Chicago schools reopen doors after tough union fight
Starting Thursday, Lear will return to class as the nation's third-largest school district slowly reopens its doors following a bitter fight with the teachers union over COVID-19 safety protocols. Their youngest daughter, 4-year-old Lear, returned to class with thousands of others in pre-K and special education as the nationโs third-largest school district slowly reopened its doors following a bitter fight with the teachers union over COVID-19 protocols. The Chicago Teachers Union accepted the plan after defying district orders, city threats to lock them out of teaching systems, and talk of a potential strike. Prestonโs two high school children will keep learning online at their South Side home. And if the high school students can't focus working in their rooms, they must โreport to the dining room,โ he joked.
Danville Science Center reopens with $9 million worth of renovations
DANVILLE, Va. โ Danville Science Center is reopening Saturday, Nov. 14 after a multi-million dollar renovation. The science center has been around for 25 years, and Executive Director Adam Goebel said it was time for a change and a reimagination of the place. From design to installation it was a 15-month long process, and itโs only Phase Two to Danville Science Centerโs reimagination plan. โIndividuals can walk through a rain maze without getting wet, they can visualize water consumption on a 2,400 bottle water wall," said Goebel. Danville Science Center is operating at limited capacity and taking reservations to limit the spread of coronavirus.
3 Dead, 4 Hospitalized in Suspected Mass Drug Overdose in Pittsburgh: Police
Three people are dead and four have been hospitalized in what police suspect is a mass drug overdose in Pittsburgh early Sunday. It was not immediately clear what drug or combination of drugs they took. To be clear, this was not a case of a tainted drug being passed around or distributed in large volume at a large venue which could have affected even more people. It appears to have been isolated to a single location, the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety said in a statement. According to the apartment building, the victims did not live in the building but knew someone who did, the Associated Press reported.
Chicago police officer shot
(CNN) - A Chicago police officer was in surgery after being shot Saturday morning -- and officers are searching for whoever pulled the trigger, authorities said. The officer was shot on the city's South Side -- the 1900 block of West 65th Street -- by someone who was believed to have been a fugitive, Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said on Twitter. The officer was taken to a hospital, where he or she was "completing surgery and is in stable condition," Guglielmi said. "(The) offender has fled and is considered armed and dangerous," Guglielmi said. Chicago police, US marshals and ATF agents are looking for the shooter, Guglielmi said.