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Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced CPS schools will begin the school year with an all-remote model. At left is CPS CEO Janice Jackson.

CPS backtracks and moves to all-remote learning for fall, but officials say they won’t be ‘cobbling things together’ like last spring

August 5, 2020 at 8:09 p.m.

After weeks of defending a proposal to reopen Chicago Public Schools this fall, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and CPS CEO Janice Jackson announced Wednesday that the new school year will begin...

Jasmine Bradley, left, and Jermaine Pleasant are seen on West Superior Street in Chicago on Aug. 3, 2020, at a vigil for their brother, slain teen activist Caleb Reed.

Community leaders vow to carry on work of slain activist Caleb Reed, and will press his high school to remove Chicago cops

August 4, 2020 at 8:07 p.m.

Community leaders gathered outside Mather High School on Tuesday afternoon to remember slain activist Caleb Reed and make a promise: that the work of the 17-year-old will not be in...

Reputed mob boss Michael Sarno appears during his federal trail in 2010.

Reputed mob boss Michael ‘the Large Guy’ Sarno wants out of prison 12 years early because of the pandemic

August 4, 2020 at 12:56 p.m.

Reputed mob boss Michael "the Large Guy" Sarno says 10 years behind bars has reduced him to "a senior citizen with severe medical issues," and he wants out of federal...

Man defending sister fatally shot by her ex during quarrel on Chicago’s Far South Side

August 4, 2020 at 8:36 a.m.

Bail was denied Friday for an 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting a man trying to intervene in a fight he was having with the man's sister on the Far South...

Family remembers young activist slain in West Rogers Park. ‘To see him speaking out so millions could see him … it meant a lot to us.’

August 3, 2020 at 8:52 p.m.

Caleb Reed had been outspoken on racial justice issues, his family says, but this summer the 17-year-old became a leader in his community as he called for the removal of...

A passenger walks outside of Terminal 2 at O'Hare International Airport after arriving in Chicago on April 30, 2020.

Chicago airports restrict access to people with tickets and those helping them, workers

July 31, 2020 at 4:19 p.m.

Chicago aviation officials are restricting access to O'Hare International and Midway airports starting Friday night for "safety and security" reasons, including the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 was not the sole motivation...

Bluelight, a 4 a.m. bar on Western Ave. in Chicago's Roscoe Village neighborhood is pictured on Nov. 19, 2019.

Family of man fatally shot outside North Side bar files lawsuit against Walsh Security Company and guard

July 30, 2020 at 4:48 p.m.

The family of a man fatally shot by a guard near a North Side bar in November has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the guard and the security company...

Students walk under a mural at St. Pius V Elementary School in Pilsen in January. Schools in the Chicago Archdiocese plan to reopen fully for students in the fall.

Local Catholic school students face a tough choice: a full return to in-person instruction or remote learning, possibly by an outside vendor

July 29, 2020 at 6:29 p.m.

With the start of classes just about a month away, many parents at Chicago-area Catholic schools are facing a tough decision: commit their children to five days of in-person instruction,...

A woman argues with bystanders before crews remove the Christopher Columbus statue in Grant Park early on Friday, July 24, 2020.

Seeking to ‘protect public safety,’ Mayor Lori Lightfoot removes Christopher Columbus statues overnight from Chicago parks ‘until further notice’

July 24, 2020 at 4:35 p.m.

Hoping to avoid another high-profile confrontation between police and protesters like the clash that happened last week, Mayor Lori Lightfoot ordered the statues of Christopher Columbus removed from Chicago's Grant...

People listen to speakers at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Thursday, July 23, 2020. A coalition of activist groups complained in federal court that Chicago police have abused and insulted protesters for weeks.

Black Lives Matter, activists go to court to avoid Portland-style federal response to protests, while other groups say CPD has abused protesters

July 24, 2020 at 9:32 a.m.

As federal agents prepared to come to Chicago with the stated goal of stopping violence, activist groups voiced fear that those forces would be used to quell protests against police...

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