Young activists worldwide planned to hold hundreds of demonstrations on Black Friday to protest overconsumption and draw attention to climate change.
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‘Performance-enhancing substance’: How Thanksgiving gratitude may improve your health
Express gratitude this Thanksgiving. It may improve your cardiovascular health, sleep quality and more, researchers say.
‘Funny, loyal, light of our lives’: Santa Clarita mourns victims of Saugus school shooting
The community of Santa Clarita is remembering Dominic Blackwell and Gracie Muehlberger, two students killed in the Saugus High School shooting.
Chicago teachers approve ‘historic’ contract that ended 11-day strike
The Chicago Teachers Union voted Friday to accept a contract deal that ended an 11-day strike in the third-largest school district last month.
Chicago teachers to vote on agreement that guarantees 16% raise, $35M to reduce classes
Chicago teachers will begin voting on a tentative contract deal that ended an 11-day strike in the nation’s third-largest school district last month.
This is the most immigrant-friendly city in America, new report says
Chicago ranked as the nation’s top city for effectively integrating immigrants in the New American Economy 2019 Cities Index released Wednesday.
World’s largest Starbucks opens Friday in Chicago. What to know about the Reserve Roastery
The largest Starbucks in the world, the Reserve Roastery Chicago, opens on Magnificent Mile in Chicago on Nov. 15.
‘A vicious case’: Father and daughter kidnapped woman, dumped her in desert, police say
Stanley Alfred Lawton and Shaniya Nicole Poche-Lawton kidnapped a woman from a Las Vegas suburb and left her in the desert, authorities said Friday.
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Airbnb bans ‘party houses’ after 5 die in Halloween party shooting at home rental
CEO Brian Chesky said Airbnb Inc. is banning “party houses” after five people were killed in a shooting at a Halloween party in Orinda, California.