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BREAKING NEWS: Prosecutors have dropped all charges against Carlishia Hood and her 14-year-old son in the shooting death of 32-year-old Jeremy Brown, citing a further review of evidence in the case. Cell phone video shows Brown punching Hood three times before the shooting.
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Colorful South Korean k-pop group 'BTS' is playing at Soldier Field this weekend. Chicago is one of three U.S. cities the seven-member boy band will perform in before heading back overseas. cbsloc.al/2H7A9mB
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Jussie Smollett Case: Grand Jury Returns 16 Counts Against 'Empire'Actor cbsloc.al/2VRNSmd
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CSU had found itself at the center of a political dispute between Tinubu and his rivals over the legitimacy of a CSU diploma Tinubu provided before the national election earlier this year. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chi…
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JUST IN: Former President Barack Obama has just left his home in Kenwood to report for jury duty at the Daley Center.
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While celebrating Black History Month at the Thompson Center, Hyatt Hotels executive Tyronne Stoudemire asked for Governor Rauner's help while he used a glass of chocolate milk to demonstrate a lesson on corporate diversity.
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"Do you believe that he is innocent?" CBS reporter @adrianasdiaz asks First Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Joseph Magats about dropping charges against Jussie Smollett. "I do not believe he is innocent," Magats responds.
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BREAKING: An organizer of this year's #WomensMarch in Chicago says the crowd has matched last year's -- 250,000. Here is a screen grab from #Chopper2 over #GrantPark ....
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R. Kelly's lawyers deny his Near West Side recording studio is used as a residence; but city inspectors say they found bedrooms, bathrooms, a kitchen, a full bar, clothes, and shoes inside. A judge ordered the second floor closed, due to faulty stairwells. cbsloc.al/2RKu2LS
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Seven people are in custody after the iconic "Bean" sculpture was vandalized at Millennium Park overnight. Charges are pending. cbsloc.al/2RNcbkh
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Jason Kelce stops by Chicago's The Wieners Circle cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jas…
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Chicago State University caught in dispute over Nigeria's presidential election cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chi…
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JUST IN: The international political dispute that placed Chicago State University in the middle of a bitter Nigerian presidential fight hit another roadblock on Thursday. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jud…
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A new study by BirdLife International reveals that in recent years several bird species have lost their fight for survival. One of those species is the beautiful Spix's Macaw. cbsloc.al/2wP5q7u
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Man killed in Highland Park mass shooting was visiting family from Mexico cbsnews.com/chicago/news/nic…
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Mayor Lightfoot has unveiled three proposals for renovating Soldier Field, including plans for a dome, as the Bears consider a move to Arlington Heights. cbsn.ws/3zsRSQx
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Javier Garcia, 22, of Palatine, who police said drove an SUV into the Woodfield Mall on Sept. 20, has been charged with terrorism. cbsloc.al/2oiAPOZ
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'Empire' actor Jussie Smollet says he was assaulted in a homophobic and racially fueled attack overnight in Chicago. Police say there is surveillance video placing Smollett near the scene of the alleged crime but they have not found video of the attackers. cbsloc.al/2FW6PQz
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Chicago State University caught in dispute over Nigeria's presidential election cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chi…
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“Shameful,” says CPD Superintendent Eddie Johnson after Jussie Smollett surrenders to police. “My concern is that hate crimes will now publicly be met with a level of skepticism that previously didn’t happen.”
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Thousands pack Chicago's Daley Plaza to participate in the Families Belong Together rally. Chicago was one of several cities around the United States participating in the national day of action.
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Ashton Kutcher has testified at a Los Angeles murder trial that he went to pick up a woman to go out for drinks on a night in 2001 and left when she didn't answer her door, only to learn the next day she had been killed. cbsloc.al/2JI8OtT
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“Children who look like me & come from families like mine shouldn’t have to beat the odds to get education, pursue their passions or build a family. Black & brown kids, low-income kids, every kid in this city should grow up knowing they can pursue anything." Mayor Lori Lightfoot
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R. Kelly walks out of the Cook County Jail Saturday, three days after he was jailed for failing to pay child support.
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R. Kelly trial: prosecution rests after fourth accuser testifies singer sexually abusing her as a girl cbsnews.com/chicago/live-upd…
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago restaurants and bars need to be allowed to reopen "as quickly as possible" to cut down on instances of private parties where people don't take proper precautions against COVID-19. cbsloc.al/3nILcEV
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Breaking News: Reports of shots fired at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.
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TONIGHT ON THE CBS 2 NEWS AT 10: Chicago firefighters are calling out the city for not having enough ambulances and paramedics to serve the city safely—and they are planning to protest at the NASCAR street race and the DNC. @davesavinicbs2 reports, at 10.
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"Welcome to Illinois, where you can get a safe, legal abortion," reads a new billboard that recently appeared on the side of an Illinois highway near Missouri. cbsloc.al/2G6SeQ5
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JUST IN: Associated Press projects Gov. JB Pritzker defeats Republican challenger Darren Bailey for Illinois governor. cbsn.ws/3G5riAV
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A new twist in an international political drama playing out here in Chicago cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jud…
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Chicago State University told to turn over documents in Nigerian presidential election battle cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chi…
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Chance the Rapper says he was "flustered" after meeting with Gov. Rauner on CPS funding: "A lot of vague answers." cbsloc.al/2mBApBd
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Olympic champion Michael Phelps spoke out today about his struggles with suicidal thoughts at the height of his career, and how helping others battling depression is "light years better than ever winning an Olympic gold medal." cbsloc.al/2B4GWY9
One of the greatest athletes of all time is in Chicago courageously speaking about his battle with depression as the keynote speaker at the Kennedy Forum on Mental Health. @cbschicago @MichaelPhelps @swimdotcom @SwimmingWorld
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. @chancetherapper is cooking up a new way to help Chicago youth tonight at Nando's PERi-PERi's grand opening!
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Protective Layer Of Willis Tower Skydeck Ledge Cracks Under Visitors' Feet chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/06…
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Firefighters hoist an American flag to honor fallen Chicago police officer Samuel Jimenez, who was killed Monday afternoon when responding to a shooting at Mercy Hospital. (Photo: @Markiavellii) cbsloc.al/2qWGBns
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Candice Payne's selfless act spurred a group to rent 60 hotel rooms to keep homeless people off the streets of Chicago during the historic cold. “Maybe they didn’t know how to or where to start to help, so I’m glad that I was able to be that vehicle.” cbsloc.al/2MIQFL1
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BREAKING: Illinois House gives final approval to legislation banning assault weapons, sending the measure to Gov. JB Pritzker, who has said he will sign it. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ill…
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A literal wall of dust quickly dropped visibility to zero for much of the Chicago area as a gusty storm blew through Friday night. See how quickly parts of the Chicago area were shrouded in gray haze.
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Vandals also defaced the memorial wall at the Cancer Survivors' Garden at Maggie Daley Park. Evidence technicians are processing the scene. cbsloc.al/2RNcbkh
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3 Women Charged With Beating, Robbing Man In Car In Lincoln Park chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02…
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NO SHOOTINGS: For the first time this year, a day passed with no one shooting another person in Chicago on Monday. cbsloc.al/2Rw7ajg
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A grand jury has indicted a woman shot by federal agents in Chicago's Brighton Park neighborhood after allegedly ramming agents carrying out immigration operations last weekend. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/gra…
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NOW: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot issues a COVID stay at home advisory beginning on Monday November 16 and it will stay in place for 30 days. cbsloc.al/3lu2Njx
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.@gingercbsmaddox, reviewing the newly released Jussie Smollett case files, reports that Smollett presumably texted at least one Osundairo brother to procure cannabis, ecstacy or cocaine. Police concluded that payment from Smollett was “in fact not for training as captioned.”
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911 dispatcher Keith Thornton Jr. calls Chicago a 'city that caters strictly to criminals who target the innocent' cbsnews.com/chicago/news/911…
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A source close to the investigation tells CBS 2's Sabrina Franza the suspect is in custody after this morning's deadly mass shooting in Highland Park. cbsn.ws/3bPDOXS
JUST IN: Sources tell us Robert Cremo III has been taken into custody. @cbschicago
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle launch Parents' Network to address the dangers of online harm cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pri…
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Judge orders Chicago State University to provide documents at center of Nigerian presidential dispute cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jud…
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'Blood Everywhere': Aggressive Squirrels Terrorizing, Attacking NYC Residents For Weeks chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/12…
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Just in: Hearing on the case at 3 p.m. today before Judge Nancy Maldonado.
A new twist in an international political drama playing out here in Chicago cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jud…
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Yelp list ranks Chicago's Pequod's the No. 1 pizza in the country cbsnews.com/chicago/news/yel…
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'Once-In-A-Lifetime Sighting:' Incredibly Rare Half-Male, Half-Female Cardinal Spotted In Pennsylvania chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/02…
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After President Trump suggested Chicago should be used as "training grounds for our military," Gov Pritzker said the 25th Amendment should be invoked to remove the president from office, saying "there is something genuinely wrong with this man." cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jb-…
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Exactly one week after ordering R. Kelly jailed for failing to pay child support, a Cook County judge refused to reduce the singer's monthly payments to his ex-wife, according to his attorneys. cbsloc.al/2EXJvix
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Judge delays order that Chicago State University provide documents at center of Nigerian presidential dispute cbsnews.com/chicago/news/jud…
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Meeting between @chancetherapper and @GovRauner back on. Chance and the governor to meet tomorrow to discuss CPS $$$ cbsloc.al/2liEF8E
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UPDATE: Child Located Safely After Amber Alert Issued For Two-Month-Old Abducted chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/11…
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STUNNING VIDEO: A driver on the Dan Ryan Expressway spotted three kids riding a pair of off-road vehicles last night around midnight, going around 60 mph. He said they appeared to be about 10 years old. cbsloc.al/2JrsWQE
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.@jewelosco presented @chancetherapper's Social Works organization with a $1 million check to benefit CPS. cbsloc.al/2hPCuZq
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Twice in a span of less than three hours early Thursday, crime victims fought back and shot someone trying to break into or outright steal their car, and that fighting back is starting to become a trend. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/wou…
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In a boost for one of the lesser-known candidates for mayor, Chicago’s own Chance the Rapper on Tuesday endorsed policy consultant Amara Enyia. cbsloc.al/2pVbqIE
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Gov. JB Pritzker has issued more than 11,000 pardons for people convicted of misdemeanor marijuana cases, the first step toward clearing the records of hundreds of thousands of low-level pot convictions, a day before the state legalizes cannabis in 2020. cbsloc.al/2ZEGH3G
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At times yelling and crying, #RKelly told CBS This Morning's Gayle King in an exclusive interview: “I didn’t do this stuff! This is not me. I am fighting for my f—–g life!” cbsloc.al/2TkV7pU
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Gov. JB Pritzker signs new law allowing victims of gun violence to sue gun makers cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pri…
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More than 300,000 Chicago Public Schools students head back to class on Monday, and hundreds of them will be starting the new school year in style thanks to Chicago Sky star Angel Reese. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/bac…
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BREAKING NEWS: R. Kelly convicted on six of 13 counts in federal trial in Chicago. Co-defendants Derrel McDavid and Milton "June" Brown acquitted of all charges. cbsn.ws/3Bkihj5
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BREAKING: "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett has now been charged with disorderly conduct, the Cook County States Attorney says. cbsloc.al/2GAjCsf
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MISSING: Please help find 9-year-old Michael Campbell. He didn't come home from school in Englewood yesterday. cbsloc.al/2RhOcge
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Surprise! Squirrel Gives UPS Driver A Friendly Welcome. “The only thing that went through my mind is, my wife would never believe what just happened to me,” said the driver. cbsloc.al/2EiFgA9
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K-Pop Group ‘BTS’ Brings ‘Love Yourself: Speak Yourself’ Tour To Chicago This Weekend chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05…
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.@chicagosmayor on tweet about Chicago violence from @IvankaTrump: “She got the numbers wrong. She got the location wrong. That’s the danger of trying to govern via tweet.” cbsloc.al/2YNY9AN
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Child separated during chaos of Highland Park shooting reunified with family cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chi…
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Unknown person throws paint on cars parked in front of Rogers Park fire hydrant cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pai…
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Both parents of toddler killed in Highland Park mass shooting cbsnews.com/chicago/news/bot…
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“There’s bleach on me. They poured bleach on me,” Jussie Smollett told police the night of the alleged attack in Chicago. “Do you want to take it off or anything?” Chicago police officer asks Jussie Smollett about the rope around his neck.
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BREAKING NEWS: Illinois closing all restaurants and bars, beginning Monday thru March 30. Story: chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/03…
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle launch Parents' Network to address the dangers of online harm cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pri…
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Hundreds Of Teens Run Through Downtown Chicago, Fighting And Disobeying Police cbsloc.al/2Gu3CqA
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Chicago police officer led away outside #UICpavilion where Donald #Trump postponed his appearance tonight. #CPD
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Former Illini star Dee Brown leads Chicago's Roosevelt University to conference title cbsnews.com/chicago/news/roo…
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle launch Parents' Network to address the dangers of online harm cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pri…
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BREAKING: Democrat Lauren Underwood defeats Republican Randy Hultgren in the 14th Congressional District.
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Growing number of Chicago Police officers are taking up Florida on invitation to move cbsnews.com/chicago/news/chi…
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Rep. Ro Khanna of California endorsed 26-year-old influencer Kat Abughazaleh in the race for retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky's seat. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ro-…
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Unaccompanied minors no longer allowed in Millennium Park after 6 p.m. following chaos that left one teen dead cbsnews.com/chicago/news/una…
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Police were called to Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's home, husband claimed she slapped him cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pol…
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Chants of "this is what democracy looks like," and "vote Trump out now" as protesters walk north on Michigan Avenue. They've been marching all over downtown after leaving Wacker Drive across from Trump Tower.
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Chicago Police Dispatcher Keith Thornton, Praised For Handling Of Shooting That Killed Officer Ella French, Asks People To Show Support To Officers chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08…
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.@IvankaTrump: Your tweet implies that Chicago's weekend violence took place in one shooting. That's not true. The shooting near the playground happened at 1:20 a.m. We went to the neighborhood, here's what we learned: cbsloc.al/2YMq4VK
With 7 dead and 52 wounded near a playground in the Windy City- and little national outrage or media coverage- we mustn’t become numb to the violence faced by inner city communities every day.
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Voters seek to have Donald Trump removed from Illinois Primary ballot cbsnews.com/chicago/news/vot…
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CPD top brass enraged at officers caught lounging in congressman's office during looting nearby.
Supt. Brown: "If you sleep during a riot, what do you do during a regular shift?"
First Deputy Riccio: "completely indefensible,"
Chief Fred Waller: "never been more embarrassed."
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'It's scary on the CTA right now:' TV host Will Clinger hospitalized after being robbed, attacked on CTA Red Line cbsnews.com/chicago/news/tv-…
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COACH OF THE YEAR: With the Bears now one win away from their first playoff berth in eight years, coach Matt Nagy has been named the league's top coach this year by the Associated Press. cbsloc.al/2Gq1Mcq
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Anthony Rizzo of the Chicago Cubs is helping to feed doctors, nurses and others on the front line of the COVID-19 crisis by providing meals to hospitals. "I hope that everyone stays safe. We’ll get through this together,” Rizzo said.
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