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Employee charged with attacking cops, robbery at Loyola University cafeteria held on $325K

May 16, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

A Loyola University cafeteria worker was ordered held on $325,000 bail Sunday on charges that he conspired in the robbery of the dining hall early Friday and, after being arrested,...

Nestle drops supplier after cow abuse revealed

December 24, 2018 at 5:56 a.m.

Nestle's Northbrook-based pizza division, which makes DiGiorno and Jack's frozen pies, has cut ties with a Wisconsin farm after an animal rights group released a video of dairy cow abuse....

Nestle cuts ties with farm over dairy cow abuse

December 24, 2018 at 5:56 a.m.

Nestle's Northbrook-based pizza division, which makes DiGiorno and Jack's frozen pies, has cut ties with a Wisconsin farm after an animal rights group released a video of dairy cow abuse....

Northwestern taps firm to build on old Prentice site

December 24, 2018 at 5:52 a.m.

A plan that combines "elegant design and functionality" was chosen by Northwestern University as the winner in a competition for a new biomedical research building on the Streeterville site of...

Ventra resolves issue with federal IDs

December 24, 2018 at 5:49 a.m.

A glitch that would occasionally allow federal employees free passage through Ventra turnstiles when they swiped work IDs has been fixed, a Chicago Transit Authority spokeswoman said. Catherine Garypie —...

Ventra users might find wrong card charged

June 18, 2018 at 3:39 p.m.

If you're a CTA wallet-slapper, you may want to check your bank account and make sure you've not been double-slapped. Under the city's new open fare system Ventra, not only...

Speed camera system flags a parked car

June 18, 2018 at 3:39 p.m.

On a Friday night in October, Megan Kasten parked her car for five minutes on Augusta Boulevard near Humboldt Park while she picked up a friend to go see a...

Ventra users might find wrong card charged

December 24, 2018 at 5:47 a.m.

If you're a CTA wallet-slapper, you may want to check your bank account and make sure you've not been double-slapped. Under the city's new open fare system Ventra, not only...

Some CTA turnstiles still tricked by federal IDs this morning

May 16, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Some CTA riders could still get through turnstiles with a swipe of their federal IDs this morning as the agency worked to patch the software glitch.The problem was discovered last...

Latest glitch: Ventra tricked by some federal ID cards

May 16, 2019 at 2:50 p.m.

Catherine Garypie, a federal employee, pulled a card out of her purse and swiped it recently at a Jackson Blue Line turnstile. The Ventra fare reader turned green — Go,...

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