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United Way of Greater Nashville and Hands On Nashville

Strengthened partnership will advance volunteerism in Middle Tennessee...

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Northwestern Softball advances to NCAA regional final, beats Kentucky

Northwestern Softball got off to a slow start Saturday afternoon in a playoff battle between two Wildcat squads, but an explosive third inning at the plate helped them cement their spot in the NCAA Evanston Regional Final.

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Illinois girl abducted at 9 found safe 6 years later in North Carolina; mom charged

A girl who was abducted from South Elgin when she was nine years old was found safe in North Carolina Monday — six years later — according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Illinois girl abducted at 9 found safe 6 years later in North Carolina; mom charged

A girl who was abducted from South Elgin when she was nine years old was found safe in North Carolina Monday — six years later — according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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Migrants volunteer in community garden as they await placement at local shelters

For the last 15 days, Manuel Moreno and his wife, Laurimar, have been living out of the Chicago Police Department's 22nd District police station in Morgan Park. While they wait for placement in a local shelter, Moreno and a group of men have been helping in the nearby Edna White Community Garden.

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West side bars and restaurants beef up security as CPD warns of April break-ins

The Chicago Police Department sent out another crime alert to the West Side community Monday, warning businesses that bars, restaurants and taverns have been a target of more than a dozen break-ins since mid-April.

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Caught on camera: Thieves use rope to pull ATM out of bar

Early Tuesday morning near Bayaud and Pennsylvania, three thieves used a truck and rope to pull a bolted-down ATM outside of Spot Bar and Grill.

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Americas Newsroom

be a willingness to recognize that we have a very strong coherent sub group in the city that are responsible for the majority of the malfeasance. you have the 327 shoplifters that "the new york times" referenced. over 6,000 incidents and a lot of mentally ill. it is a particular group that if you manage to mitigate that you would take quality of life in this city way forward. it doesn't seem to be a willingness to recognize it. >> bill: washington, d.c. is an example, chicago is a good example, san francisco. there is an interview done with brandon johnson who is now the mayor elect in chicago that happened on wgn in chicago two years ago following the riots in chicago. this is how he answered the questions from the news anchors there on wgn. >> is that the answer, to loot? >> no one is going to condone

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Chicago radio remembers three Rockford radio rookies

Viewers and listeners to the Rockford news scene over the years have seen a lot of familiar names and voices move onward and upward in the industry.

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CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta

the national championship with yukon would be there. be there fourth. excuse me their fifth national championship three by jim calhoun one by kevin kevin ollie. so this will be the fifth title at school third different coach to win it if they can get it done monday night. and is this the greatest march badness of all time? the weirdest what do you think? yeah, it's certainly the weirdest and it's funny. i was talking to our colleagues at wgn, dinning and seeing and cbs like, you know, everyone was like a little shaky on the match up. all you want is drama, and we got it on saturday night. and so i think that's what everyone's hoping for. we've got. i think a blue blood in yukon because they won so many championships since 99 obviously a team that's got good history but hasn't been here before. if we get a close game, that's all we want. march madness has clearly been mad this month. last year we had all blue bloods as we know, as we know, jim this year. it's been unpredictable. but you can't has been the most dominant. we'll see if they can get it done monday night. it makes me feel

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