Missouri Tornadoes: Rain, Floods and ‘Then the Sirens Go’
First came floods across Nebraska and Iowa. Then the Mississippi River rose and rose, threatening towns. And on Wednesday, a series of violent tornadoes tore through the region.
View ArticleThe Chicago Defender, Legendary Black Newspaper, Prints Last Copy
For generations of black Americans, The Defender, influential and tough, was a force: “You knew it didn’t happen if it wasn’t in The Defender.”
View ArticleAn Alligator Captivates Chicago from Deep Inside a West Side Lagoon
Chicago is hardly alligator country, which makes the spotting of a four-feet-long creature in a city park all the more fascinating to residents. “Chance the Snapper,” they named him.
View Article‘Chance the Snapper,’ the Alligator That Mesmerized Chicago, Is Captured
Officials had been searching for the alligator for almost a week. It took someone from a warmer clime — Florida — to nab him. The story had enthralled Chicago.
View ArticleWhen Cities Try to Limit Guns, State Laws Bar the Way
“Our officers need help, they need help with gun control,” Philadelphia’s mayor said after six police officers were wounded by gunfire. But in most states, the issue is not up to urban leaders.
View ArticleChicago Teachers Announce Strike in Nation’s Third-Largest District
The Chicago Teachers Union and the city’s new mayor failed to reach a contract deal. Classes were canceled for 300,000 public school students on Thursday.
View ArticleChicago Teachers’ Strike: Citywide Scramble as Classes Come to Halt
A walkout in the nation’s third-largest school district canceled instruction across Chicago. It was uncertain how long the strike might last.
View ArticleChicago Teachers’ Strike Tests Mayor on the Promises She Ran On
Mayor Lori Lightfoot promised to address inequities in the city and add school nurses and librarians. But she hasn’t reached a deal with the Chicago Teachers Union.
View ArticleNational Democrats Signal Support as Chicago Teachers’ Strike Stretches On
Senator Elizabeth Warren was among several Democratic presidential candidates voicing support for the strike in the country’s third-largest school district.
View ArticleChicago Teachers’ Strike, Longest in Decades, Ends
Teachers in Chicago Public Schools, the country’s third-largest district, said they would return to school after an 11-day walkout.
View ArticleWisconsin Judge Says State Must Purge 200,000 Voter Registrations
The decision, which was derided by Democrats, comes in a fight to win Wisconsin in the 2020 presidential election.
View ArticleWho Is Rod Blagojevich? Why Did President Trump Commute His Sentence?
Mr. Blagojevich, a Democrat and former governor of Illinois, was accused of trying to sell the Senate seat left open when Barack Obama went to the White House.
View ArticleTrump Threatens to Send Federal Law Enforcement Forces to More Cities
As federal agents patrol Portland and head to Chicago, Democrats call the president’s plan “an American crisis,” barely 100 days before the election.
View ArticleMost of $600 Million Settlement in Flint Water Crisis Will Go to Children
The settlement still needs federal court approval, but Flint residents were being cautiously optimistic after the drawn-out crisis: “I just want it to be over.”
View ArticleWith Trump Hospitalized, Covid-19 Continues Its Onslaught on the U.S.
The infection of President Trump and some of his top associates makes clear that the country is still in the throes of the pandemic.
View ArticleCovid-19 continues its onslaught in the U.S.
The number of new Covid-19 cases reported each day across the U.S. is still slowly rising. Fall could be a turning point.
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