprints for FOID cardsFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois State Police director said this week that his department has stepped up illegal firearm ownership enforcement methods, but it needs greater re...
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County commissioner's chief of staff indictedFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - The chief of staff to Cook County Commissioner Jeff Tobolski has been indicted on allegations he conspired to pay bribes to secure approval for red-light cameras in the ...