Fox News,
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Stephanie Pagones
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An Illinois lawmaker is highlighting shootings and other violence in parts of the Chicago known as being wealthier areas and says those neighborhoods are being overlooked or deemed ineligible for state and federal violence prevention grants for having "too much wealth."Rep. Jaime Andrade, a Democrat representing the 40th District, took to Twitter earlier this week to highlight violent conditions in an area he compared to the "Wild Wild West": Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood, where he says he and his constituents are faced with concerns for their safety amid gunfire and gang violence (Snip) no victim is considered criminal damage to property
Fox News,
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Lucas Manfredi
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11/3/2021 6:34:01 PM
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The Mayo Clinic is developing a breakthrough blood test that can detect more than 50 different types of cancer across all stages. The test, known as Galleri, was created in partnership with Menlo Park, California-based biotechnology and pharmaceutical company Grail. (Snip) Currently, recommended cancer screenings in the U.S. only cover five different types of cancer and can only screen for one type at a time. According to Grail, 71% of cancer deaths are caused by cancers that are not commonly screened for. Galleri, which is not covered by insurance, costs $949 and must be ordered by a licensed health care provider, such as a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician’s assistant.
New York Post,
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Will Feuer
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McDonald’s head honcho Chris Kempczinski is under fire over a text message he sent to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot about shootings in the city that critics say was “racist” and “ignorant.”
Protesters say the message — sent on April 19 but revealed Tuesday — appeared to blame parents who “failed” their children.
“p.s. tragic shootings in last week, both at our restaurant yesterday and with Adam Toldeo [sic]. With both, the parents failed those kids which I know is something you can’t say. Even harder to fix,”(Snip)“Not taking the time to think about this from their viewpoint was wrong, and lacked the empathy and compassion I feel for these families.
Associated Press,
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Staff
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Most workers at Deere & Co. rejected a contract offer Tuesday that would have given them 10% raises and decided to remain on strike in the hopes of securing a better deal.
The raises in the new agreement reached over the weekend were twice as big as the ones in the original offer United Auto Workers union members rejected last month, but those raises and improved benefits weren’t enough to end the strike that began on Oct. 14. The new agreement also would have provided an $8,500 ratification bonus, preserved a pension option for new employees, made workers eligible for health insurance sooner and maintained their no-premium health insurance coverage.
New York Post,
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Samuel Chamberlain
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11/2/2021 9:22:51 AM
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A top Senate Republican on Monday asked the Biden administration to provide a complete accounting of the financial and environmental cost of the president’s travel to the ongoing UN Climate Change Summit (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland — as well as to explain why officials could not take part in the gathering virtually. (Snip) The letters ask each department and agency for the number of employees attending the conference and how many of those have worked from home at least half the time since March 2020.
“If they cannot go to work here in the U.S., they should not be permitted to attend extravagant conferences across the globe,” Barrasso wrote.
Fox News,
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Jon Brown
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10/31/2021 7:10:39 PM
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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday she has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated.
"On Wednesday, in coordination with senior leadership at the White House and the medical team, I made the decision not to travel on the foreign trip with the President due to a family emergency, which was members of my household testing positive for COVID-19," Psaki said in a statement.
"Since then, I have quarantined and tested negative (via PCR) for COVID on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday," she added. "However, today, I tested positive for COVID.
WGN-TV (Chicago),
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Patrick Elwood
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10/30/2021 10:22:52 AM
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Elk Grove Village, Ill. - The mayor of Elk Grove Village is defying the governor’s mask mandate and said wearing a mask is optional in his village for municipal buildings and businesses.
Mayor Craig Johnson said he fully embraces the science and the science tells him it’s past due to lift that indoor mask policy. (Snip) “We are following the science. That’s our key,” he said. “And the science has said, according to the governor last spring, once you drop below 5%, he’d open up. Well today we are at 1.6-1.7%. Why aren’t we opening?”
Just the News,
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Sophie Mann
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10/28/2021 11:04:31 AM
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The chairwoman of the Mankato, Minnesota, school board went viral earlier this week for a video in which she is seen telling parents who wish to speak that they are required to first announce their home address. The chairwoman, Jodi Sapp, is seen at an Oct. 18 meeting telling a man he will not be allowed to speak unless he announces his home address. The man first objects, citing security concerns, but ultimately agrees to the demand. The address cannot be heard in the video, but Sapp notably repeats the address to be sure that it is heard by the entire room.
Chicago Tribune,
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Jeremy Gorner
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Springfield, Ill. - The Illinois Senate voted Tuesday to repeal a decades-old law that requires a parent to be notified when a minor seeks an abortion, an effort by supporters to cement the state’s position as a liberal leader on abortion rights as other states impose greater restrictions on the procedure.(Snip)The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 32-22 to repeal the parental notification requirement, with four members of the majority party joining Republicans in opposition. Five other Democrats did not vote.
The proposal, which has the support of Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, now goes to the Democratic-controlled House, where its prospects remain uncertain.
Daily Mail (UK),
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Joe Davies
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10/23/2021 3:12:20 PM
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City firms have been wrapped up in an equality row after it was revealed diversity proposals will allow companies to include transgender women in their gender roll calls.
Equality targets will require more than a thousand of Britain's biggest companies to close the gender pay gap.
But the proposals define a woman the same way as LGBTQ campaign group Stonewall rather than the way gender is usually recognised under UK law.
If they go ahead, companies can meet percentage targets by including transgender women as female in their self-reported data — despite them not necessarily facing the same discrimination relating to their sex.
Patch (Chicago),
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Mark Konkol
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10/21/2021 12:27:23 PM
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Chicago - How could anyone tell if former Mayor Rahm Emanuel wasn't telling the whole truth during Wednesday's U.S. Senate hearing in advance of a confirmation vote on his pending appointment as America's ambassador to Japan?
Well, his lips were moving.(Snip) Take, for instance, Emanuel's answers during the nine-minute grilling Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) gave him about his involvement in efforts to cover-up video showing a Chicago police officer shooting Laquan McDonald with every bullet in his gun — 16 shots (Snip)The Rahm con job continues. Will senators fall for it like a rubber-stamp City Council? Do they even care?
Daily Herald (IL),
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Susan Sarkauskas
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10/20/2021 10:15:33 AM
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At least two suburban county sheriffs say they will send their deputies to help the Chicago Police Department only if city officers are in distress or under duress.
So they say they will not respond if Chicago is short-staffed because it has suspended officers in a dispute about a COVID-19 vaccination mandate. "ILEAS (the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System) typically responds to emergency situations where there is no opportunity for planning," Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain said Tuesday. "This situation to me is much different."
"It's like a preplanned police shortage," DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick said. "The lack of logic is the thing that astounds me."
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What more do they want?!