By Susannah Cullinane Article Reprint (CNN) An Illinois high school has canceled classes for a second day due to a stomach virus affecting nearly a third of its 2,500 students.
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Illinois Dairy Queen closed after racist spat
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES Article Reprint A Dairy Queen restaurant in Zion, Illinois, was closed Friday after a young mother said the franchise owner called her and her children a racial slur. The racially charged dispute
Read more‘Despicable’ Racially-Charged Torture Case Started As 2 Friends Hanging Out
By Ed Komenda, Kelly Bauer, Ariel Cheung and Josh McGhee Article Reprint CHICAGO — Far from home in the freezing cold, the bloodied and beaten suburban man wearing nothing but an inside-out tank top, sandals and jean shorts hobbled down
Read moreJesse Jackson Jr., Sandi Jackson Take Divorce Battle to Washington
By Jessica D’Onofrio Article Reprint CHICAGO (WLS) –Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and his estranged wife, former Chicago alderman Sandi Jackson, took their divorce battle to court in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
Read moreBlacks Systematically Barred from Temporary Jobs in Chicago
“The Black applicants would wind up sitting in the office beginning at dawn, watching Hispanics get assigned to work all day long. by Glen Ford Article Reprint A national temporary worker staffing agency and a
Read moreFather Pfleger to Lead New Year’s Eve Michigan Ave. Anti-Violence March
By: Liz Nagy Article Submission CHICAGO (WLS) — Father Michael Pfleger will lead a group of anti-violence marchers down Michigan Avenue on New Year’s Eve.
Read more“Bad Boy Was a Great Man” Slain boxer Ed ‘Bad Boy’ Brown was on way to world championship
By Maudlyne Ihejirika Article Submission Her daddy’s heart, she’s plastered in photos on his social media pages, a 3-year-old who preens in boxing gloves and robe in one picture, her expressive eyes and pout the
Read moreFormer Heisman winner, Bears first-round pick Rashaan Salaam dead at 42
By: Shalise Manza Young Article Reprint Former Chicago Bears first-round pick Rashaan Salaam, the 1994 Heisman Trophy winner, was found dead on Monday night at a park in Boulder, Colo. He was 42.
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