Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.While her 26-year-old son was hosting a wild house party in defiance of social distancing orders last Friday, a Chicago woman was working a 24-hour shift as a first responder because of the coronavirus outbreak, according to reports.The woman, who…
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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.The editorial board of the Chicago Tribune has repeatedly slammed the Illinois Senate's request for a whopping $41.6 billion federal bailout as the state's financial troubles continue to grow amid the coronavirus outbreak."Let’s stipulate that Don Harmon, rookie president of…
As captive Chicagoans focus on COVID-19, allergy sufferers have an added layer of worry: Pollen counts for both trees and grass have yet to peak in Illinois and they’re hoping their congestion and cough don’t mean something more serious. Figuring out when allergy season starts has gotten harder in recent years because of long cold…
Like many small businesses, Shiny Strands, a three-store suburban Chicago lice removal salon, has struggled during the coronavirus pandemic. Social distancing, it seems, is a cure for lice infestations. So Shiny Strands applied for a $45,000 payroll protection loan through JPMorgan Chase bank, hoping to keep its employees on staff and its doors at least…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…