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DePaul president invites pro-Palestine students to make case for divestment

December 23, 2018 at 5:57 p.m.

DePaul University students urging the school to divest from companies they say profit from the suffering of Palestinians could get a chance to make their case before a school panel...

Ouster of baby, mom from trade show raises work issues for women

August 25, 2021 at 12:05 a.m.

Working mom advocates blasted a major Chicago trade show's weekend decision to throw out a businesswoman who brought along her 10-day-old baby, calling it insensitive to the plight of nursing...

Woman with infant asked to leave Chicago trade show

May 21, 2019 at 9:56 a.m.

A woman who had hoped to promote her family-owned business at the National Restaurant Association trade show over the weekend was instead driving back to her Minnesota home Sunday. Kristin...

Prosecutors: Man fed 1-year-old cake laced with marijuana

May 21, 2019 at 9:32 a.m.

A south suburban man was ordered held on $50,000 bond after being charged with serving a woman and her 1-year-old child chocolate cake laced with marijuana. Emmanuel Ekaette, 23, of...

Prosecutors: Man fed 1-year-old cake laced with marijuana

December 23, 2018 at 5:46 p.m.

A south suburban man was ordered held on $50,000 bond after being charged with serving a woman and her 1-year-old child chocolate cake laced with marijuana. Emmanuel Ekaette, 23, of...

Pushcart vendors work to legalize sidewalk food sales

May 21, 2019 at 9:21 a.m.

A small group of food cart vendors and others who want to help expand their ability to do business noshed on hot tamales and cut fruit, items that are illegal...

Chain-store plastic bag ban: ‘Just change your behavior’

May 21, 2019 at 9:03 a.m.

Chicago lawmakers' decision to ban plastic bags in chain stores next year goes beyond the arguments over the city's economic and environmental conditions. The measure that's set to take effect...

Chain-store plastic bag ban: ‘Just change your behavior’

December 23, 2018 at 5:38 p.m.

Chicago lawmakers' decision to ban plastic bags in chain stores next year goes beyond the arguments over the city's economic and environmental conditions. The measure that's set to take effect...

Dawn Valenti, left, of Chicago's Citizens for Change, consoles Julie Williams, center, during a prayer vigil for slain 14-year-old Endia Martin at the 900 block of West Garfield Boulevard in Chicago on April 30, 2014.

Family: Feud between longtime friends ends in killing of girl, 14

May 21, 2019 at 8:59 a.m.

Two longtime friends' feud – carried out in part on Facebook – ended in bloodshed Monday when one of the 14-year-old girls opened fire with a stolen gun, fatally shooting...

Top cop: Fight over boy led girl to kill another girl, 14

May 21, 2019 at 8:56 a.m.

A 14-year-old girl shot and killed another 14-year-old girl because of an argument over a boy, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said today as murder charges were filed. The .38-caliber...

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