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Chicago's 1st Openly Gay, Black Woman Mayor Loses Re-Election
Lori Lightfoot's defeat was seen as a shock in the country's third largest city, which has for decades returned mayors to power. She had won every ward in the city in 2019.
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Chicago Cop Suspended For Slamming Man Into Pavement
A Chicago police officer was suspended this week after video recorded by a bystander showed him hurling a man forcefully onto the sidewalk during an arrest, in footage described by Mayor Lori Lightfoot as "highly disturbing."
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Video Shows Chicago Cop Slamming Man Into Pavement, Sparks Outrage
A video of a Chicago policeman slamming a man into the pavement has added new tensions to the city's strained police-public relations, with the mayor on Friday calling it "very disturbing."
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Black, Gay Woman Elected As Chicago Mayor In Historic Vote
In a historic first, a gay African-American woman was elected mayor of America's third largest city Tuesday, as Chicago voters entrusted a political novice with tackling difficult problems of economic inequality and gun violence.
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Sweet Home Chicago: Barack Obama To Re-Emerge In The City Where It All Began
Former US President Barack Obama on Monday makes his first major appearance since leaving office, having chosen Chicago, the city where his political career started, to emerge from a three-month hiatus from the public eye.
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Chicago Universities To Sponsor Entrepreneurs On H-1B Visas
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced that five Chicago-based universities will launch the Global Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) Program.
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Newly Released Emails Reveal Coordination After Teen's Death
The Chicago mayor's office, police and the body that investigates police shootings closely coordinated their response in the months after a white officer fatally shot a black teenager in 2014, newly released emails.
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Chicago Mayor Overhauls Police After Shootings
Embattled Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a major overhaul of the US city's police force Wednesday in the wake of fatal shootings which sparked mass protests.
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I Don't Need Chicago Mayor's Backing To Reach White House: Bernie Sanders
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said on Wednesday he did not need the backing of one of rival Hillary Clinton's supporters, embattled Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, to win.
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Chicago Mayor Fires Police Chief in Wake of Video Release
Chicago's mayor fired the city's police chief Tuesday, a week after the release of a dash-cam video that showed a white officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times.
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Former White House Aide Rahm Emanuel Re-Elected Chicago's Mayor
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel won re-election Tuesday as Chicago's mayor in the city's first runoff vote, news reports said.
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Jane Byrne, Chicago's First Female Mayor, Dies
Jane Byrne, who capitalized on Chicago's slow reaction to a snowstorm to score one of the biggest election upsets in the city's history and become its first female mayor, died on Friday. She was 80.
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Chennai native to run New York's public hospital system
New York City's new Mayor Bill de Blasio has named Ramanathan Raju, a respected Indian-American doctor, as commissioner of Health and Hospitals Corporation, the nation's largest public hospital system.
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Chicago police search for suspects in shooting that hurt 13
Chicago police are searching for suspected gang members who opened fire with an assault weapon at a park late on Thursday, wounding 13 people including a 3-year-old boy, in an attack that highlighted Mayor Rahm Emanuel's struggle to stem street crime.
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Chicago's 1st Openly Gay, Black Woman Mayor Loses Re-Election
Lori Lightfoot's defeat was seen as a shock in the country's third largest city, which has for decades returned mayors to power. She had won every ward in the city in 2019.
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Chicago Cop Suspended For Slamming Man Into Pavement
A Chicago police officer was suspended this week after video recorded by a bystander showed him hurling a man forcefully onto the sidewalk during an arrest, in footage described by Mayor Lori Lightfoot as "highly disturbing."
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Video Shows Chicago Cop Slamming Man Into Pavement, Sparks Outrage
A video of a Chicago policeman slamming a man into the pavement has added new tensions to the city's strained police-public relations, with the mayor on Friday calling it "very disturbing."
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Black, Gay Woman Elected As Chicago Mayor In Historic Vote
In a historic first, a gay African-American woman was elected mayor of America's third largest city Tuesday, as Chicago voters entrusted a political novice with tackling difficult problems of economic inequality and gun violence.
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Sweet Home Chicago: Barack Obama To Re-Emerge In The City Where It All Began
Former US President Barack Obama on Monday makes his first major appearance since leaving office, having chosen Chicago, the city where his political career started, to emerge from a three-month hiatus from the public eye.
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Chicago Universities To Sponsor Entrepreneurs On H-1B Visas
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced that five Chicago-based universities will launch the Global Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) Program.
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Newly Released Emails Reveal Coordination After Teen's Death
The Chicago mayor's office, police and the body that investigates police shootings closely coordinated their response in the months after a white officer fatally shot a black teenager in 2014, newly released emails.
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Chicago Mayor Overhauls Police After Shootings
Embattled Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a major overhaul of the US city's police force Wednesday in the wake of fatal shootings which sparked mass protests.
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I Don't Need Chicago Mayor's Backing To Reach White House: Bernie Sanders
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said on Wednesday he did not need the backing of one of rival Hillary Clinton's supporters, embattled Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, to win.
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Chicago Mayor Fires Police Chief in Wake of Video Release
Chicago's mayor fired the city's police chief Tuesday, a week after the release of a dash-cam video that showed a white officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times.
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Former White House Aide Rahm Emanuel Re-Elected Chicago's Mayor
Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel won re-election Tuesday as Chicago's mayor in the city's first runoff vote, news reports said.
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Jane Byrne, Chicago's First Female Mayor, Dies
Jane Byrne, who capitalized on Chicago's slow reaction to a snowstorm to score one of the biggest election upsets in the city's history and become its first female mayor, died on Friday. She was 80.
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Chennai native to run New York's public hospital system
New York City's new Mayor Bill de Blasio has named Ramanathan Raju, a respected Indian-American doctor, as commissioner of Health and Hospitals Corporation, the nation's largest public hospital system.
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Chicago police search for suspects in shooting that hurt 13
Chicago police are searching for suspected gang members who opened fire with an assault weapon at a park late on Thursday, wounding 13 people including a 3-year-old boy, in an attack that highlighted Mayor Rahm Emanuel's struggle to stem street crime.
