Breaking News: 500 King College Prep Students Sit-In Demanding Resignation of Principal
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...Man Dies After Falling from Hotel Roof
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(AP) — A 23-year-old man has died after falling into a smokestack atop a Chicago hotel.
Authorities say the man was trying to take a photo from the top of the Intercontinental Hotel on Michigan Avenue when he fell 22 feet down the smokestack. He was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital early Thursday. His name wasn't immediately
Mental Health Care at Kewanee Juvenile Detention Center Lacking
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(AP) — Medical care for severe mental illness at a Kewanee juvenile detention center is so inadequate, the state should find another place for residents needing care "to prevent the violation of their constitutional right to treatment," a report released Thursday says.
Only eight of 17 mental health positions were filled at the Illinois Youth
...Chicago Vows to Fight Concealed Carry Ruling
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...Unemployment Benefits Will End for Nearly $90,000 Illinoisans
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CHICAGO (AP) — About 90,000 people in Illinois will stop receiving unemployment benefits when a federal emergency program ends later this month.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced Tuesday that the federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation program will expire Dec. 29.
The program provides unemployment insurance benefits beyond
