What began last week when students at a New York Ivy League school refused to end their protest against Israel’s war with Hamas had turned into a much larger movement by Tuesday as students across the nation set up encampments, occupied buildings and ignored demands to leave.
A current administrator at the high school in Oak Park will be the principal of East Leyden High School starting next school year, Leyden High School District 212 officials announced. Julie Lam will start as head of the school, located in Franklin Park, as of July 1. But a SD212 spokeswoman told Pioneer Press that Lam is expected to work with outgoing Principal Dominic Manola “on a transition plan” and will likely be at the school ahead of that official start date. “We are incredibly excited to welcome Dr. Читать дальше...
In a city awash with firearms, finding a gun in the possession of a convicted felon in Chicago is hardly an unusual occurrence. But what about one emblazoned with Donald Trump’s image? That’s what happened in October 2020 when parole officers visited Sheldon Bains’ South Side home and found a 9 mm Glock 19 pistol […]
Nearly two years after overturning the constitutional right to abortion, the Supreme Court will consider Wednesday how far state bans can extend to women in medical emergencies.
The Chicago Police Department has determined that Officer Luis Huesca, who was shot and killed in the Gage Park neighborhood over the weekend, died in the line of duty. The designation was announced Tuesday, on what would have been Huesca’s 31st birthday, and it entitles his family to survivor’s death benefits. In a message to […]
Scott Craig, a versatile and award-winning producer of television documentaries for two Chicago television stations, has died.
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Val Gray Ward, an accomplished actress, director and producer who founded Kuumba, a pioneering African-American theater company in Chicago, has died at 91.
A 14-year-old boy was charged in a fatal shooting in March in the South Loop neighborhood that killed a 17-year-old boy and wounded a 15-year-old, police said. The boy, whose name was not released due to his age, was arrested Monday in the 100 block of South Central Park Avenue after he was identified as the person who fatally wounded Jeremy Smith, 17, during a teen take over in the South Loop, officials said. Another boy, 15, also was injured in the shooting. The 14-year-old boy was charged as a juvenile with first-degree murder... Читать дальше...
National Weather Service officials are expecting thunderstorms to roll into the area Tuesday afternoon into the evening with temperatures dropping to the high 30s. The storms are expected across northern Illinois Tuesday afternoon and into northwest Indiana by the evening, officials said. Some of the storms are expected to be strong to severe with large […]
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A longtime tabloid publisher was expected Tuesday to tell jurors about his efforts to help Donald Trump stifle unflattering stories during the 2016 campaign as testimony resumes in the historic hush money trial of the former president.
The spotted lanternfly, identified for the first time in Illinois in September, targets fruit trees. The spongy moth can defoliate large swaths of land.
On April 23, 1993, labor leader Cesar Chavez died in San Luis, Arizona, at age 66.
The suspect 'should be considered armed and dangerous,' police said.
The Arlington Heights Village Board granted developers of the planned Arlington 425 project in downtown Arlington Heights another construction-related extension – making this at least the second one – even as financing for the work has still not been secured. The mixed-use development, planned for 225 W. Campbell St., has been in the works for five years. “We’re looking to get it going,” Stephen Messutta, general counsel for Norwood Builders of Park Ridge, told the board at the April 15 meeting.... Читать дальше...
For many Jews, the first Passover since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack holds special significance. Carol Cohen visited Chicago from London for the holiday. “I feel guilty being here, all dressed up with these lovely people, we’re going to have a wonderful evening, and our brethren, the hostages, God knows what’s happening to them,” Cohen […]
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and DARLENE SUPERVILLE (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday said the first rule to set minimum staffing levels at federally funded nursing homes and require that a certain portion of the taxpayer dollars they receive go toward wages for care workers is a long-overdue “milestone” that […]
A $12 billion passenger bullet train linking Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area was dubbed the first true high-speed rail line in the nation on Monday, with the private company building it predicting millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028.
Schools and environmental groups mobilized for Earth Day, organizing trash pickups across the Far South Side.
Johnson wants to change the sequencing of construction on the long-awaited Global Terminal and two new satellite concourses.
