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Oct 19

Chicago strike means day off for some, emergency for others

By Kathleen Foody, Don Babwin, Associated Press

Chicago parents leaned on family, friends and community groups as 25,000 teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district went on strike this past week , canceling classes for more than 300,000 kids.

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Oct 17

Chicago teachers go on strike in nation’s 3rd largest district

By Kathleen Foody, Don Babwin, Associated Press

It follows months of negotiations between the union and Chicago Public Schools that failed to resolve disputes over pay and benefits, class size and teacher preparation time.

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Oct 16

Classes canceled as threat of Chicago teacher strike looms

By Kathleen Foody, Don Babwin, Associated Press

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said during a news conference that the district's 25,000 teachers represented by the Chicago Teachers Union would almost certainly walk out on Thursday based on union leaders' reaction to bargaining talks this week.

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Oct 09

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100 years since ‘Black Sox’ World Series, new details challenge long-held story

By Stephanie Sy, Casey Kuhn

Wednesday marks the 100th anniversary of a notorious moment in baseball's history: when the White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds in the 1919 World Series, provoking a scandal that stained the sport's reputation. Now, as Stephanie Sy reports, a…

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Oct 09

Chicago releases watchdog probe of Laquan McDonald shooting

By Don Babwin, Associated Press

The reports don't appear to reveal much new information on the investigations into Jason Van Dyke and 15 other officers.

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Sep 12

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News Wrap: Supreme Court allows new asylum policy to take effect

In our news wrap Thursday, the Trump administration began enforcing a new asylum policy after the Supreme Court allowed it to take effect nationwide. The rule requires migrants who pass through a country other than Mexico before reaching the U.S.

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Aug 20

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In Common’s new memoir about healing, ‘love can be an action’

Common, the award-winning musician, actor, activist, and now author, says that in a world of division and anxiety, he wanted to offer solution-oriented resources for healing that have helped him overcome trauma and tough times in his life. Common joins…

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Aug 01

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For Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings, Chicago’s violence strikes close to home

Every day, guns are used to kill roughly 100 Americans and injure hundreds more. Chicago has been a particular locus of gun violence; this past weekend, 48 people were shot there -- eight fatally. Among the dead were two young…

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Jul 30

Body of 1930s gangster John Dillinger to be exhumed

By Rick Callahan, Associated Press

The Indiana State Department of Health approved a permit for Dillinger's nephew to have the body exhumed from an Indianapolis cemetery and reinterred there.

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Jul 25

Prosecutor says more people could be charged in R. Kelly case

By Michael Tarm, Associated Press

More charges and more defendants could be added to the federal case against R. Kelly in Chicago that currently alleges child pornography and other crimes by the R&B singer and two associates, a prosecutor told a judge Thursday.

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