Saying her patience with Chicago Teachers Union leadership has run out, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday said she wants to get a deal done to reopen Chicago Public Schools by the end of the day, blaming the union for the lack of an agreement so far. CBS 2's Chris Tye reports.
The Chicago Teachers Union sent a letter to Chicago Public Schools parents on Thursday emphasizing safety and equity as both sides continue negotiations over.
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University Hall at Northwestern University, which responded to a complaint about hate speech against Bart van Alphen by telling the student to reach out to Hillel, the Jewish campus organization. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
JTA A Northwestern University neuroscientist who caused controversy with a series of racist, misogynist and anti-Semitic posts he wrote on social media has died by suicide.
Bart van Alphen, a postdoctoral fellow who studied sleep patterns, appears to have maintained multiple social media accounts under the name @The Dr Caveman that denigrated women, echoed far-right slurs and repeatedly called for the death and deportation of protesters, nonwhite immigrants and politicians whose views he opposed.