
Evanston/North Shore YWCA closed due to Legionella concerns
Two cases of Legionnaires' disease have been linked to the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the hot water system at the YWCA. Megan Hickey reports.
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Two cases of Legionnaires' disease have been linked to the discovery of Legionella bacteria in the hot water system at the YWCA. Megan Hickey reports.
Legionella bacteria have been found in the hot water system at the YWCA, and the contamination believed to be connected to two positive cases of Legionnaires' disease. Megan Hickey reports.
Some of the positive legionella tests came from floors in the Metcalfe Federal Building on which EPA employees work.
The church is fully cooperating with efforts to remediate the cooling tower, and is also notifying congregants.
The church is fully cooperating with efforts to remediate the cooling tower where Legionella bacteria were discovered.
The investigation has found at least four Legionnaires' cases have been linked to the St. Albert the Great Church in Burbank.
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Coby White led the way for the Bulls with 23 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Tre Jones finished with 19 points and six assists for Chicago.
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When it comes to St. Patrick's Day tradition, the city soaks it in.
Presidents are given the extraordinary power by the 227-year-old law to order the arrest, detention and deportation of noncitizens who are 14 years or older and come from countries staging an "invasion or predatory incursion" of the U.S.
The Senate on Friday passed a Republican-led stopgap measure to keep the government funded ahead of a midnight deadline.
Office of Civil Rights employees said this means students with open cases will have their claims backlogged even further.
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The other six stores will remain open.
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President Trump signed an executive order on Saturday making deep cuts to Voice of America and other government-funded programming.
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When it comes to St. Patrick's Day tradition, the city soaks it in.
The National Weather Service confirmed three EF-0 tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana, and an EF-1 tornado in Indiana.
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"I suspect that we will get a quick decision from the United States Supreme Court on this one," CBS News Chicago legal analyst Irv Miller said.
Coby White led the way for the Bulls with 23 points, seven rebounds and four assists. Tre Jones finished with 19 points and six assists for Chicago.
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Two groups got into a fight in a liquor store in the 1900 block of West 51st Street, when a 22-year-old woman pulled out a gun and started shooting.
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A 46-year-old woman and her son were walking near the AMC River East movie theater Sunday night when the woman was shot in the arm.
Officers encountered a suspect, which resulted in a foot chase and an exchange of gunfire at multiple nearby locations, police said.