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			Jussie Smollett Will Not Return to ‘Empire’ for Next Season McDonald’s Turns to Bacon and Wins 10 Things to Do This Weekend: May 2-5 Chicago Shelter Launches Partnership With Facial Recognition App to Find Lost Pets City Colleges of Chicago Staffers Begin Strike Legalizing Marijuana in Illinois: A Good or Bad Idea? Are Marriage and Non-Monogamy a Match? Cold-Tolerant Crops a Safe Choice for Spring Planting May 1, 2019 - Full Show	Recusal Request Derails Hearing on Special Prosecutor in Smollett Case City Colleges of Chicago Staffers End Strike, Announce New Contract Perlman and Kissin Bring the Music Back to Symphony Center Midwest Native Completes 3-Year Journey to All 419 National Park Sites Newly Discovered Photos Reveal Childhood of Groundbreaking Journalist Illinois Inches Closer to a Graduated Income Tax Historian: White Power Movement Has Roots in the Vietnam War Delinquent Tax Deadline Looms for 45K Property Owners in Cook County Vintage Maps Offer Unique Perspective on Chicago History Emanuel to Chicago: We Got Our Game Back May 2, 2019 - Full Show New $70 Million Tunnel Keeping Water Out of Northwest Side Streets, Homes	After an Agonizing Strike, the CSO is Back – and in Glorious Form Chicago-Area Students Join Global ‘Strike’ Over Climate Change Former YouTube Star Sentenced to 10 Years for Child Pornography The Week in Review: Income Tax Overhaul Inches Forward
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	Another Body Found at Waukegan Factory; Death Toll Reaches 3 Lightfoot Plans May 20 Inauguration, City Hall Open House Louis Farrakhan Invited to Address Facebook Ban at St. Sabina Thursday Health Officials Investigating 2 Cases of Legionnaires’ Disease Bravura Revival of ‘West Side Story’ Marks Lyric’s Finest Broadway Venture Four Critically Endangered Red Wolf Pups Born at Lincoln Park Zoo A Day in the Life of a Cook County Burn Crew Rainy Week Tests Chicago Stormwater Management Teens Ditch Fast Fashion, Food for Fair Trade Will Hemp be Illinois’ Next Billion-Dollar Bumper Crop? In ‘Red Meat Republic,’ the Story of How Beef Made Chicago and Changed America Chicago is Getting Electric Scooters – But Are They Safe? High Time or Half-Baked? Illinois Looks to Legalize Weed May 6, 2019 - Full Show Judge Sentences Would-Be Chicago Bar Bomber to 16 Years	Sandra Bland’s Own Video of 2015 Texas Traffic Stop Surfaces Chicago’s 2019 James Beard Award Winners R. Kelly Attorney Waiting on Alleged Sex Tape, Avenatti Communications May 7, 2019 - Full Show 2 Wisconsin Men Identified as Victims of Waukegan Explosion Chicago Zoo, Brewery to Release Beer Inspired by Red Fox’s Diet of Wild Berries Former Homeland Security Chief Asks, ‘How Safe Are We?’ Ex-Chicago Police Sergeant Charged With Felonies After Bar Attack Former Federal Prosecutors Say Trump Obstructed Justice How the Legalization Debate is Playing Out Across the US Midwest Rivers Recede, But Flooding Danger Lingers Developer Seeking State Funds for Transit Hub in One Central Megaproject Illinois More Prepared for Health Emergencies Than in 2013	Uber, Lyft Drivers Plan to Strike in Cities Across the US Illinois Lawmakers Vow to Fix Lapses in Child Welfare System Iran Threatens More Uranium Enrichment If No New Nuke Deal Pump the Brakes: Uber, Lyft Drivers Strike Controversial Suburban Express Bus Line Abruptly Shuts Down How Shedd Aquarium Uses Egg Candling to Monitor Developing Penguin Chicks Officer Charged After ‘Inappropriate Contact’ With Women While On Duty 10 Things to Do This Weekend: May 9-12 Chinese Trade Negotiators Head to Washington After Trump’s Tariff Threats R. Kelly Judgment Withdrawn After Lawyers Say He Can’t Read South Side Home Movie Project Aims to Fill in Historical Gaps Former Ambassador Says US-Canada Relationship in Trouble Ask Geoffrey: What’s ‘Heinemann Studio’ Building in Back of the Yards? Video: ‘West Side Story’ Artists Perform at WTTW Spotlight Politics: Illinois Finds $1.5 Billion in Budget Money May 8, 2019 - Full Show	Fourth Victim of Waukegan Blast Identified, Friday Memorial Planned May 9, 2019 - Full Show Loyola Research Paves Way for Simple Test for Ebola Virus Why One Musical Works, and Another Doesn’t Zero-Waste Advocate Shares Strategies for Reducing Trash Congressional Members Urge EPA to Crack Down on Chicago Manganese Polluter ‘We Made Uranium!’ Goes Inside Weird World of UChicago Scavenger Hunt Emanuel Supports Retirement Income Tax, But is it Too Taxing on Seniors? Astronomers May Have Detected Neutron Star Being Consumed by Black Hole Single Mother of 3 Successful Children Embraces ‘Power of Presence’ Controversial Minister Louis Farrakhan Speaks at St. Sabina	AJ Freund’s Parents Plead Not Guilty in His Beating Death Judge Transferring Decision on Jussie Smollett Special Prosecutor Cook County Jail to Expand Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction Lincoln Park Zoo Unveils Plans for New $35 Million Lion House The Week in Review: Lightfoot Meets with Ivanka Trump in Washington Web Extra, The Week in Review: Boardroom Diversity Bill Mourners Gather to Honor 4 Killed in Waukegan Factory Blast A Week of 3 Remarkable Concerts in Chicago and Beyond
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WTTW News Takes Homes Chicago Journalism Awards	Mayor Rahm Emanuel Joins ‘Chicago Tonight’ for Exit Interview Legendary Actress and Singer Doris Day Dead at 97 ‘Empire’ to Get 1 More Season on Fox Amid Schedule Shake-Up Pianist Evgeny Kissin Brings Down the House at Symphony Center May 13, 2019 - Full Show CPS Teacher Arrested Following Alleged Inappropriate Contact With Student Attorney General Raoul Decries Trump’s ‘Punishing’ EPA Budget Cuts UIC to Address Infant, Maternal Health Disparities in Chicago ‘World’s Fastest Man’ Remembers Cyclist Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor The Growing Business of Cannabis in San Diego The Escalating Trade War, and What it May Mean for US Consumers Mayor Rahm Emanuel: ‘My Goal Wasn’t to Be Liked’	What Helps Prevent Dementia? Try Exercise, Not Vitamin Pills AP Source: Barr Launches New Look at Origins of Russia Probe May 14, 2019 - Full Show Comedian Tim Conway of ‘The Carol Burnett Show’ Dies at 85 Chicago Alderman Renews Push for Elected Police Oversight Council ‘Arresting’ Exhibition Showcases Fine Art, Sculpture of Medieval Africa In ‘A Shoppers’ Paradise,’ the Story of How Women Shaped Chicago’s Loop State Lawmakers Press Gov. Pritzker to Support South Suburban Airport Endangered Gorilla Born on Mother’s Day at Lincoln Park Zoo New Survey of Millennials Focuses on Economic Issues Lightfoot, Aldermen Battle Over Aldermanic Prerogative Could New $1,000 State Tax Drive Electric Car Owners Out of Illinois?	Study: Illinois Sometimes Brushes Aside Child Abuse Allegations On Chicago Stages, 2 Solo Turns About Mental Illness May 15, 2019 - Full Show Ald. Moreno Charged with Insurance Fraud, Obstruction of Justice 10 Things to Do This Weekend: May 16-19 Pregnant Beluga Whale Gets Ultrasound at Shedd Aquarium Pritzker Makes Push for Legal Sports Betting New Report Grades Chicago Hospitals on Patient Safety Spotlight Politics: Lightfoot, New City Council Prepare to Take Over	Rolling Stones North American Tour to Start in Chicago Trump Criticizes Prosecutors at Event for Fallen Officers Author of Flattering Trump Biography Gets Pardon From Trump Tony Award-Winning ‘Hamilton’ Ending Chicago Run in January May 16, 2019 - Full Show Ald. Moreno Hit With Defamation Lawsuit Following Criminal Charges ‘Brotherland’ Photographer Documents Conflict, Life in Ukraine Pregnant Chicago Woman Slain, Baby Cut From Her Womb Restoring the Morgan Park Home of Rotary International’s Founder Police: 3 Charged in Murder of Pregnant Teen Marlen Ochoa-Lopez Looking Ahead: Analysts Preview Lightfoot Administration Chicago Nonprofit Wants to Make Credit Work for Everyone Mayor Pete Buttigieg Campaigns in Chicago Pregnancy-Related Deaths on the Rise in the US	Expert: Fetal Abduction Rare Yet Endures Over 30 Years Kim Foxx Won’t Have to Testify Amid Scrutiny of Jussie Smollett Case Watch Live: Top Cop Eddie Johnson Announces Retirement Bond Denied for 3 in ‘Brutal and Heinous’ Killing of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez Java the Corpse Flower is About to Bloom Again — Sooner Than Expected The Week in Review: Lightfoot’s Ambitious Agenda Web Extra, The Week in Review: Trump’s Pardon, Emanuel’s Legacy Trade War, Heavy Rains Weigh on Deere & Co. Illinois Bill Seeks to Legalize Syringe Exchanges Statewide Lightfoot Rewards ‘Reform’ and ‘Old Guard’ Alderman in Council Shake-Up In ‘Next to Normal,’ Mother’s Mental Illness Wreaks Havoc with Family’s Health
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	Incoming Chicago Mayor Has Path to Historic Police Reforms Illinois Not Alerted to Early Clues in Womb-Cutting Case Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot: Inaugural Address Lightfoot Sworn in as Chicago Mayor: ‘This City Felt Like Where I Belonged’ Measles Exposure Reported in Chicago Violinist Hilary Hahn Elicits a ‘Wow,’ and More, at CSO Concert In ‘Pygmalion Effect,’ Superb Dancers of Russia’s Eifman Ballet Undermined by Manic Choreography and Too Much Strauss Rare Albino Alligator Arrives at Brookfield Zoo Before She Was Mayor: An In-Depth Profile of Lori Lightfoot Aldermen on Governing with Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lightfoot Signs Executive Order Curbing Aldermanic Prerogative Lightfoot Recounts Ancestor’s Tragedy in the Jim Crow South May 20, 2019 - Full Show	Asian Carp DNA Found in Chicago Area Near Lake Michigan Funeral Set for Marlen Ochoa-Lopez Rahm Emanuel to Contribute to ABC News, The Atlantic OPRF High School to Reprint Yearbooks After Racist Gestures Found in Photos Study Finds ‘Promising’ Results for Lung Cancer Detection Using AI Gullivers Selling a Slice of Chicago Restaurant History May 21, 2019 - Full Show An ‘Open Swim’ in the Chicago River is in the Works for September Northwestern Researchers Reverse Age-Related Memory Loss Saul Bellow’s ‘Augie March’ Inspires a Theatrical Masterpiece at Court Theatre Protesters Disrupt Chase Shareholder Meeting Over Financing of Controversial Pipeline Move Over, Meat! Alternative Options Growing in Popularity Chicago Police: Facial Recognition Software is ‘Seldom Used’ Lightfoot Keeps Police and Schools Chiefs, Makes Additional Appointments Hospital That Treated Baby Cut From Womb Investigated Pritzker Agenda Coming Down to the Wire	McDonald’s Says It’s Offering Training to Combat Harassment 12 Things to Do This Memorial Day Weekend: May 23-27 Michael Avenatti Charged with Defrauding Stormy Daniels ‘Offensive’ Senior Quote Delays Suburban High School Yearbooks Pregnant Woman Seeks Deportation Asylum in Chicago Church Rare Eastern Black Rhinoceros Born at Lincoln Park Zoo Lawmakers Repeal Act Prohibiting Illinois From Restricting Greenhouse Gases ‘Bloomsday’ a Breathtaking Play About Time, Love, Regret and Fateful Decisions May 22, 2019 - Full Show Marijuana is a Psychoactive Drug. But is it Really a Medicine? New Mayor, New Solutions to Chicago’s Finances? Local Analysts Weigh In CTU Prepares for Contract Fight with New Mayor Spotlight Politics: Mayor Lightfoot vs. the Council Machine	United CEO Vows to be Aboard 737 Max When Its Cleared to Fly ‘American Taliban’ Lindh Freed After 17 Years in Prison Chicago Bank CEO Charged with Trying to Trade Loans for Trump Post May 23, 2019 - Full Show Research Finds Early Childhood Education Strengthens Families Chicago-Based Netflix Series ‘Easy’ Wraps After 3 Seasons Sibling Penguin Chicks Born at Shedd Aquarium Judge Orders Jussie Smollett Case File to be Unsealed 102-Year-Old Pianist Honored at Palmer House Empire Room Lightfoot Outlines Memorial Day Weekend Safety Plan DCFS Acting Director on Plans for Reform of Troubled Agency If Pot is Legalized in Illinois, What Happens to Medical Marijuana? SAT ‘Adversity Score’ Draws Praise and Criticism In Knockout Musical ‘Six,’ King Henry VIII’s Wives Have Their #MeToo Moment	Get Fit at Free Outdoor Workouts in Chicago This Summer Virtual Reality Helps Police in Dealing with Autistic People Trade Impasse: Trump Pledges $16B to Farmers; Markets Slump 10 Things About Chicago Beaches You Might Not Know The Week in Review: Mayor Lightfoot Hits the Ground Running Web Extra, The Week in Review: Chicago School Board Resigns Bill Would Require Presence of Parent or Guardian for In-School Interrogations Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ a Cautionary Tale for Those Who Would Play God Read the Newly Released Jussie Smollett Case File Cook County to Address Perinatal Health Disparities with $4.8M Grant Army Corps Approves $778M Plan to Block Asian Carp Advance
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	Democrats Put Graduated Income Tax Question to Voters	United Airlines Extends Cancellation of Boeing Max Flights Shooting on Popular 606 Trail Leaves 1 Dead, 2 Injured May 28, 2019 - Full Show Corpse Flower Java Blooms Again, Setting 2 Botanic Garden Records Lakefront Trail Users Adjusting to Newly Separated Bike, Pedestrian Paths Family: Chicago Police Vehicles Caused Deadly Weekend Crash Underwood Talks Fiery Exchange, New Caucus on Maternal Mortality Report Ranks US, China 36th in Protecting and Providing for Children UChicago Creates Molecular Engineering School with $100M Donation In Massachusetts, Not Everyone Happy with Upscale Nature of Legal Pot Mayor Lightfoot Tries to Chart a New Course on Public Safety Illinois House Passes Expansive Abortion Rights Bill	UIC to Offer In-State Tuition to US Tribal Nation Members Mueller Resigns as Special Counsel, Addresses Russia Report May 29, 2019 - Full Show Attorney: Family of Missing U. of I. Scholar Wants to Believe She’s Alive Mayor Lightfoot Exerts Control Over Burke, City Council How the Red Scare Upended Pulitzer Winner’s ‘Good American Family’ Former US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Mueller, Foreign Threats How to Plant Your Own Salsa Garden Spotlight Politics: Fireworks in Chicago and Springfield 10 Things to Do This Weekend: May 30-June 2 Illinois on the Precipice of Legalizing Marijuana	Cubs-Cards Set for London on June 13-14 in 2020 Computer Algorithm Helps Reopen Dozens of Chicago Cold Cases Chicago Police Struggle to Solve Gangland Reporter’s Killing, Others Thompson Center on National Endangered Places List May 30, 2019 - Full Show R. Kelly Facing New Criminal Sexual Abuse Charges Chicago Theater Recommendations: 5 New Shows to See This Spring Read: Chicago Police Release First Wave of Jussie Smollett Documents Burke Indictment Highlights City Hall Power Shift Beach Season is Here, and Water Safety Advocates Say They’re Worried Ald. Ed Burke Indicted on 14 Counts of Racketeering, Extortion, Attempted Bribery With a Full Slate, Time is Running Out for Illinois Lawmakers	Illinois National Guard Members Deployed Amid Flooding Companies Report Progress on Blood Tests to Detect Cancer 6 Weekend Ideas for a Summer Road Trip or Chicago Staycation Uptown Clinic Owner Gets 6 Years in Prison for Illegally Selling Opioids Judge to Decide if Special Prosecutor Needed In Jussie Smollett Case Mayor Lightfoot: Letter Being Sent to Ask Burke to Resign Woman Identifies Herself as Alleged R. Kelly Victim Illinois Welcomes Weed, Waits on a Budget with Another Extended Session Kim Foxx: False Rumor Caused Recusal in Jussie Smollett Case The Week in Review: Legal Pot Advances, Ald. Burke Indicted