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At least one person is killed and over 400,000 people without power as a derecho impacts the Midwestern United States, with downburst winds exceeding 100 mph and multiple tornadoes being reported near Chicago.
2024-07-15

A series of tornadoes strike Chicago, Illinois, United States, prompting complete ground stops at O'Hare and Midway International Airports.
2023-07-12

Two statues of Christopher Columbus are removed from Chicago's Grant Park and Arrigo Park, in the city's Little Italy. Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot said these temporary removals are a response to demonstrations that became unsafe for both protesters and police. Injuries and arrests resulted when, on July 17, police clashed with protesters who attempted to topple the Grant Park statue. Activists say that monuments of Columbus, blamed for the genocide and exploitation of the Americas' Indigenous people, should not be on public display. Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police criticized these removals.
2020-07-24

In Chicago, 108 people are arrested after several police vehicles are vandalized.
2020-05-29

Demonstrators protesting against gun violence block Interstate 94 in Chicago.
2018-07-7

A United Airlines passenger is dragged off a flight at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. The airline company is under fire because of the mistreatment of the passenger.
2017-04-9

In the United States, Gannett Company, Inc., announces that two weeks ago it made an unsolicited, $815 million takeover bid for the Tribune Publishing Company, whose holdings include a number of major newspapers, such as the "Chicago Tribune" and the "Los Angeles Times". Gannett, the publisher of the national American daily "USA Today" as well as 107 daily newspapers, made the offer public since Tribune had not yet responded. Last month, Tribune Publishing's winning bid for the "Orange County Register" was blocked by the U.S. Justice Department because of an antitrust challenge.
2016-04-25

Teachers in Chicago continue their strike until a new labour agreement is met.
2012-09-12

Richard M. Daley announces that he will not seek reelection as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois in 2011. [http:--www.chicagotribune.com-news-nationworld-sns-chicago-mayor,0,3316276.story?track=rss (Chicago Tribune)]date=August 2019
2010-09-7