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January 27, 2021

Chicago's plan to reopen schools hits another barrier as union threatens strike

Chicago ditched plans Tuesday for thousands of teachers to report to schools this week ahead of students after the teacher's union said its members wouldn't comply and were prepared to picket over coronavirus safety concerns. 

January 27, 2021

Winter weather sweeps across the US with multiple storms bringing snow, rain and blizzard conditions

A winter storm that dumped up to 15 inches of snow and forced coronavirus testing sites to close in the middle of the country is expected to bring further precipitation to parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, while forecasters are warning of an "atmospheric river" that will generate hazardous travel conditions on the West Coast. 

January 26, 2021

Chicago Teachers Union panned for music video using interpretive dance to demand 'safe' return to schools

The Chicago Teachers Union has raised eyebrows with a bizarre music video artistically expressing members' refusal to return to schools during the coronavirus pandemic unless it is "safe."

January 25, 2021

Biden declines to tell Chicago teachers refusing to teach in-person to go back to work

President Biden declined to tell Chicago teachers on Monday to return to school following a union vote over the weekend to defy a district order for educators to return to campuses in order to prepare to resume in-person classroom instruction. 

January 25, 2021

Thousands of Chicago teachers not heading back to classrooms following union vote, will remain remote

Thousands of Chicago’s educators are refusing to head back into schools Monday as originally planned following a weekend vote from its teachers union to defy a district order asking them to return to the classroom in preparation for resuming in-person learning. 

January 24, 2021

Chicago teachers vote to teach from home, defying district

The union said the district’s safety plan falls short and that before teachers can return safely to schools, vaccinations would have to be more widespread and different metrics to measure infections would need to be in place.

January 22, 2021

Wheel falls off plane landing at O'Hare Airport, lands with 'boom' in Chicago family's yard

Fortunately, the wheel did not inflict any injury to the residents of the Jefferson Park neighborhood where it crashed down

January 18, 2021

California man allegedly lived in Chicago airport for months because he was afraid to fly: report

Authorities in Chicago announced the arrest of a California man they say lived inside O’Hare International Airport for three months because he was afraid to fly due to COVID-19 transmission fears, according to a report.

January 15, 2021

17 Chicago cops resting in burgled office suspended: Union

Chicago Police suspended several officers captured on video during last summer’s widespread unrest who were lounging — and apparently even sleeping — inside a burglarized congressional campaign office.

January 15, 2021

VP-elect Harris compares Capitol riots to 2017 'Unite the Right' rally

Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris said Thursday that last week's assault on the U.S. Capitol reminded her of the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va.