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Blogs, Bleader Sep 29, 2017
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How Chicago shaped Hugh Hefner and his Playboy empire, and other news

Also, Governor Rauner signs a bill expanding abortion coverage.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Hugh Hefner, Los Angeles, Playboy, Playboy Mansion, Chicago history, Steinmetz High School, Playboy Club, Bruce Rauner, abortion, Chicago Cubs, MLB playoffs, MLB, Washington Nationals, National League Division Series, National League Central Division, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Oxford University, Rahm Emanuel, Brian Hopkins, Ed Burke, Equifax, Oriental Theater, Chicago theater, The Cher Story, Pretty Woman, Cher, Samantha Barks, Steve Kazee, Bryan Adams, Broadway in Chicago, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2017
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Judge blocks Trump administration threats to defund sanctuary cities, and other Chicago news

Also, Kwame Raoul, Gery Chico, others express interest in replacing Lisa Madigan as attorney general.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Jeff Sessions, immigration issues, Donald Trump, Rahm Emanuel, Lisa Madigan, Kwame Raoul, Gary Chico, Jesse Ruiz, Jack Franks, Election 2018, Emmy Awards, Masters of None, Lena Waithe, Aziz Ansari, The Chi, Showtime, Netflix, Illinois General Assembly, Steve Andersson, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Peoria, public art, Abraham Lincoln, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Aug 29, 2017
Did an accused sex-orgy killer lose his academic due process?

Northwestern professor Wyndham Lathem has been charged with first-degree murder, but the university may not have followed protocol when they fired him.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: On Culture, Wyndham Lathem, murder, Northwestern University, Andrew Warren, Oxford University, academic due process, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Black Death, bubonic plague, Pasteur Institute, Northwestern University faculty handbook, Storer Rowley, Peter Kirstein, Jacqueline Stevens, Adam Sheppard

Blogs, Bleader Aug 25, 2017
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Rauner fires new communications team, says the ‘intensity of the battle’ against enemies ‘is going up,’ and other Chicago news

Also, two bars near Soldier Field are supporting Colin Kaepernick by refusing to show NFL games.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Bruce Rauner, Illinois Policy Institute, Chicago Public Schools, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, criminal justice, Sandi Jackson, Martha Stewart, Wyndham Lathem, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Andrew Warren, Adam Sheppard, Northwestern University, Oxford University, Colin Kaepernick, NFL, Soldier Field, Benito Mussolini, Rahm Emanuel, fascism, Italo Balbo, Burnham Park, Dos Toros, restaurant openings, Mexican food, Mission-style burritos, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 23, 2017
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Chance the Rapper interested in returning to college, and other Chicago news

Also, law enforcement looks for new leads in the 25-year-old kidnapping and murder of Tammy Zywicki.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Chance the Rapper, Grammy Awards, Clark Atlanta University, Harold Washington College, cold cases, Illinois State Police, FBI, Tammy Zywicki, Grinnell College, Northwestern University, mysteries, Missouri, Chicago Police Department, Anthony Napolitano, Nicholas Sposato, Chicago Public Schools, Civic Federation, Center for Budget and Tax Accountability, plague, Wyndham Lathem, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Half Acre, Half Acre Beer Company, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 22, 2017
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An inside look at the Chicago Police Department's mysterious strategic subject list, and other news

Also, Wyndham Lathem is "trying to remain hopeful" in Cook County Jail.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Police Department, Strategic Subject List, gun violence, gangs, Eddie Johnson, police body cameras, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Northwestern University, Oxford University, Adam Sheppard, Cook County Jail, Raymond Lopez, Abraham Lincoln, West Englewood Library, Chicago Blackhawks, Matt O'Shea, Kennedy Park, Chicago Park District, Dog Haus, restaurant openings, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 21, 2017
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Prosecutors: Ex-Northwestern professor killed boyfriend in a murder, sex, suicide fantasy plot, and other Chicago news

Also, Rahm says Trump administration is "playing politics" to promote its law enforcement policies.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Northwestern University, University of Oxford, Rahm Emanuel, Donald Trump, immigration issues, David Axelrod, University of Chicago Institute of Politics, the Axe Files, podcasts, opiates, Bruce Rauner, Susana Mendoza, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Transit Authority, gun violence, Red Line, Coldplay, Chris Martin, Lou Malnati's Pizzeria, Midway International Airport, Seattle, Bruno Mars, United Center, solar eclipse, weather, National Weather Service, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 16, 2017
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Chicago must apply for a DOJ grant that includes new sanctuary city restrictions, and other news

Also, a former Miss America has announced a run against incumbent attorney general Lisa Madigan.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Jeff Sessions, sanctuary cities, immigration issues, Rahm Emanuel, Department of Justice, Chicago Police Department, Harry Leinenweber, Miss America, Erika Harold, Lisa Madigan, Election 2018, Toni Preckwinkle, sweetened beverage tax, pop tax, soda tax, Cook County, Illinois house of representatives, Illinois General Assembly, Christine Winger, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, ride-sharing, Uber, Lyft, Chicago Transit Authority, the el, Elske, Anna Posey, David Posey, Giant, Bon Appetit, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 14, 2017
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Illinois senate overrides Rauner's amendatory veto of the school funding bill, and other news

Also, hundreds of Chicagoans gathered Sunday to denounce racism and bigotry after the violence at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois senate, Illinois house, Illinois General Assembly, Chicago Public Schools, Bruce Rauner, Illinois State Board of Education, Sam McCann, Election 2018, neo-Nazis, white nationalists, Charlottesville, Virginia, white supremacists, racism, bigotry, Ku Klux Klan, Nazis, Donald Trump, Don Harmon, Chance the Rapper, Bud Billiken Parade, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago Transit Authority, Rahm Emanuel, Andrew Warren, Wyndham Lathem, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Chicago Police Department, solar eclipse, Amtrak, Champaign, Carbondale, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2017
Michael Madigan is now the longest-serving state house speaker in American history, and other Chicago news

Also, prompted by the highly unpopular pop tax, Cook County commissioner Richard Boykin is mulling a 2018 run against board president Toni Preckwinkle.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Illinois house speaker Michael Madigan, Illinois house, Springfield, South Carolina, Solomon Blatt, National Congress of State Legislators, Bon Appetit magazine, Julia Kramer, Time Out Chicago, restaurants, Richard Boykin, soda tax, pop tax, sweetened beverage tax, Cook County, Toni Preckwinkle, taxes, DuPage County, Rahm Emanuel, immigration issues, sanctuary cities, Department of Justice, Danny Davis, Jeff Sessions, Mark Halperin, George Stephanopoulos, Laquan McDonald, Wyndham Lathem, Northwestern University, bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, the Black Death, Institut Pasteur, Paris, immunology, infectious diseases, France, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, River North murder, Andrew Warren

Blogs, Bleader Aug 8, 2017
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Chicago Public Schools lays off nearly 1,000 employees, including hundreds of teachers, and other news

Also, Walter Payton College Prep was named the nation's top public high school in a new set of rankings.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Public Schools, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Kenneth Wine, San Francisco, Northwestern University, Walter Payton College Prep, Niche, Northside College Prep, Whitney Young Magnet High School, Jones College Prep, Lane Tech, Chicago Police Department, police entrance exam, Rahm Emanuel, Malia Obama, Rumer Willis, Lorde, Killer Mike, Halsey, Ben Zobrist, Three Dots and a Dash, Charlie McKenna, Lillie's Q, Dixie, restaurant closings, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 7, 2017
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Chicago is suing the Department of Justice over federal funding for sanctuary cities, and other news

Also, Northwestern microbiologist Wyndham Lathem will make his first court appearance in California Monday morning.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, sanctuary cities, immigration issues, Jeff Sessions, Department of Justice, Byrne Justice Assistance Grants, lawsuits, Lollapalooza, Chance the Rapper, rap music, Ken Bennett, Wyndham Lathem, microbiologist, Northwestern University, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Andrew Warren, Oxford University, crime, John Lausch, Donald Trump, Kirkland & Ellis, U.S. Attorney's Office, Joel Levin, Zachary Fardon, Barack Obama, Chicago Police Department, Crowdfund, Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ale, craft beer, craft breweries, restaurant openings, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 4, 2017
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IPRA reopens investigation into 2014 fatal police shooting of a 19-year-old, and other Chicago news

Also, J.B. Pritzker's health-care plan involves letting anyone buy into Medicaid.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Independent Police Review Authority, police-involved shootings, Roshad McIntosh, Election 2018, J.B. Pritzker, Ameya Pawar, Daniel Biss, Medicaid, Lori Lightfoot, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Department, Department of Justice, Northwestern University, DePaul University, New York University, gun violence, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Trenton Cornell-Duranleau, Lollapalooza, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 3, 2017
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Emanuel: Rauner is ‘governing through anger’ by vetoing CPS funding, and other Chicago news

Also, a Northwestern professor and an Oxford University employee are wanted for murder in connection with a stabbing death in River North.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Chicago Public Schools, education funding, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, health insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Northwestern University, Oxford University, murder, Wyndham Lathem, Andrew Warren, Trenton H. James Cornell-Duranleau, Bastian Schweinsteiger, soccer, Chicago Fire, Manchester, Munich, Metro, Foo Fighters, Lollapalooza, Arcade Fire, Blink-182, Spoon, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2013
Studying bubonic plague at Northwestern

Professor Wyndham Lathem traces the evolution of the infamous disease.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Science, This Will Kill You, News, Wyndham Lathem, bubonic plague, Black Death, Y. pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis, bacteria, immunology

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Also, Governor Rauner signs a bill expanding abortion coverage.

Also, Kwame Raoul, Gery Chico, others express interest in replacing Lisa Madigan as attorney general.

Northwestern professor Wyndham Lathem has been charged with first-degree murder, but the university may not have followed protocol when they fired him.

Also, two bars near Soldier Field are supporting Colin Kaepernick by refusing to show NFL games.

Also, law enforcement looks for new leads in the 25-year-old kidnapping and murder of Tammy Zywicki.

Also, Wyndham Lathem is "trying to remain hopeful" in Cook County Jail.

Also, Rahm says Trump administration is "playing politics" to promote its law enforcement policies.

Also, a former Miss America has announced a run against incumbent attorney general Lisa Madigan.

Also, hundreds of Chicagoans gathered Sunday to denounce racism and bigotry after the violence at a white supremacist march in Charlottesville.

Also, prompted by the highly unpopular pop tax, Cook County commissioner Richard Boykin is mulling a 2018 run against board president Toni Preckwinkle.

Also, Walter Payton College Prep was named the nation's top public high school in a new set of rankings.

Also, Northwestern microbiologist Wyndham Lathem will make his first court appearance in California Monday morning.

Also, J.B. Pritzker's health-care plan involves letting anyone buy into Medicaid.

Also, a Northwestern professor and an Oxford University employee are wanted for murder in connection with a stabbing death in River North.

Professor Wyndham Lathem traces the evolution of the infamous disease.

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