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Red Lobster files for bankruptcy days after closing nearly 50 restaurants
Red Lobster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection days after shuttering nearly 50 restaurants across more than 20 states, including Illinois.
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Jury finds Chicago police officer not guilty in girlfriend's 2021 shooting death
A Chicago police officer has been acquitted in the 2021 fatal shooting of a woman who was the mother of his child. A Cook County jury on Friday found 32-year-old Pierre Tyler not guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 29-year-old Andris Wofford. Prosecutors have said the two had argued over Wofford’s belief that Tyler was married and also...
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PGA Championship delays Play of Round 2 after Scottie Scheffler detained by police
Shortly after Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was detained by police Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship, the organization said it was delaying Play of Round 2 “due to an accident near the course.”
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`Micropreemie' baby who weighed just over 1 pound at birth goes home from suburban hospital
A baby girl who weighed just over one pound when she was born prematurely has beaten the odds and gone home with her parents after six months at a Chicago area hospital. Nyla Brooke Haywood left a hospital in New Lenox, Illinois, on Monday with her first-time parents, NaKeya and Cory Haywood of Joliet. Nyla was delivered Nov. 17 at...
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Illinois basketball star Terrence Shannon Jr. ordered to stand trial on a rape charge in Kansas
A Kansas judge has ordered University of Illinois basketball standout Terrence Shannon Jr. to stand trial on a rape charge following testimony from a woman who said she was “terrified” as she was being assaulted. Shannon is accused of committing sexual assault last September at a bar in Lawrence, Kansas. A woman told police she was at a bar when...
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Joe Biden in Racine, Chicago Wednesday for speech, fundraiser
Following his visit to Wisconsin, Biden Wednesday night will visit Chicago to appear at a fundraiser for the Biden Victory Fund.
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Judge delays trial for man charged in 2017 Delphi murders
A judge on Tuesday delayed until October the murder trial of an Indiana man charged in the killings of two teenage girls after the man’s attorneys expressed concerns they would not have adequate time to present their case.
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Dozens arrested at pro-Palestinian demonstration on Art Institute of Chicago campus
Dozens of people were arrested on Saturday afternoon during a pro-Palestinian protest organized by students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, authorities said. According to police and museum officials, an estimated 50 people were arrested for criminal trespass to property after failing to disperse from the Art Institute’s downtown campus – despite several verbal warnings. Tent...
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DePaul joins nationwide pro-Palestinian college protests as encampment continues at University of Chicago
Similar to protesters on other campuses, demonstrators at DePaul are calling on the university to disinvest from companies that do business with Israel, while also calling on the university to call for a ceasefire.
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Southwest Airlines weighing changes to unique boarding process, seating practices
Southwest Airlines is studying changes to its quirky boarding and seating policies as it searches for ways to raise more revenue.