Naheed Rajwani

5 students hurt at Northside Prep: ‘Huge fire … up to the ceiling’

May 21, 2019 at 10:39 a.m.

About 30 students were cooking in small groups in a Foods Around the World class at Northside College Prep High School Wednesday morning when the classroom was disrupted by what...

5 students hurt at Northside Prep: ‘Huge fire … up to the ceiling’

December 23, 2018 at 9:56 p.m.

About 30 students were cooking in small groups in a Foods Around the World class at Northside College Prep High School Wednesday morning when the classroom was disrupted by what...

5 students hurt at Northside Prep: ‘Huge fire … up to the ceiling’

November 4, 2021 at 1:08 a.m.

About 30 students were cooking in small groups in a Foods Around the World class at Northside College Prep High School Wednesday morning when the classroom was disrupted by what...

UIC faculty stage 2-day strike: ‘This is short-term pain’

May 21, 2019 at 10:36 a.m.

University of Illinois at Chicago Professor Milos Zefran is on campus today, but not to teach his robotics class. Instead, he is participating in a two-day strike and picket in...

UIC faculty stage 2-day strike: ‘This is short-term pain’

December 23, 2018 at 9:54 p.m.

University of Illinois at Chicago Professor Milos Zefran is on campus today, but not to teach his robotics class. Instead, he is participating in a two-day strike and picket in...

Police: Off-duty officer fatally shoots robbery suspect at Walgreens

May 21, 2019 at 10:04 a.m.

An off-duty Chicago police officer fatally shot a 56-year-old robbery suspect at a Walgreens store in the Jefferson Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, according to authorities. The officer walked...

Slammed with calls, AAA Chicago warns of lengthy wait times

May 21, 2019 at 9:51 a.m.

Illinois and Indiana motorists seeking roadside assistance through AAA may have to wait as the motorist club scrambles to respond to hundreds of weather-related requests today.The club is prioritizing requests...

Cloud Gate, commonly known as "The Bean," in Millennium Park in Chicago reflects fallen snow Jan. 2, 2014.

Cold keeps grip on Chicago for a second day

May 21, 2019 at 9:50 a.m.

Many Chicago-area schools will again be closed Tuesday, dozens of the day's flights have been canceled and some area attractions will be shuttered, with the subzero chill maintaining its grip...

Schaumburg teacher invited to Obama’s State of the Union

December 23, 2018 at 9:26 p.m.

A black 3-D printer sits in a corner of Michelle Burke's seventh-grade classroom in Schaumburg. Burke usually keeps the cube-shaped printer off, but sometimes — on special days — she...

Sven Elfving, 1939-2014

December 23, 2018 at 9:23 p.m.

When he was about 10, not long after his family had moved to the U.S. from Sweden, Sven Elfving tried his hand at baseball. After hitting the ball, he didn't...

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