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Chicago Hope Academy Principal Ike Muzikowski, right, fist-bumps students moving between classrooms on Jan. 30, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

With tax credit scholarships expiring soon, schools and parents scramble to fund students’ tuition

February 8, 2024 at 10:49 a.m.

In the fall, school choice advocates warned that privately-run religious and independent schools could be at risk of shuttering without the millions of dollars in tax credit program funds directed...

Alex Milewski, 11, center, chants while the CPS Parents for Buses coalition rallies on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024, in Daley Plaza to support bringing back busing and transportation allowances for Chicago Public Schools students who lost access to school bus service this year. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

At downtown protest, parents press Chicago Public Schools to provide ‘immediate’ relief to families without busing

February 6, 2024 at 7:54 p.m.

In a downtown protest, parents demanded busing for the 5,500 students who'd been promised transportation when enrolling in district magnet and selective enrollment schools.

Washington Park from above on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024, in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Washington Park residents hear city’s design proposal, offer feedback on projects

February 5, 2024 at 7:45 a.m.

For Wilbert King, a South Side native who works in violence prevention, Washington Park is the place where he gathers young people in Chicago every Sunday to play in a...

Mourners gather for a vigil for Daveon Gibson, Feb. 1, 2024, near Senn High School in Chicago. Gibson, a student at the school, was shot along with two other students after leaving the school Wednesday. Gibson died as a result of his injuries. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Vigil held for CPS students shot near Senn High School in Edgewater

February 21, 2024 at 1:50 p.m.

A quiet crowd held a vigil Thursday evening at the spot where Senn High School student Daveon Gibson was shot and killed the day before.

CPS suggests starting school after Democratic National Convention for city’s ‘logistical needs’

February 1, 2024 at 2:40 p.m.

The district suggests starting classes Monday, Aug. 26 – one week later than usual – after the Aug. 19-22 convention wraps up.

A participant wearing a Gizmo doll on his shoulder exits the water during the Chicago Polar Bear Club's annual Polar Plunge at Oak Street Beach Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, in Chicago. According to organizers, more than 800 people signed up to plunge, and $85,000 was raised to help Chicagoland families.

Nearly a thousand take chilly plunge off Oak Street Beach for annual fundraiser

January 27, 2024 at 3:54 p.m.

Under a hazy fog darkened Saturday morning sky, about 900 eager runners, some in festive and cartoonish attire, braved low visibility and choppy Lake Michigan waters off Oak Street Beach...

Chicago police conduct an investigation after a shooting on Wabash Avenue between Madison and Washington streets on Jan. 26, 2024.

2 teenagers shot and killed in ‘ambush’ while leaving Loop high school identified

January 27, 2024 at 9:07 a.m.

Two teenagers leaving their Loop high school were fatally wounded in a midday shooting Friday that startled onlookers under a busy "L" station in the center of the city. Around...

The Northwestern University campus in Evanston on July 10, 2023.

Northwestern being investigated by US Department of Education over accusations of campus antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war

February 6, 2024 at 9:47 a.m.

The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into accusations of antisemitism at Northwestern University, as similar allegations continue to rock colleges and universities across the country in the...

Science educator Bill Nye looks at his watch next to the Doomsday Clock, shortly before the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announces the latest decision on the Doomsday Clock minute hand, Jan. 23, 2024, at the National Press Club Broadcast Center, in Washington, D.C. This year the clock will remain set to 90 seconds to midnight.

Doomsday Clock remains at 90 seconds to midnight in 2024 amid nuclear wars, record temperatures, AI

January 23, 2024 at 1:22 p.m.

The hands of the worldwide Doomsday Clock in Hyde Park remained at 90 seconds to midnight in its annual reset, after global threats cast "menacing shadows" on the clock deliberations...

Jonathan Albertin shovels snow in front of Cafe Farina on Franklin Street on Jan. 20, 2024, in Michigan City, Indiana. 35 inches of snow fell on the city since Thursday.

Northwest Indiana sees record 21 inches of snow, while Chicago temperatures remain freezing Saturday

January 20, 2024 at 5:03 p.m.

Parts of northwest Indiana received more than 2 feet of snow due to an intense lake effect storm system late Friday, setting a record snowfall for LaPorte County, according to...

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