#Cat jumps to safety from burning Chicago apartment

#Cat jumps to safety from burning Chicago apartment

“#Cat jumps to safety from burning Chicago apartment” It was a purrr-fect landing. A black cat escaped injury after leaping from the fifth floor window of a burning apartment in Chicago on Thursday. The cat lands safely after its five story jump.Twitter The jarring jump to safety was captured on video by a Chicago Fire…

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#Famed architect Helmut Jahn killed in Illinois bike accident

#Famed architect Helmut Jahn killed in Illinois bike accident

“#Famed architect Helmut Jahn killed in Illinois bike accident” CHICAGO — Helmut Jahn, a prominent German architect who designed an Illinois state government building and worked on the design of the FBI headquarters in Washington, was killed when two vehicles struck the bicycle he was riding outside Chicago. Jahn, 81, was struck Saturday afternoon while…

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#Janice Jackson to leave Chicago schools CEO post

#Janice Jackson to leave Chicago schools CEO post

“#Janice Jackson to leave Chicago schools CEO post” CHICAGO — The leader of Chicago Public Schools announced Monday that she is leaving the post later this year because it’s time to “pass the torch to new leadership” of the nation’s third-largest school district. The move follows a tumultuous tenure for longtime district educator Janice Jackson,…

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#AOC jumps to conclusions on Chicago shooting — yet again fueling the flames of US divisions

#AOC jumps to conclusions on Chicago shooting — yet again fueling the flames of US divisions

“#AOC jumps to conclusions on Chicago shooting — yet again fueling the flames of US divisions” “The prosecutor did not ‘make an error.’ He lied,” New York’s Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told the world. Except she was again jumping to conclusions. She was reacting to a video released by Chicago’s left-wing district attorney that seems…

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#Teachers’ unions don’t care that closed schools are a harmful inequity

#Teachers’ unions don’t care that closed schools are a harmful inequity

“#Teachers’ unions don’t care that closed schools are a harmful inequity” In New York City and nationally, school shutdowns without question do the most harm to minority, low-income and special-needs students. And it’s beyond outrageous that the teacher-union leaders who are behind the most egregious public-school closures pretend the opposite. They’re making things easier on…

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#Chicago River dyed green ahead of St. Patrick’s day

#Chicago River dyed green ahead of St. Patrick’s day

“#Chicago River dyed green ahead of St. Patrick’s day” CHICAGO — The Chicago River was dyed a bright shade of green Saturday after Mayor Lori Lightfoot reversed an earlier decision not to tint the waterway for second year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Crews on boats began dumping green dye into the riverfront about 7…

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