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Here Are The Issues That Could Cause CPS' Second Strike in 7 Years
Chicago’s mayor announced Wednesday that the city’s public schools would be closed on Thursday in anticipation of an expected strike by the city’s 25,000 teachers. A strike in the nation’s third largest school district would mean no classes for nearly 400,000 students. Like most workers threatening to walk off the job, the teachers want a raise. But money is only...
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Fire at Rio de Janeiro Hospital in Brazil Kills 11 People, Many Elderly
A fire raced through a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, forcing staff to wheel patients into the streets on stretchers or in wheelchairs and killing at least 11 people, many of them elderly. Four firefighters were hospitalized after battling the overnight blaze at Badim Hospital and about 90 patients were transferred to other hospitals, the fire department said. A rope...
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Social Worker Sentenced to Jail for Having Sex With Patient
A former social worker at a suburban Chicago mental health center has been sentenced to 180 days in jail after pleading guilty to a sexual misconduct charge involving a patient with a disability. Christy Lenhardt’s plea entered Friday stems from an investigation into allegations she engaged in sexual misconduct between November 2014 and July 2017 with a patient at the...
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Father Charged in Hot Car Deaths of 1-Year-Old Twins: Police
A father was charged in the deaths of his 1-year-old twins, who he forgot in the car while he went to work, police said Saturday.
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Mom of Murdered Kids Asks Jury Not to Sentence Her Ex-Husband to Death
The mother of five children who were killed by their father stunned a South Carolina courtroom Tuesday by asking the jury to spare her ex-husband’s life. “He did not show my children any mercy by any means. But my kids loved him and if I’m speaking on behalf of my kids and not myself, that’s what I have to say,”...
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Celebrities Branch Out With Podcasts of Their Own
A growing number of celebrities who are branching out to host their own podcasts. Notables including Lena Dunham, Chelsea Handler, Alyssa Milano, “Power’s” Omari Hardwick and “Queer Eye” star Karamo Brown are among those who’ve launched their own approximately hour-long, weekly shows this year.
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NYC Pizzeria Waiter Returns Lost $424K Check to Retired Social Worker
A retired social worker almost became bankrupt in the blink of an eye after leaving a nearly half a million dollar cashiers check at a restaurant.
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New ‘Death Cafe' in Illinois Discusses Taboo Topic
It’s OK to feel comforted and to celebrate life when the topic of conversation is death. That’s the idea behind Death Cafe, a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives or themes.
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Confused About Food Expiration Dates? You're Not Alone
It’s a never-ending source of argument — should food be thrown out of your refrigerator or pantry when it hits its expiration date. Experts say with the exception of formula, the answer is usually “no”. NBC 5’s Phil Rogers Investigates.
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Biden Jokes About Hugs in 1st Speech Since Complaints About Behavior
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday made light of his recent controversy about crossing physical boundaries with women, and he signaled in a resolute speech to union activists that’s he’s ready to run for president as a moderate Democrat in party that has been drifting left. Biden, 76, opened his speech to a conference of electrical workers joking that...
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Pritzker Orders Illinois DCFS Review, Nominates New Director
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday ordered an independent review of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and nominated a new director after the recent deaths of toddlers who were under the child welfare agency’s care.
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Social Worker Left Surprise $11M to Children's Charities
Alan Naiman was known for an unabashed thriftiness that veered into comical, but even those closest to him had no inkling of the fortune that he quietly amassed and the last act that he had long planned. The Washington state social worker died of cancer this year at age 63, leaving most of a surprising $11 million estate to children’s...
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Thousands of Teachers March in LA as Strike Looms
A sea of people wearing red and chanting “UTLA” swarmed City Hall as thousands of educators and their supporters marched in Downtown LA on Saturday.
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Barbara Harris, One of Second City's First Performers, Dies at 83
Barbara Harris, the Tony Award-winning actress who performed in the historic first cast of Chicago’s Second City improvisational theater, has died. She was 83.
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‘Putting Families Back Together': Meet the Woman Who Buries Cook County's Unclaimed Dead
On the grounds of the Mount Olivet Cemetery many gathered for a special funeral service Rebeca Perrone had a hand in bringing together.
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Indigent Coordinator of Cook County Helped Organize Special Funeral Service
An emotional ceremony took place Wednesday for the burial of dozens of people whose remains were never identified in Cook County. It was partly organized by Rebecca Perronee, the new indigent coordinator the county. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the details.
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Stan Lee Lawsuits Continue as Judge Dismisses Restraining Order Protecting Him
A judge on Friday refused to recognize the authority of a lawyer who had obtained an elder-abuse restraining order on behalf of Stan Lee, a move that allowed attorneys for Lee’s daughter to reassert their representation of the 95-year-old mastermind behind many of Marvel Comics’ most-recognizable characters. In a tiny Los Angeles courtroom packed with current and former attorneys and...
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Amid Public Triumph, Private Turmoil for Marvel's Stan Lee
It has been another epic year for characters Stan Lee helped create, with “Black Panther” and “Avengers: Infinity War” earning more than $3 billion combined globally and “Ant-Man and the Wasp” still to open next week, all three featuring the clever cameos beloved by devoted fans of the Marvel Comics mastermind....
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Montville School Officials Accused of Failing to Report Alleged High School Fight Club
A Connecticut school superintendent, principal and assistant principal were arrested, accused of failing to tell authorities about an alleged student “fight club,” according to state police, and have been placed on leave.
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‘Winnie!': South Africa Bids Farewell to Madikizela-Mandela
Tens of thousands of people sang, cheered and cried as the flag-draped casket of anti-apartheid activist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was escorted from her official funeral on Saturday, after supporters defended her complex legacy with poetry and anger. Thunder rumbled and it began to rain as the casket left the 40,000-seat stadium — a blessing, witnesses said. Heads of state joined the...