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The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday fell by -0.06%. The dollar on Friday posted modest losses. Weaker than expected U.S. economic news on Aug personal spending and Sep MNI Chicago PMI weighed on the dollar. Also, dovish U.S. inflation news Friday knocked T-note yields lower and weighed on the...

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Chicago’s police oversight agency says it has closed an investigation into allegations that city officers engaged in sexual misconduct with migrants housed at police stations

Northern Illinois, Chicago State and Northeastern Illinois commit to new standardized financial aid offers. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern, University of Chicago haven’t signed on.

The late Mitchell Caton and Calvin Jones’ 1981 painting recently was repainted. Another artist, unaware, began painting over it: “If he’d gone another 10 minutes, it could’ve been gone.”

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability on Friday said investigators were unable to find any victims of the alleged abuse.

The walkouts add to strikes called last week at two parts distribution centers in the suburbs.

“She broke down some pretty major barriers and pushed through that glass ceiling and marched to her own drummer,” said Joe Shanahan, founder of Smart Bar and Metro.

The division may have gotten a bit harder, but here are three reasons why the Damian Lillard trade is great for the Chicago Bulls.

In recent years, the share of Black drivers involved in traffic stops statewide has reached the highest level on record, a WBEZ/Investigative Project on Race and Equity investigation has found.