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Former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joe Kennedy takes a knee in front of the U.S. Supreme Court after his legal case, Kennedy vs. Bremerton School District, was argued before the court in Washington on April 25, 2022. Kennedy was terminated from his job by Bremerton school officials in 2015 after refusing to stop his on-field prayers after football games.

Members of minority faith, belief communities have mixed responses to Supreme Court ruling in favor of football coach praying on field

July 4, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Members of minority faith and belief communities had mixed reactions after the recent Supreme Court ruling that said the Constitution protected a high school football coach in Washington who prayed...

In this photo provided by Dax McDonald, debris sits near railroad tracks after an Amtrak passenger train derailed near Mendon, Missouri, on June 27, 2022. The Southwest Chief, traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago, was carrying about 243 passengers when it collided with a dump truck.

‘Seats were coming apart. Bags were going everywhere.’ 3 killed, dozens injured in Chicago-bound Amtrak train crash in Missouri

June 27, 2022 at 9:29 p.m.

Three people were killed and others were injured when a passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago with about 275 passengers and 12 crew members struck a dump truck...

People march in protest through downtown Chicago on June 25, 2022.

Pro-choice rallies continue in Chicago a day after Roe v. Wade is overturned

June 25, 2022 at 7:39 p.m.

One day after the historic ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court removed the national protection for abortion, hundreds of pro-choice supporters again took the streets in Chicago to express their...

The Rev. James Meeks prays with fellow religious leaders and anti-violence advocates at Pioneer Square before holding a prayer walk along Michigan Avenue to bring awareness to gun violence problems on May 28, 2022, in Chicago.

‘Blood, sweat, tears, prayers’: Salem Baptist Church’s first and only pastor for nearly 40 years, Rev. James Meeks, announces retirement

June 25, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

The Rev. James Meeks sprawled out on the sidewalk in front of the controversial Chuck's Gun Store at a "die-in" protest Wednesday, taking up space in front of the doorway...

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Members of minority faith, belief communities have mixed responses to Supreme Court ruling in favor of football coach praying on field

‘Seats were coming apart. Bags were going everywhere.’ 3 killed, dozens injured in Chicago-bound Amtrak train crash in Missouri

Pro-choice rallies continue in Chicago a day after Roe v. Wade is overturned

‘Blood, sweat, tears, prayers’: Salem Baptist Church’s first and only pastor for nearly 40 years, Rev. James Meeks, announces retirement

After deaths in a senior building during May’s heat wave, Chicago City Council approves new cooling requirements

Bernie Sanders’ latest Chicago visit tries to boost progressive agenda and congressional candidates

‘Shouldn’t have happened’: Family of 11-year-old boy hopes driver comes forward after fatal hit-and-run in Lawndale

‘Mama Gloria,’ Chicago’s trans legend, dies at 76

Chicago drill rapper FBG Cash killed and a woman wounded in Auburn Gresham shooting

A day of initiative and advocacy against gun violence in Chicago