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New Implantable Device Could Help Save Opioid Overdose Victims
Teams from Northwestern University and Washington University are teaming up in the development of an implantable device that can sense when a person is overdosing on opioids, and can deliver a life-saving injection of naloxone. Northwestern...
Pope Benedict XVI Breaks Silence to Reaffirm Priest Celibacy
Retired Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence to reaffirm the value of priestly celibacy, co-authoring a bombshell book at the precise moment that Pope Francis is weighing whether to allow married men to be ordained to address the Catholic priest...
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Pope Benedict XVI Breaks Silence to Reaffirm Priest Celibacy nbcchi.com/WOvHkQT pic.twitter.com/9qX7qDsYcZ
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Winter Storm Brings Flooding to Chicago Area
Even before the snow started falling in some spots, a winter storm brought flooding to several Chicago-area communities Saturday, closing several streets and inundating numerous properties with rising waters. In the city of Chicago, floodwaters...
Chicago Airports Add Boxes for Travelers to Dump Marijuana
Chicago’s O’Hare and Midway international airports have added boxes where travelers can dispose of recreational marijuana before they board their flights.
17-Year-Old Discovers Planet 6.9 Times Larger Than Earth on Third Day of Internship With NASA
During his junior year at Scarsdale High School in New York, Wolf Cukier landed a two-month internship with NASA. So during the summer of 2019, he traveled down to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. His first assignment was...
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17-Year-Old Discovers Planet 6.9 Times Larger Than Earth on Third Day of Internship With NASA nbcchi.com/2I965vm pic.twitter.com/mH0Zv1t5kn
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Fetal Remains at Abortion Doc’s Properties Can’t Be ID’d
Shoddy record-keeping and the degraded condition of more than 2,400 sets of fetal remains that were found in the Illinois garage and a car of a late Indiana abortion doctor mean those remains cannot be identified, according to a preliminary report...
Doctors at Lurie Children’s Hospital Perform 3 Heart Transplants in 4 Days
Doctors at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago saved the lives of three children this holiday season by performing successful heart transplants in four days. One of the children, nine-year-old Olivia Donnelly, had been on the transplant list for...
Jason Van Dyke Resigns From Chicago Police Department
Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says Jason Van Dyke formally resigned last week.
Pop-Up Bar to Celebrate Mythical Christmas Monster Krampus
Starting on Dec. 5, DMen Tap in the Avondale neighborhood on the city's Northwest Side will transform itself into a Krampus-themed pop-up bar.
Stores Pull Child Bride Costume From Shelves Amid Debate
Here comes the... controversy.
Australian Kmart — which has no relation to U.S. Kmart — yanked a child bride Halloween costume after more than 500 people signed an online petition claiming that it normalizes...
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Stores pull child bride costume from shelves amid debate nbcchi.com/3ZHz5P5 pic.twitter.com/LhoCVedQlT
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Darvish Gets Ultimate Revenge on Verlander After 2018 Tweet
Revenge is a dish best served cold, but adjectives fail to convey just how perfectly Chicago Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish got back at Houston Astros hurler Justin Verlander.
Watch Live: Bank of America Chicago Marathon Steps Off
On Sunday, thousands of runners from around the world will descend on Chicago for the 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon. But this year brings with it an exciting twist.
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Watch live: Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at Park Ridge Historical Society
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NBA's Reaction to Morey Tweet Differs in English, Chinese
The NBA put out one statement reacting to Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's tweet in support of the Hong Kong protest movement.
Depending on which language it was read in, the league's words...
University of Chicago Prepares For Nurses' Strike
After negotiation talks broke down Wednesday, the University of Chicago Medical Center says it is making final preparations for its first-ever nursing strike.
Navy Confirms UFO Videos Posted by Blink 182 Rocker Are Real
The truth really is out there, Tom DeLonge.
According to Vice’s Motherboard, Navy spokesman Joseph Gradisher has confirmed that three videos posted to the To the Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences (TTSA)—...
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Navy confirms UFO videos posted by Blink 182 rocker are real and should not have been released nbcchi.com/9iePdYK pic.twitter.com/NpSPbqkZFu
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'World Bicycle Relief': Helping Students in Underserved Areas Get Around
A group of north suburban students are helping to make this initiative possible. NBC 5’s Sabrina Santucci has more from Northfield.
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"World Bicycle Relief:" Helping students in underserved areas get around nbcchi.com/jx8fDSJ pic.twitter.com/AKIyDp2RRw
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Police Detail DeKalb Arrest, Review Use of Force in Video
Police in DeKalb released new details Tuesday on what happened before a man was seen on video being choked and stunned by a stun gun during an arrest that has the department reviewing officers' use of force.
More Republican Women Than Ever Are Planning to Run for Office
The 2018 midterm elections paved the way for a record-breaking number of women to hold seats in Congress. But the gains were limited to one side of the aisle: out of the 127 females on Capitol Hill, only 21 are...
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More Republican women than ever are planning to run for office nbcchi.com/FuaDOBg pic.twitter.com/W2448Un898
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Bunny Or Bird? Optical Illusion May Be the New “The Dress” Debate
A video of an animal being stroked has the internet wondering if it’s a crow or a bunny.
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Bunny or bird? Optical illusion may be the new "The Dress" debate nbcchi.com/YGYmOak pic.twitter.com/Q6v9kGugc1
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