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Wheaton College, Professor Parting Ways After Comments On Islam
The Wheaton College professor who sparked controversy with comments about Christians and Muslims worshipping the same God is leaving the school, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
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The Wheaton College professor who sparked controversy with comments about Christians and Muslims worshipping the same God is leaving the school, reports WBBM's Nancy Harty.
Prof. Larycia Hawkins stunned the administration last month when she said Muslims and Christians pray to the same god.
Police in the western suburbs were trying to determine who is behind a website meant to look as if it represents the Islamic Center of Wheaton, but actually promotes suspicion, lies, and violence.
A defiant Wheaton College professor facing termination for stating Christians and Muslims worship the same God answered her critics Wednesday, and questioned whether the school is living up to its own Christian mission.
Officials of a Christian college in suburban Chicago on Tuesday said they have begun efforts to fire a professor who was placed on leave after asserting that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
Police in Wheaton are searching for two people who walked into a bicycle store and stole a bikes Saturday afternoon.
A Wheaton College professor who recently started wearing a hijab in a show of support for Muslims, has been suspended by the evangelical Christian school, after stating on Facebook that Christians and Muslims worship the same God.
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Police are investigating after a driver may have tried to lure two children to her vehicle last week west suburban Wheaton.
Wheaton College has announced Sunday that it is removing Dennis Hastert's name from the school's economics and public policy center after he was charged with allegedly concealing bank withdrawals.
Todd Mandoline, 26, was sentenced to 27 years for murder and 12 years for aggravated arson, sentences that will run consecutively, prosecutors said.
A student at a west suburban Christian college is facing felony charges after prosecutors say he secretly videotaped a female student taking showers at her apartment for nearly five months.
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A small gas leak in the school and then an unrelated power outage that caused a burning odor throughout Edison Middle School.
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A former Wheaton College professor who has written books on children's spirituality has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison for having child pornography on his home computer.
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"I am not supposed to be here tonight," former President Donald Trump said. "I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of almighty God."
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The delegates signaled total comfort and confidence with where things sit four months before the election.
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Bally's took possession of the River West property July 5.
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Banks, airlines, television networks and health systems around the world that rely on Microsoft 365 apps were hit by widespread outages early Friday linked to the company CrowdStrike. Thousands of flights and train services were canceled globally, including more than 1,800 in the U.S., and there were disruptions to many other public and retail services.
A postal worker was shot and killed in the West Pullman neighborhood on Friday. Police said the shooting happened around 11:40 a.m. in the 12100 block of South Harvard Avenue.
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James, a First Amendment advocate, says the chief attacked him after he came to village hall to file a complaint about a previous encounter.
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The Butterfly House, just west of Navy Pier, is home to butterflies from all over the world.
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Police said the victim had gotten into a fight with the shooter, who shot him in the chest and hip.
But when thieves damaged the AC units, the heat spilled over to inside.
The robber choked the man, hit him in the head with the pliers, and took his cellphone, police said.
No other injuries were reported, police said.
Mateo was shot in the head in front of his mother and three siblings while riding in the family car in the West Lawn neighborhood.