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Free Library worker Shelley Rosen was worried about COVID safety in advance of more than 20 branch …
5 killed in Des Plaines house fire
DES PLAINES, Ill. — Five people were killed in a house fire in Des Plaines.
The fire started around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 700 block of West Oakton Street.
A massive amount of emergency crews have responded to the …
Off-duty Chicago police officer among those carjacked in Chicago
CHICAGO — At least three more carjackings happened in the city overnight — one of which involved an off-duty Chicago police officer.
In the North Kenwood neighborhood, four men confronted a 38-year-old officer at gunpoint as she got out of …
FOP president John Catanzara faces disciplinary charges from police board
CHICAGO — Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara is now facing disciplinary charges from the Chicago Police Board.
The police board Catanzara was already considering firing the combative head of the police union over a series of social media …
Several states lift restrictions gradually amid fears of new COVID-19 variant
LANSING, Mich. — Several states are loosening their coronavirus restrictions on restaurants and other businesses because of improved infection and hospitalization numbers but are moving gradually and cautiously, in part because of the more contagious variant taking hold in the …
Chicago principals offer school reopening plan amid coronavirus pandemic
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Public Schools should allow students back into classrooms in no more than 100 facilities and then gradually reopen others, an organization of school principals proposed Wednesday, saying most of them doubt the nation’s third-largest school district …
Wednesday Forecast: Temps in upper 20s, mostly cloudy with lake effect snow
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WATCH: Biden’s White House COVID-19 response team holds briefing
WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly a year it was the Trump show. Now President Joe Biden is calling up the nation’s top scientists and public health experts to regularly brief the American public about the pandemic that has claimed more …
2 more Indiana men face federal charges in Capitol riot
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two central Indiana men face federal charges stemming from the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building.
Federal authorities say in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that …
Kraft rolls out pink mac and cheese just in time for Valentine’s Day
Roses and chocolates? Get your love some mac and cheese this Valentine’s Day!
Kraft is launching Candy Kraft Mac & Cheese, a twist on its classic Mac & Cheese with a candy flavor packet to turn the mac and cheese …