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City Launches Reparations in a US First

Evanston program addresses housing discrimination

(Newser) - The nation's first government reparations program has been approved, with a promise to distribute $10 million over the next decade to Black residents who suffered housing discrimination or their descendants. The City Council of Evanston, just north of Chicago, voted 8-1 Monday to implement the program, Rolling Stone reports....

City Plans Housing Reparations
City Nears First Reparations 
Mar 11, 2021 6:05 PM CST

City Nears First Reparations

Payments would amount to $25K per person, intended for housing

(Newser) - An Illinois city has planned its first reparations to Black residents: $25,000 for housing assistance. The money will go to all Black people who lived in Evanston before 1969 and endured discriminatory housing practices by governments and banks, or who are descended from a Black resident who did, the...

Student Tackled for 'Stealing' Own Car Settles for $1.25M

Lawrence Crosby was arrested after 2015 incident

(Newser) - A Chicago suburb has tentatively agreed to pay a former doctoral student $1.25 million to settle a lawsuit alleging police officers tackled him to the ground and arrested him for stealing a car that turned out to be his own, his attorney said. Evanston City Manager Wally Bobkiewicz confirmed...

'It Was a Good Catch:' Paramedic Delivers Own Kid

Mary Margaret Lynch born on the side of the road

(Newser) - Dan Lynch is a paramedic who had been through the births of his four kids, so when wife Elizabeth woke up early Friday with serious contractions "skeptical" that Baby No. 5 would hold out for the ride to the hospital, "we gave it a shot" anyway, says Dan....

High School Baseball Team Forfeits Over Sexting

Illinois team out of state playoffs after players shared girls' photos

(Newser) - The Evanston Township High School baseball team was supposed to be suiting up for a state playoff game tonight, but a sexting controversy brought the season to an early end. It seems girls at the Illinois school sent "inappropriate" photos to their boyfriends on the team, and school officials...

Decapitated Body Found at Suburban Chicago School

Man walking dog finds body, explosive this morning

(Newser) - The leafy Chicago suburb of Evanston is in turmoil this morning following the discovery of a decapitated body with an explosive device near a middle school's tennis courts. A witness tells the Chicago Tribune that he stumbled upon the shirtless, headless body about 5:15am while walking his dog; neighbors...

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