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CTU threatens to sue over proposed CPS budget cuts
The Chicago Teachers Union is threatening to sue the Chicago Board of Education over budget plans it says constitute unfair labor practices and violations of the new teachers’ contract.
Charges dropped against Harvey Ald. Colby Chapman, arrested at April City Council meeting
The Cook County state’s attorney’s office dropped charges against Harvey 2nd Ward Ald. Colby Chapman, following her April 28 arrest.
Measles vaccination rates drop after COVID-19 pandemic in counties across the US
Childhood vaccination rates against measles fell in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than 2,000 U.S. counties with available data — including in states that are battling outbreaks this year.
President Donald Trump says Vladimir Putin told him that Russia will respond to Ukrainian attack on airfields
U.S. President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him “very strongly” in a phone call Wednesday that he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack on Russian airfields.
What is the CBO? A look at the small office inflaming debate over President Donald Trump’s tax bill
A small government office with some 275 employees has found itself caught in the political crossfire as Congress debates President Donald Trump’s “one big beautiful bill.”
President Donald Trump tax bill will add $2.4 trillion to the deficit and leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says
President Donald Trump’s big bill making its way through Congress will cut taxes by $3.75 trillion but also increase deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Southland crime: Oak Forest robbery, Alsip carjacking, and more
South and southwest suburban crime reports from police and court reports and news releases.
US and Europe trade negotiators say progress but no breakthroughs on tariff talks in Paris
Europe and the United States say progress has been made but there were no breakthroughs during a meeting in Paris to negotiate a settlement of a tense tariff spat with worldwide economic ramifications between two global economic powerhouses.
US- and Israeli-backed group pauses food delivery in Gaza after deadly shootings
An Israeli- and U.S.-backed group paused food delivery at its three distribution sites in the Gaza Strip after health officials said dozens of Palestinians were killed in a series of shootings near the sites this week. Israeli strikes across the territory, meanwhile, killed 26 people overnight and into Wednesday, officials said.