Education Jan 10 Chicago fight with teachers union stretches into 2nd week Chicago school leaders are canceling classes for a fourth day in the nation's third-largest school district, taking the dispute with the teachers union over remote learning and COVID-19 protocols into another week.
Nation Jan 07 As Chicago teachers union negotiations continue, school closures enter third day Classes in Chicago were canceled for a third consecutive day amid an ongoing fight with the teachers union over remote learning and other COVID-19 safety protocols.
Health Jan 05 Chicago cancels classes after union backs remote learning Chicago schools have canceled classes after the teachers union voted to switch to remote learning due to record COVID-19 levels.
Education Jan 04 Chicago public school CEO plans to cancel classes if union votes for remote learning Schools CEO Pedro Martinez's comments Tuesday come as the district and Chicago Teachers Union are locked in an escalating battle over safety protocols in schools.
Nation Dec 12 Crews search rubble after 6 die at Illinois Amazon facility The company has not said how many people were in the building not far from St. Louis when the tornado hit at 8:35 p.m. Friday — part of a swarm of twisters across the Midwest and the South that leveled entire communities.
Nation Dec 08 As U.S. reaches 200 million vaccine milestone, COVID cases continue to spike The U.S. has reached a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million fully vaccinated people, but cases and hospitalizations are still spiking, even in highly immunized pockets of the country like New England.
Nation Dec 06 Artist didn’t know Michigan parents of alleged school shooter stayed in studio, says lawyer A Detroit-area artist whose studio was where the parents of the Oxford High School student charged in a deadly shooting were found by police is cooperating with authorities and didn't know the couple had stayed overnight.
Nation Sep 28 WATCH: After 5 years, Obamas break ground on Presidential Center in Chicago Construction on the Obama Presidential Center along Lake Michigan, near the Obama family home and where the former president started his political career on Chicago's South Side, officially began last month.
Nation Aug 26 WATCH: Illinois governor announces statewide indoor mask mandate Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced a statewide indoor mask mandate Thursday, as the delta variant of COVID-19 continues to threaten the pandemic recovery around the nation.
Nation Mar 15 Chicago parish fiercely backs priest after sex abuse claims Michael Pfleger's initial accusers were two brothers in their 60s who haven't publicly identified themselves. They allege that Pfleger groomed them as children and abused them at Chicago-area rectories.