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Members of the Chicago Teachers Union's governing body arrive at the union's Near West Side headquarters to vote whether or not to suspend the longest Chicago Public Schools teachers strike in three decades, Wednesday evening, Oct. 30, 2019, in Chicago.

Chicago teachers OK tentative agreement but strike goes on

Kathleen Foody, Associated Press / October 30, 2019

Chicago's teachers union voted to approve a tentative contract agreement with city officials Wednesday but refused to end a strike that has canceled two weeks of classes unless the city's mayor adds school...

FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018, file photo, Katie Hill speaks during an interview after voting in Agua Dulce, Calif.  Hill announced her resignation over the weekend following the publication of explicit photos that outed the relationship. She describes the photos as “revenge porn” and is vowing to fight the problem so that women and girls don’t shy away from politics in the future. Hill's resignation  in a sex scandal she blamed on an abusive husband has observers wondering if women are held to higher standards in public life and what the future holds for politicians coming of age in the iPhone era. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Congresswoman Katie Hill resigns after photos out relationship with campaign staffer

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor / October 29, 2019

Katie Hill announced her impending resignation from Congress on Sunday following the revelation that she had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a campaign staffer. Earlier this month, conservative...

Thousands protest during Trump’s visit to Chicago

Keira Wingate and Bianca Cseke / October 29, 2019

President Donald Trump came to Chicago on Monday for the first time since he became president. As he called the city an “embarrassment to the country” during this speech at the annual gathering of...

American cattle rancher Cliven Bundy speaks at a forum hosted by the American Academy for Constitutional Education at the Burke Basic School in Mesa, Arizona. Bundy was involved in a 2014 standoff in Nevada over cattle grazing on federal land. His son, Ammon, lead an armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon that lasted for six weeks in early 2016.

Federal land agencies lack security preparedness: GAO report

Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor / October 28, 2019

Federal land management agencies like the National Parks Service have gaps in their security, even as federal data warns of the threat posed by anti-government extremist ideologies, according to a new...

Pope Francis walks past statues depicting naked pregnant women as he arrives to attend a tree planting rite with members of Amazon indigenous populations in the Vatican gardens, Oct. 4, 2019.

Vatican considers nixing celibacy requirements

Ella Lee, Print Managing Editor / October 28, 2019

Bishops voted on the penultimate day of a synod for Amazonian clergy to suggest that Pope Francis should loosen the celibacy requirement for some priests in the Amazon to promote interest in priesthood....

Professor Scott Bucking is pictured surveying the Beni Hassan preservation site in 2018.

DePaul professor preserves archaeological artifacts from Egypt

Aaron Somo / October 28, 2019

DePaul does not harbor an especially large history department, let alone a department specifically dedicated to archaeology. As a result, a DePaul student might be surprised to hear that one of their own...

To bring awareness to the homelessness issue across the world, Chicagoans will unite by sleeping on the Quad in affiliation with the World Sleep Out event on Dec. 7.

DePaul students, Chicagoans alike will participate in event to fight homelessness

Ebony Ellis / October 28, 2019

In 2017, 86,324 people experienced housing insecurity in Chicago, according to the Chicago Coalition of the Homeless. World Homeless Day on Oct. 10, is a reminder that homelessness or housing insecurity...

Psychology professors W. LaVome Robinson and Leonard A. Jason have received a $6.6 million grant to fund research to reduce African American youth violence.

DePaul duo will use grant to research violence in African American youth

Patsy Newitt, Multimedia Editor / October 28, 2019

DePaul professors W. LaVome Robinson and Leonard A. Jason received a $6.6 million grant  from National Institute of Mental Health for a research program combating violence amongst African American youth...

DePaul University Lincoln Park campus.

Textured hair products to be sold at DePaul

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor / October 28, 2019

ETC, the mini-mart located in the Lincoln Park Student Center, will sell products designed for textured hair. The initiative was the result of a collaboration between Chartwells and DePaul’s Student...

DePaul Trustee Anne Pramagiorre

Federal probe raises questions about DePaul Board of Trustees protocols

Bianca Cseke, Online Managing Editor / October 28, 2019

As Anne Pramaggiore, a member of DePaul’s Board of Trustees, remains involved in a far-reaching federal investigation into political corruption in Illinois, it remains unclear what exactly it would take...

CIEE gives out over 100 free passports at DePaul

CIEE gives out over 100 free passports at DePaul

Luke Murphy / October 28, 2019

Over 100 DePaul students received free passports as part of an event held  by the CIEE Passport Caravan on Friday afternoon in room 325 of the Lincoln Park campus Student Center. Originally offered to...

Ambassador William Taylor arrives at the Capitol in Washington to testify before House committees as part of the Democrats’ impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019.

Impeachment Inquiry week in review: Oct. 21 thru Oct. 25

Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor / October 28, 2019

MONDAY, Oct. 21 — Mick Mulvaney said he would not resign over comments he made saying that the Trump administration held up military aid to Ukraine over an investigation into Democratic presidential...

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