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Chicago schools shuttered by teachers union, angering officials, parents
The union voted for the action after just 400 cases of COVID-19 were reported on Tuesday morning in the city.
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The union voted for the action after just 400 cases of COVID-19 were reported on Tuesday morning in the city.
Following the shooting, university President Paul Alivisatos urged police and city officials to treat the city’s rising violence with the same urgency as a “public health crisis.”
In the wake of Chicago Police officer Ella French’s burial—the cop who was fatally shot earlier this month—a memorial dedicated in her honor inside the city’s Thompson Center was vandalized, sparking outrage across social media.
Lightfoot pleaded for help from the Biden administration, calling the issue “a national problem.”
Luis Gerardo Pirela-Ramirez and Yonder Enrique Tenefe-Perez were taken into custody on Tuesday morning for allegedly ramming the vehicle and attempting to flee the scene.
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People who knew Rodriguez were interviewed by investigators, and told them that Rodriguez had been outraged by the 2023 killing of Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old in the Chicago suburb of Plainfield who was Muslim and Palestinian.
“Since declaring a Transfemicide State of Emergency, our administration has strengthened the City’s capacity to support LGBTQ+ Chicagoans,” Brandon Johnson said.
Johnson said the city would have outreach workers throughout the Riverwalk area “to help calm situations that may feel unsafe or overwhelming.”
Operation Midway Blitz was launched in early September.