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The United Center mass vaccination site opened Tuesday morning after a one-hour delay in starting appointments led to more than a hundred people waiting on the sidewalks.

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Roger Mudd, longtime network TV newsman, dies at 93

March 9, 2021, 1:59 pm

CBS News says Mudd died Tuesday of complications of kidney failure at his home in McLean, Virginia.

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Daywatch: What we’ve learned about COVID-19, United Center opens despite...

March 10, 2021, 4:08 am

Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.

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3 Gary teens charged in July shooting death of 16-year-old boy who was...

March 10, 2021, 4:20 am

Three Gary teens face murder charges after a boy, 16, was fatally shot in the head while helping his mother move on July 5.

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Homewood says no to rezoning Calumet Country Club, but developer vows to...

March 10, 2021, 4:45 am

Homewood officially said no to a rezoning of the Calumet Country Club that would have opened the door for a redevelopment plan calling for a logistics park at the site.

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Wisconsin woman convicted as teen in Slender Man stabbing case to seek...

March 10, 2021, 6:30 am

Anissa Weier, now 19, is expected to present testimony from mental health experts showing she’s ready to be released from the Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Oshkosh.

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Sally Atwater, wife of late GOP strategist, dies at 69

March 10, 2021, 7:07 am

Sally Atwater, wife of the late GOP strategist and former Republican National Committee chairman Lee Atwater, died Tuesday, according to her family and party officials across South Carolina.

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Roger Vonlanthen, Swiss player in World Cup epic, dies at 89

March 10, 2021, 7:10 am

Roger Vonlanthen, the last surviving member of the Switzerland team that in 1954 played in the highest-scoring World Cup match, has died.

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Column: I love the idea of a Target in Water Tower Place. What’s...

March 10, 2021, 7:32 am

Treasurer Maria Pappas called Target taking over Macy's "embarrassing." What’s embarrassing about an affordable store in a sea of high-end retailers?

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Column: A Target on the Magnificent Mile? How embarrassing. What’s next?...

March 10, 2021, 7:54 am

A Target in Water Tower Place on Chicago's Magnificent Mile? How embarrassing. What will come next? Tourists?!?

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Obama Presidential Center officials commit to hiring 35% of construction...

March 10, 2021, 8:02 am

he Obama Foundation announced Wednesday that more than a third of its construction hires for the upcoming presidential center will hail from South and West side neighborhoods as part of a drive to give...

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WGN-TV meteorologist Mike Hamernik dies from lung cancer at 60: ‘He was never...

March 10, 2021, 8:04 am

Mike Hamernik, the WGN-TV weekend morning meteorologist, 60, died Wednesday from lung cancer. His sister said on Twitter that he died at home “surrounded by love and at peace.”

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Kyle Rittenhouse to face November trial for fatally shooting two men and...

March 10, 2021, 8:07 am

Kyle Rittenhouse to face November trial for fatally shooting two men and wounding another at Kenosha protest

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Teachers on strike in Bourbonnais say they ‘stepped up’ during the pandemic...

March 10, 2021, 9:21 am

New employees would see higher health care costs under a district proposal.

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Driver clocked at 125 mph on I-94 near Chesterton, faces charges: State police

March 10, 2021, 10:05 am

Police identified the driver as Johnell C. Higgins, 36, and said he showed signs of impairment, failed some of the field sobriety tests and refused to complete other sobriety tests.

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2 wounded in shooting on Far South Side

March 10, 2021, 10:48 am

Two people, possibly both teens, were shot Wednesday morning in the West Pullman neighborhood, police said.

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