Some students returned to Chicago classrooms in mid-January for two weeks, but those classes shifted online last week amid an impasse in negotiations.
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Millions of COVID-19 survivors have lost the sense of smell and taste. Will they come back? Not even researchers know.
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers still aren’t sure when some survivors may regain their senses of smell and taste – if ever.
Black Lives Matter nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for carrying forward ‘a movement of racial justice’
The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian member of parliament.
‘Equity by way of deliberate remembrance’: Emmett Till’s home gains landmark status in Chicago
Emmett Till’s Chicago home gained landmark status Wednesday, five months after thousands rallied in the capital on the anniversary of his murder.
Judge in George Floyd trial denies request to use 16 past incidents as evidence against former Minneapolis police officers
A judge will not allow prosecutors at trial to present 16 incidents involving the former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s death.
3 Georgia teachers died after contracting COVID-19. District officials refused to wear face masks.
In the wake of three teacher deaths from COVID-19 in Cobb County, Georgia, school board officials refused to wear face masks at a board meeting.
Investigation finds 33 missing children in Southern California, FBI says
An investigation recently found 33 missing children in Southern California, including eight who had been sexually exploited, the FBI said Friday.
Coronavirus updates: 17% of US has been infected, model estimates; Capitol Police, National Guard outbreaks reported
A model estimates 168,000 more U.S. COVID-19 deaths before May. Meanwhile, about 5% of Americans have received a vaccine dose. Latest COVID-19 news.
Doctors said she wouldn’t survive COVID-19. After 25 days on a ventilator, she’s renewing her wedding vows
A year after the first known U.S. case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Snohomish County, Peggy and Steve Jahn are celebrating life and love.
‘The brutal truth’: Biden emphasizes science, unity in first briefing on national plan to tackle COVID-19
President Joe Biden stressed science and unity in a COVID-19 briefing Thursday, giving Americans the “brutal truth” about challenges the nation faces.