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Top Chicago news: US travel ban disrupts brain science meeting; David Ross named Cubs' new manager

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Published on October 25, 2019
Top Chicago news: US travel ban disrupts brain science meeting; David Ross named Cubs' new managerPhoto: Jonathan J. Castellon/Unsplash

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US travel ban disrupts brain science meeting

Scientists from nations including Iran, Mexico and India were refused visas to attend this year's Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago. Some researchers got stand-ins to present their work.

Read the full story on NPR.

First big Andy Warhol retrospective in decades now at Art Institute of Chicago

The sprawling exhibit "From A to B and Back Again" has more than 400 works and shows Warhol was much more than pop.

Read the full story on Chicago Tribune.

Record to be erased of former detective acquitted of conspiracy in Laquan McDonald shooting

A former Chicago detective who was acquitted of a cover-up in the incendiary police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald will have his criminal charges erased from the public record, a Cook County judge decided Thursday.

Read the full story on Chicago Tribune.

Former catcher David Ross named Cubs' new manager

The Cubs have tapped the World Series hero with no prior managerial experience to take over for Joe Maddon.

Read the full story on KDSK.

Chicago police revise reports on street stops, report finds

A review by a former federal judge of how Chicago police conduct street stops has found a troubling trend -- supervisors assisting officers in revising their reports, sometimes multiple times, to make it appear the stops were constitutional.

Read the full story on Chicago Tribune.


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