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2017年12月26日 星期二

Schools rethink PE | New pet custody law | Chicago's Rohingya refugees

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December 26, 2017

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With daily physical education no longer the law, schools revising PE plans

Tuesday, Dec 26

Illinois has long been viewed as a leader in public school physical education and is considered the first state in the nation to require daily PE, dating back 60 years. But a change in the law this year gutted the PE rules, making it easier to cut back on classes and excuse more kids from PE. Meanwhile PE advocates are shocked and angered.

Christmas temperatures dip to coldest in decade

Chicago shivered through one of its coldest Christmases in a decade as temperatures plummeted to 2 degrees and more than an inch of snow blanketed the city, according to the National Weather Service.

Black victims of opioid crisis 'whitewashed,' report finds

The Chicago Urban League recently issued a paper titled "Whitewashed: The African-American Opioid Epidemic," outlining the drug's toll on that community: African-Americans make up 15% of the state's population but account for 24% of opioid-related deaths.

Chicago's Rohingya refugees face stress, anxiety

Rohingya Muslim immigrants living in Chicago struggle with stress and anxiety over their homeland while adjusting to life here. Local universities and a local cultural center are trying to help.

Christmas weekend: least violent holiday in recent years

Chicago saw one of its least violent Christmas weekends in recent years with far fewer people shot over the holiday than in 2016.

Christians from Iraq finally celebrate holiday in America

Milad Homo, his wife and two daughters had left all but a few possessions behind in Iraq, praying they could someday join his mother, sisters and brothers in Chicago's tight-knit Assyrian community.

New state law treats pets more like children in custody cases

According to a new state law effective Jan. 1, judges in divorce proceedings can consider the well-being of companion animals in allocating sole or joint ownership.

WGN radio host stumbles across home he was conceived in, buys it

Author and WGN radio personality Dave Hoekstra was ready to downshift from city living — and in his hunt for a modest midcentury ranch in the near western suburbs, he'd stumbled across a gem.

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