Jonathan Quick got a piece of Brock Boeser’s shot, but it bounced and slid meekly into the net.
It seemed to sum up this part of the Kings’ season. They’ve done much to put themselves in position for wins, but getting the job half-done isn’t going to cut it at this point.
What especially hurt in...
President is expected to sign bill but has vowed emergency action to build border wall with Mexico
Donald Trump has vowed to declare a national emergency as a way of funding his long-promised border wall with Mexico, as Congress overwhelmingly approved a border security agreement that would prevent a second damaging government shutdown.
After days of uncertainty, Trump announced his intention to support the massive $333bn-spending package, which includes on a sliver of what he sought for a steel wall. The Senate moved quickly, approving the bill in a vote of 83-16. Hours later the House passed the legislation, 300-128. Trump is expected to seal the deal with his signature on Friday, while at the same timedeclare a national emergency.
Continue reading...A fierce winter storm packed with subtropical moisture continued its destructive path across California on Thursday, triggering widespread flooding that prompted evacuations and unleashing a mudslide that sent one home sliding into another in Marin County.
Southern Marin fire officials said the...
A man was shot early Friday in the South Side Fuller Park neighborhood over what may have been a driving dispute.
The 41-year-old was inside a parked vehicle when someone inside a white Ford Taurus pulled up next to him and fired gunshots at 12:21 a.m. in the 4400 block of South Princeton, according to Chicago police. The bullet struck his leg.
The shooting is being investigated as a possible road-rage incident, a police source said.
The 41-year-old was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition, police said. No one is in custody.
Does the true identity of a writer really matter? Authors who fabricated literary personas share how their fantasies became nightmares
On the first day of this year’s Jaipur literary festival, the American novelist AJ Finn, real name Dan Mallory, was interviewed on stage. He talked about enjoying the success of The Woman in the Window, the thriller he wrote in one year, in one draft, which made him a multimillionaire. He talked about his diagnosis with bipolar II disorder, and the parallel between women’s struggle to be taken seriously and that experienced by people with mental health problems. He also mentioned some of the drawbacks of success. “I am dealing with a particularly unpleasant journalist in the US,” he told news18.com after the event. “This particular journalist, and there have been a few others, hears that I or someone else has a mental health issue, and is like: ‘Oh! I am going to find out what is wrong with you, and rummage through your past and see what you did.’ It’s a little concerning, especially because you don’t remember what you did when you weren’t acting like yourself.”
Six days later, on 30 January, Mallory was able to recall lying to his friends and colleagues for many years about having cancer. “I felt intensely ashamed of my psychological struggles,” he explained in a statement sent to the New Yorker. “I was utterly terrified of what people would think of me if they knew.” Five days later the New Yorker published a profile of Mallory, which alleged or implied that he had also lied, among other things, about having a doctorate from Oxford; his mother dying; his brother taking his own life; and about discovering JK Rowling as a crime writer.
Continue reading...The site of Thursday night’s CIF Southern Section Division 4AA boys’ basketball quarterfinal playoff game between Pacifica Christian Orange County and Dana Hills moved from the Tritons’ gym.
Pacifica Christian athletic director Brandon Gonzalez said the gym roof was leaking after the recent rain...
The Blackhawks returned to their winning ways Thursday, defeating the Devils 5-2 at the United Center two days after the Bruins snapped their seven-game winning streak.
The Hawks moved past the Coyotes, but both the Canucks and Avalanche also won Thursday. The Hawks, Canucks and Avalanche all gained...
A woman was wounded by gunfire while walking Thursday night in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the South Side.
At 10:23 p.m., the 20-year-old heard gunshots outside in the 6000 block of South Maplewood, according to Chicago police. She realized she had been shot in the shoulder.
The 20-year-old was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, police said. She did not see where the gunshots hailed from.
No one is in custody.
Rui Hachimura scored 22 points, Brandon Clarke added 17 and No. 3 Gonzaga beat Loyola Marymount 73-60 on Thursday night to extend its winning streak to 15 games.
It was only the second West Coast Conference game that the Bulldogs (24-2, 11-0) have not led by at least 20 at some point.
The game...
A new poll Thursday shows former Police Board President Lori Lightfoot among the top 5 candidates in Chicago’s crowded race for mayor, according to a survey by Telemundo Chicago/NBC 5 television.
The Chicago Sun-Times endorsed Lightfoot, 56, for mayor last weekend.
The Telemundo Chicago/NBC 5 poll, conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Strategy, shows Lightfoot with 10 percent of the vote, following Toni Preckwinkle (14 percent) Bill Daley (13 percent), Susana Mendoza (12 percent), and just ahead of Gery Chico (9 percent).
Nineteen percent of voters were still undecided about which of the 14 candidates they prefer, the NBC 5 poll showed. Election Day is Feb. 26.
A Sun-Times poll last month, conducted by We Ask America, showed Preckwinkle leading (12.7 percent), followed by Daley (12.1 percent), Chico (9.3 percent), Willie Wilson (9 percent) and Mendoza (8.7 percent). Lightfoot lagged behind them and three other candidates (2.8 percent).
The Sun-Times published an endorsement of Lightfoot last weekend, calling her a “powerfully influential public servant” who would “confront our city’s most intractable problems in ways that, finally, pull every Chicagoan along.” The Telemundo Chicago/NBC 5 poll was conducted between Monday and Wednesday this week.
App’s amazing take-up is not entirely due to merit, the government has ordered members of the party download it
An app produced by the Chinese government has become the most popular in the country, rocketing up through the charts with a little help from the Chinese Communist Party.
The app’s name “Study (Xi) Strong Country”, is a pun – Xuexi being the word for “study” but also containing the president’s name, suggesting users are to “study Xi”.
Continue reading...It was in the opening minutes of the opening high school basketball game of 2017 that Devin Tillis of L.A. Windward had his season end after tearing an anterior cruciate ligament in his knee.
“It was pretty sad,” he said.
This season, a recuperated Tillis has gone from No. 1 cheerleader on the...
Dear Amy: During a recent dinner at a neighborhood restaurant/pub, four people at one table near us were having a very lively conversation. They were loud enough that nearby diners heard them, whether we cared to or not.
One person did much of the talking, with his companions chiming in from time...
EL SEGUNDO — The gritty start to the CIF Southern Section Division IV-A boys’ basketball quarterfinal at the newly established Wiseburn-Da Vinci gym caused trouble early on for No. 1 Providence High.
The Pioneers trailed early, but regrouped on a number of key rebounds from senior Jonas Holt that...
The 16-year-old’s lone protest last summer has morphed into a powerful global movement challenging politicians to act
Greta Thunberg is hopeful the student climate strike on Friday can bring about positive change, as young people in more and more countries join the protest movement she started last summer as a lone campaigner outside the Swedish parliament.
Related: Teenage activist takes School Strikes 4 Climate Action to Davos
Continue reading...The United States likes to think of itself as a republic, but it holds territories all over the world – the map you always see doesn’t tell the whole story. By Daniel Immerwahr
There aren’t many historical episodes more firmly lodged in the United States’s national memory than the attack on Pearl Harbor. It is one of only a few events that many people in the country can put a date to: 7 December 1941, the “date which will live in infamy,” as Franklin D Roosevelt put it. Hundreds of books have been written about it – the Library of Congress holds more than 350. And Hollywood has made movies, from the critically acclaimed From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, to the critically derided Pearl Harbor, starring Ben Affleck.
But what those films don’t show is what happened next. Nine hours after Japan attacked the territory of Hawaii, another set of Japanese planes came into view over another US territory, the Philippines. As at Pearl Harbor, they dropped their bombs, hitting several air bases, to devastating effect.
Continue reading...The prime minister must not be allowed to bounce the country into a version of Brexit it doesn’t want
Time, they say, heals all wounds. They also insist that once lost it is never found again because, like tides, it waits for no man. Indeed, of the many things people have said about time, nobody has ever endowed it alone with the capacity to solve intractable diplomatic entanglements, reverse bad decisions or provide an antidote to postcolonial hubris. Time, it has never been said, can find a unicorn.
So when Theresa May asks for more time to negotiate with the European Union over Brexit, we would be wise to be sceptical. Not because Britain doesn’t need more time. It does. Hopelessly out of its depth, the country is neither ready to make a deal nor to crash out without one. As more than 40 former ambassadors argued in a joint statement this week: “We should not leave the EU when we have no clarity about our final destination. Instead we must use the mechanisms at our disposal, above all we must seek to extend the article 50 negotiating period.”
Continue reading...The self-described ‘alpha chick’ has weathered addiction, dodgy managers and the death of Prince to remain as funky as ever. She describes how she went from gun-toting activist to teetotal vegan
Chaka Khan has a question. “What’s that TV show, where it’s just families sitting down and looking at the TV? Chat Box?” Gogglebox? She claps her hands delightedly. “Gogglebox – oh, I love that! And that quiz programme where the enforcer comes on and it’s like a big black guy, or a big woman.”
Erm, The Chase? With Bradley Walsh? She nods. “So good. I like funny shit.”
Continue reading...SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS' BASKETBALL
OPEN DIVISION
Pool play
Friday, 7 p.m.
POOL A
#4 Rancho Verde (1-1) at #1 Rancho Christian (1-1)
#8 Bishop Montgomery (1-1) at #5 Etiwanda (1-1)
POOL B
#3 Corona Centennial (1-1) at #2 Sierra Canyon (2-0)
#7 Mater Dei (1-1) at #6 St. John Bosco (0-2)
Note: Championship...
The Blackhawks were sleepwalking toward a devastating home loss against one of the worst teams in the NHL on Thursday before the man who always bails them out struck again.
Patrick Kane woke them up by weaving through the Devils and putting a wrist shot in the back of the net late in the first period, and the Hawks raced to a 5-2 victory. It was their eighth win in the last nine games, and it brought them within two points of a wild-card spot.
“[Kane is] a threat whenever he’s on the ice,” coach Jeremy Colliton said. “As soon as he steps on, the other team needs to be aware of him. If they’re not, he can hurt you.”
The Hawks fell behind 2-0 before Kane salvaged the first period. Drake Caggiula tied the game 20 seconds into the second period, Jonathan Toews put them ahead later in the period and they wrapped it up with two goals in the third.
Kane has been on fire for two months and extended the league’s longest active point streak to 16 games with his goal and two assists. He has 12 goals and 23 assists during this run.
At 34 goals, he already has matched his second-best mark and is on pace to surpass his career-high 46 from 2015-16.
“Sometimes I feel like I can play better and make better plays and have the puck more out there, so it’s all a work in progress,” Kane said. “It’s nice to produce, though.”
The Hawks would be nowhere without Kane, but goalie Cam Ward has been almost as important.
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Ward has overcome a few rough starts, and he kept the Hawks in this game by stopping the Devils’ last 31 shots. He saved 41 of 43 overall and won for the fifth time in a row.
“Part of goaltending is being able to let it go and get ready for the next shot,” Ward said. “I thought my movement was good, and I was feeling good, so I just continued to battle.”
Ward has a .943 save percentage and 2.20 goals-against average in his last five games, even with the Hawks allowing an average of 38.8 shots.
Kunitz 1K
The Hawks held a pregame ceremony for Chris Kunitz in honor of his 1,000th NHL game and presented him with a silver stick. Colliton also put him in the starting lineup with Toews and Kane.
In 14 seasons, Kunitz has won four Stanley Cups and scored 264 goals. He made an All-Star team and helped Canada win gold at the 2014 Olympics.
A standoff has ended with authorities killing a gunman they say hijacked a UPS truck with the driver inside.
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office says the chase began Thursday in South San Jose after the box truck was hijacked. The office says the gunman shot at pursuers.
The truck crossed town...
A YouTube personality was shot during an argument with a security guard while filming outside a Los Angeles synagogue and Jewish high school Thursday afternoon, according to police and footage posted to social media.
Police were responding to reports of a disturbance outside the Etz Jacob Congregation/Ohel...
Authorities are looking for girls who chatted with a 35-year-old man posing as a 13-year-old boy online using TikTok, a messaging app popular among young teenagers, officials said.
James Anthony Gonzales was arrested on suspicion of committing lewd acts on children and is being held on $100,000...
Parker Van Dyke may not start but he picked up right where he left off.
One game after capping a 23-point second-half comeback with a buzzer-beater at UCLA, Van Dyke made seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 23 points and Jayce Johnson also set a career-best with 17 points to help Utah beat...
Police are warning South Shore residents about a series of recent apartment burglaries.
In each incident, the burglar or burglars kicked in the door of an apartment and stole property while the residents were at work, according to an alert from Chicago police.
The burglaries happened:
• between 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. Feb. 4 in the 7600 block of South Kingston;
• between noon and 8 p.m. Feb. 4 in the 7800 block of South Saginaw;
• between Feb. 6 and Feb. 8 in the 7800 block of South Escanaba;
• between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Feb. 5 in the 7800 block of South Colfax;
• between Feb. 5 and Feb. 6 in the 7800 block of South Colfax;
• about 1:45 p.m. Feb. 6 in the 7600 block of South Coles;
• between Feb. 8 and Saturday in the 7700 block of South Marquette;
• between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday in the 7600 block of South Kingston.
Anyone with information about the robberies should call Area South detectives at (312) 747-8273.
UN study finds misgivings over impact of condom distribution in secondary schools are misplaced
Making condoms available to teenagers at school does not make them more promiscuous – but neither does it reduce teenage pregnancy rates.
According to a major review by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), giving out condoms in secondary schools does not increase sexual activity, or encourage young people to have sex at an earlier age.
Continue reading...Avoid shopping or major decisions from 6 to 8:30 a.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Gemini into Cancer.
Aries (March 21-April 19)You’ve been popular lately, plus it’s Friday! You might want to escape from the demands of the outside world with a pleasant, relaxing time at home. You need to cocoon. You need some downtime.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)When talking to others today, you want to connect at a genuine, meaningful level. You don’t want superficial chitchat about the weather — although the weather ain’t so superficial lately! Your ideas might be influenced by the past.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)Today you might identify with something you own. Or perhaps you will feel you have to defend yourself about something rather cursory where you really have nothing at stake. (Like how did this happen?) This is a good day to take care of something that you own by repairing or cleaning it.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)The moon is in your sign today, which makes you more emotional than usual. However, it attracts good fortune to you and makes you a tiny bit luckier than the other signs. You can test this by asking the universe for a favor. Who knows?
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Today you will welcome a chance to stay behind the scenes or off in the wings. You’re not being antisocial; you simply want to withdraw from the busy pace around you. Plan a pleasant treat for yourself — good food or good drink — because you deserve it. Salut!
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)You’re involved with friends and groups today. You might feel protective or more supportive than usual to someone. You want their attention and indeed, you might feel irked if they pay more attention to someone else. (We’ve all been there — childish but true.)
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)This is a curious day because you’re focused on your career and reputation to a certain degree today, and yet, private details about your personal life are public for some reason. Nevertheless, you will be sensitive and responsive to the needs of others if you have influence.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)You want to get away from all this! Ideally, you’re on a plane heading for sunny weather. Why not visit an ethnic restaurant or go someplace you’ve never been before to get a sense of adventure and an opportunity to learn something and experience different vibes?
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)You’re emotionally intense today. If you’re dealing with shared property or issues or disputes with others, you will be quite possessive. You might even desire something that doesn’t belong to you. (“My precious!”) Talk to others because you will enjoy schmoozing.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)The moon today is in a sign that is 180 degrees opposite from your sign, which means you have to go more than halfway when dealing with others. It’s not a big deal. It simply means you have to make an effort to be cooperative and accommodating. You can do this.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)You might find that you have to put the emotional or practical considerations of others before your own today. Yes, you’re going to have to suck it up. But hey, when the annals of history are written, is this really going to be a big deal? No — and you know this.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)This is a playful, fun-loving day! It’s a great day for a date or a movie. The arts, the theater and musical performances plus sports events and playful times of children are all wonderful choices. Live it up!
If Your Birthday Is TodayActress-comedian Alex Borstein (1973) shares your birthday today. You are charismatic and can communicate your ideas with memorable style. You embrace life fully and welcome ways to grow and redefine yourself. This year is your turn to take a rest. Naturally, you must cooperate with others. Start by looking for ways to practice kindness and be helpful. Be relaxed and easygoing. Business and personal relationships will be helpful to you.
France reports 74% rise in offences against Jews and Germany records 60% surge in violent attacks
Antisemitism is rising sharply across Europe, experts have said, as France reported a 74% increase in the number of offences against Jews last year and Germany said the number of violent antisemitic attacks had surged by more than 60%.
Related: Hungary tells UK Jewish group to 'mind its own business' over antisemitism
Continue reading...Police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who critically injured a 75-year-old man last month on the Northwest Side.
About 5:35 p.m. Jan. 21, the male driver crashed into the elderly pedestrian in the 3900 block of North Cicero, which is near the border of the Old Irving Park and Portage Park neighborhoods, according to an alert from Chicago police said. The suspect failed to stop after the crash and drove off from the scene.
The man was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition, police said.
The suspect, described as a Hispanic male with a mustache, may have been driving a black Volvo, police said. He was seen wearing a black shirt, beige pants and glasses.
Anyone with information should call the CPD’s Major Accident Investigation Unit at (312) 745-4521.
A fierce winter storm packed with subtropical moisture continued its destructive path across California on Thursday, triggering widespread flooding that prompted evacuations and unleashing a mudslide that sent one home sliding into another in Marin County.
Southern Marin fire officials said the...
There were plenty of certainties during his steady and decorated career, not the least of which was winning, Scott Niedermayer concluding four different seasons holding the Stanley Cup.
His latest honor, however, was one on which the former Ducks defenseman never counted.
“I don’t think it was...
It is with deep regret Brenda the Civil Disobedience penguin must inform you: this is it folks, it’s over
A Los Angeles police commander assigned to home duty after his unmarked car was found crashed and abandoned enrolled days later in a controversial retirement program that allows him to collect essentially twice his usual pay.
By joining the Deferred Retirement Option Plan, the commander will begin...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano won the Daytona 500 qualifying races in a pair of Ford sweeps that have the new Mustang positioned for a strong showing in “The Great American Race.”
Harvick won the first of the 150-mile qualifying races Thursday night that set the field for NASCAR’s showcase event. Logano used a last-lap pass for the lead in the second one.
Both Harvick and Logano led podium sweeps for Ford, which this year is racing the Mustang in NASCAR’s top series. The qualifying races set the starting lineup for Sunday’s season-opening Daytona 500, and Ford drivers locked down the second through fourth rows.
William Byron and Alex Bowman, in Chevrolets for Hendrick Motorsports, swept the top two spots in time trials last week and represent the youngest starting row in Daytona 500 history. Byron is 21 and Bowman is 25.
Harvick’s victory was uneventful beyond Jimmie Johnson’s involvement in his second wreck of Speedweeks.
Logano, meanwhile, was fourth on the final lap when he pulled out of line to try for the win. The reigning NASCAR champion got a solid push from Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney to move to the front and earn his spot alongside Harvick in Sunday’s race.
“Cool to see a couple of Mustangs in victory lane already,” Logano said. “The big one’s still Sunday. It’s a confidence builder for everyone.”
Logano was followed by Clint Bowyer and Aric Almirola as Mustang drivers went 1-2-3 in both races. Harvick led Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Paul Menard in the first race for the initial Ford sweep.
The tally represents four different teams, with Stewart-Haas Racing flexing its power to put Harvick, Bowyer and Almirola up front in the Daytona 500. Stenhouse represents Roush Fenway Racing, Logano drives for Roger Penske and Menard for the Wood Brothers.
All have been ordered by Ford leaders to work together and win the Daytona 500.
“Everybody at Ford Performance always makes it well known that they expect us to work together, do everything we can to get a blue oval in victory lane, especially the Mustang now that we’re running it,” Stenhouse said. “We’re getting, I would say, pretty good at it. This is a race that they’re all circling every year for us to win.”
Toyota has so far been shut out of Speedweeks as Johnson won last weekend’s exhibition race in a Hendrick Chevrolet.
The highest-starting Toyota drivers will be Denny Hamlin and Matt DiBenedetto in the fifth row.
Parker Kligerman earned the transfer spot into the 500 during the first qualifying race, while Brendan Gaughan earned the final slot in the 40-car field.
Joey Gase and Ryan Truex both missed qualifying for their first Daytona 500.
Harvick, meanwhile, wrecked in the first practice of the season at Daytona International Speedway. He was collected the next day in a 16-car crash triggered by Jimmie Johnson in the first race of Speedweeks.
It took his third time out for Harvick to finally get it right.
“We tore up so many of these superspeedway cars, it’s just good to finally bring one to victory lane,” Harvick said.
Johnson, meanwhile, ended the event facing criticism for another on-track incident.
The seven-time champion went three-wide 25 laps into the race, causing Kyle Busch to spin and bringing out a caution. Johnson sent an apology through his team, but Busch was unforgiving.
“Tell him I don’t want to hear it. Tell him to use his eyeballs. That’s twice in two races he’s done the same thing,” Busch said, using expletives to note that Johnson also caused a 16-car accident Sunday.
Johnson used an aggressive move in the Sunday exhibition Clash to get past Menard for the lead, and while it gave Johnson his first victory in more than a year, it wiped out most of the field. His incident with Busch was different circumstances, but Johnson was far more contrite than he was in the exhibition victory.
“I just got it wrong, clearly,” Johnson said. “I just misjudged that situation. That was a mistake, for sure.”
Joe Gibbs, team owner for Busch, was bothered by Johnson’s aggression.
“Everybody saw it. Not much I can say about it,” Gibbs said. “Everybody’s still trying to feel everything out but that messed us up right there.”
MacGyver After a surprising introduction to the newest team member (Levy Tran), Mac and Jack (Lucas Till and George Eads) are assigned to protect a gun-sniffing dog who has a bounty on its head. 8 p.m. CBS
Fresh Off the Boat On Valentine’s Day, Jessica and Louis (Constance Wu, Randall Park)...
After a false start during a stormy Thursday morning that would appeal only to umbrella manufacturers and meteorology fanatics, the Genesis Open turned into a very crowded race to the top.
Only half of the field of 144 golfers got on the course once play began for real, and by that time the fast...
There are few normal things about the Daytona 500. For starters, NASCAR’s most important race is first on the schedule, not last. And it doesn’t qualify its starting field like everyone else. The first two positions are through time trials but the rest of the field is determined by a pair of 150-mile...
A bus driver was injured when a stolen vehicle crashed into a CTA bus Thursday evening while eluding police in the Pilsen neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
About 6:50 p.m., the stolen vehicle sped off when officers tried to pull it over in the 2700 block of West 25th Street, according to Chicago police. The vehicle then headed south on California Avenue before the driver lost control and collided with the eastbound bus.
The female bus driver suffered injuries to her head and leg and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where her condition was stabilized, police said.
Three males who were riding in the stolen vehicle were taken for questioning, police said.
Area Central detectives are investigating.
Detectives investigating the reported attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett have been questioning two people of interest seen in the area at the time, including a man who has an acting role on the show, according to law enforcement sources.
The developments come as Smollett gave his first TV...
CITY GIRLS' WATER POLO
Championship, Thursday
Palisades 13, Birmingham 5
It doesn’t matter if rookie goalie Collin Delia ends his season with the Blackhawks or if he’s back in Rockford.
With a .916 save percentage in 12 starts, Delia has already made a good case that he’s an NHL-caliber goalie.
The Hawks gave Delia, 24, a three-year, $3 million contract earlier this...
Two more aces are expressing concern about how major league teams are playing their cards.
Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer said Thursday there are too many teams trying not to win, and all the rebuilding “poisons the game.”
Astros star Justin Verlander, a former teammate of Scherzer with the...
With the second week of a work stoppage dragging to a close, the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Thursday suggested a new place for the striking Chicago International Charter School teachers to take their picket lines: one of the city’s highways.
“Next, the parents must begin to march,” Jackson said at the West Town headquarters of the Chicago Teachers Union, ahead of their latest contract negotiating session. “The children must begin to march. It’s time to fight back and leave nothing on the table.
“The boycott will not remain just with 200 teachers. It will expand. Those who care must join this struggle. We shall march, if necessary, down the highway. We will be heard.”
CTU officials said they haven’t made any highway march plans, but didn’t rule out the possibility.
The controversial mode of protest clogged major Chicago arteries twice last summer.
Over the strong opposition of city and state officials, the Rev. Michael Pfleger and several thousand anti-violence protesters shut down a stretch of the inbound Dan Ryan Expressway for about an hour in June.
A month later, the Rev. Gregory Seal Livingston and organizer Tio Hardiman led a significantly smaller crowd onto Lake Shore Drive in the heart of the afternoon rush hour.
Livingston tried to stage a similar protest on Labor Day, but Illinois State Police stopped him and a hundred or so marchers well before they made it onto the Kennedy Expressway near O’Hare Airport.
Jackson didn’t elaborate on a potential expressway while backing the striking teachers on Thursday.
“It’s better to invest in a whole child than try to repair a broken adult. Invest in these children now,” the civil rights leader said.
Thursday marked the eighth day of classes disrupted for about 2,200 students since the teachers started picketing Feb. 5 at CICS’ Wrightwood, Northtown, ChicagoQuest and Ralph Ellison campuses.
It’s the third-ever and longest charter teacher strike in American history.
Google plans to create “hundreds” of new jobs in Chicago this year, expanding the office it already calls its Midwest headquarters.
The tech giant employs more than 1,000 people at its Chicago office, which opened as a sales outpost in 2000 and has grown to include engineers and other tech workers....
This Friday marks six years since Ella Kissi-Debrah’s death, which her mother believes was partly caused by air pollution. Plus: 15-year-old George Bond explains why he is going on today’s school climate strike
Ella Kissi-Debrah lived 25 metres (82ft) from the heavily polluted South Circular Road in Lewisham, London. She died in February 2013 at the age of nine after three years of seizures and 27 visits to hospital for asthma attacks. Until the end of 2010, Ella had been in good health. An expert last year linked her death to the dangerously high levels of pollution from diesel traffic that breached legal limits.
Anushka Asthana talks to Rosamund Kissi-Debrah, Ella’s mother, about her fight to reopen the inquest so that air pollution can be recognised as a contributing factor to her death. Asthana also talks to Jocelyn Cockburn, the lawyer who represents Kissi-Debrah. Cockburn hopes an inquest will provide a better understanding of whether Ella’s death was avoidable and force the government and other bodies to account for their inaction over air pollution.
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