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• Chaos Erupts as City Council Approves Israeli Solidarity Resolution

  14-10-2023 16:00
  
  On Friday, the City Council chambers were pure mayhem as debates erupted over a controversial resolution condemning the Hamas attack on Israel that occurred a week ago. 
  Israeli and Palestinian supporters were engaged in intense debates and, at one point, started shouting at each other when Mayor Brandon Johnson ordered the public to clear the chambers. 
  Nevertheless, Far North Side Ald. Debra Silverstein’s Israeli Solidarity Resolution was approved overwhelmingly by the city cou
  
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• Movie Review of the ‘The Burial,’ Starring Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones

  14-10-2023 15:45
  
  by Dwight Brown Film Critic for DwightBrownInk.com and NNPA News Wire
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  It’s an unlikely paring. A 75-year-old, southern white boy and a flashy ambulance-chasing Black lawyer. But it works. It’s them against big business. Davids versus Goliath. An ancient tale that never grows old.
  Screenwriter Doug Wright and screenwriter/director Maggie Betts use a fascinating true-life event as their source material. In Biloxi Mississippi, in the 1990s, Jeremiah O’Keefe (Tommy Lee J
  
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• Teen Arrested in Morgan State University Mass Shooting

  14-10-2023 15:15
  
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  A teen has been arrested in connection to the mass shooting that occurred at Morgan State University during homecoming week.
  On Friday (Oct. 13), the Baltimore Police Department announced the arrest of a 17-year-old male in Washington D.C., per ABC7. The teen was taken into custody on Thursday (Oct. 12) and was charged with multiple counts of attempted murder.
  The arrest comes after gunfire erupted outside of a Morgan State University homecoming event on October 3. Four stude
  
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• Pritzker Administration on Alert for Illinois Threats in Wake of Middle East Conflict

  14-10-2023 14:30
  
  Gov. JB Pritzker, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, and the Illinois State Police are closely monitoring the conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas and any potential threats that may emerge here in Illinois.
  In a statement, Gov. Pritzker said both agencies and the White House briefed him. He also urged IEMA-OHS and the ISP to work closely with law enforcement and be on heightened alert for any possible threats to places of worship across Illi
  
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• Twitter Reacts To Woman Getting Ditched On Date After Eating 48 Oysters

  14-10-2023 14:00
  
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  A woman said she was left to pay the bill on a date after she ordered dozens of oysters at a restaurant.
  In a now-viral video, TikTok user EquanaB said the incident went down during her date at Fontaine’s Oyster House in Atlanta.
  The woman said she had met her date a few weeks ago, and they had been texting for weeks leading up to the date. “I was bored and I had time, so he texts me like, “Can we meet for drinks?”‘ she recalled.
  While on the dat
  
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