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Arts Jul 28
Lollapalooza to require vaccination card or negative testThe four-day festival starts Thursday and is expected to be back at full capacity, with roughly 100,000 daily attendees. After missing last summer because of the coronavirus, it will be easily Chicago's largest gathering since the pandemic started.
Nation Jun 25
WATCH LIVE: George Floyd’s family members to speak at Chauvin sentencingFamily attorney Ben Crump told The Associated Press that family members were feeling “anxious and tense.”…
Politics Oct 13
WATCH: Virginia governor holds conference after FBI discloses alleged kidnapping plotAn FBI agent testified during a court hearing in Michigan that members of anti-government paramilitary groups discussed kidnapping Virginia's governor during a June meeting in Ohio.
Education Aug 05
Chicago schools to begin fall semester remotely, dropping hybrid planChicago's mayor has announced that the nation's third-largest school district will not welcome students back to the classroom, after all, and will instead rely only on remote instruction to start the school year.
Arts Jul 30
Women embrace #challengeaccepted, but some ask: To what end?Female Instagram users across the United States are flooding the photo-sharing app with black-and-white images this week. The official goal is a show of support for other women.
Health Jul 17
Chicago plans to have kids in classrooms two days a weekMost Chicago children would return to the classroom two days a week and spend the other three days learning remotely once the school year begins under a tentative plan outlined by officials from the nation’s third-largest school district…
Health Apr 11
20,000: U.S. death toll overtakes Italy’s as Midwest bracesThe U.S. death toll from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy's for the highest in the world Saturday at about 20,000, as Chicago and other cities across the Midwest braced for a potential surge in victims and moved to snuff out smoldering…
Health Apr 06
WATCH: Chicago mayor calls virus deaths in black community ‘devastating’Mayor Lori Lightfoot's comments on Monday follow a WBEZ report highlighting the disproportionate number of black residents among those who have died of COVID-19 complications in the city.
Health Mar 25
Chicago reserves hotel rooms to ease hospital demandChicago's plan to reserve at least 1,000 hotel rooms through partnerships with five hotels is the first such sweeping strategy unveiled in the U.S. aimed at relieving the pressure on hospitals that are the only option for the seriously sick.
Nation Feb 28
University of Michigan gets more than 100 complaints against former doctorThe university's president apologized last week to "anyone who was harmed" by Dr. Robert E. Anderson. His comment came a day after the school announced it was investigating abuse allegations against Anderson by five former patients.