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James Watson is found guilty of murdering six-year-old Rikki Neave in Peterborough.

The number of reported rapes making it to court in England and Wales has continued to decline.

Fourteen districts are owed between $1 million and $5 million because of the error, blamed on a contractor.

The lawyer behind the suit claims CPS is “the only school district left in the state that’s still enforcing this."

On Thursday's show: How local public health officials are dealing with the even more contagious BA.2 strain of the omicron variant of COVID-19, and what gets set into motion and what authority CPS has when it investigates parents for providing gender-affirming care.

A couple in Minnesota adopted six children in Sioux Falls.

The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday also approved the 2022-23 academic calendar, which features an Aug. 22 return for students.

CPS still hasn't said if it'll add days this year to make up for a union standoff that resulted in five canceled schooldays.

The mask-optional rule will remain in place after a state labor board refused to issue an injunction against it.

CPS says low-income students would have a better chance at getting in under the proposed changes.

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But will the Chicago Teachers Union go along with the change?

In CPS, masks are required in its teachers union agreement.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said new federal COVID-19 guidance unveiled Friday will allow the state of Illinois to remove its school mask mandate on Monday, coinciding with the halting of the hotly debated virus mitigation strategy for the general public.

A 12-page child fatality report shows Child Protective Services was involved, at multiple points, in the life of a family that included an 8-year-old boy whose corpse was found among his living siblings back in October 2021.

The CPS previously said it would not name the men accused of sharing offensive messages with Couzens.

In both cases, CPS is accused of failing to provide the required adult supervision outside the classroom.

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Nearly 1,500 students were still without transportation as of last week, largely because of a driver shortage.

CPS broke from tradition last fall with its earlier start date.

CPS is also now advising staff members to get boosters by March 1.

The PM's claim that Keir Starmer failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile is not backed up by the evidence.

With the Chicago Board of Education poised to renew contracts for five charter and two contract schools, some school leaders push for longer terms.

CPS came under fire after quietly changing how it presents COVID-19 data on its public dashboard.

The Chicago Teachers Union's proposal would have remote learning until Jan. 18.

Chicago Public Schools, teachers union file unfair labor complaints against each other.

The report chided CPS for failing to verify that drivers and bus aides were paid.

The CPS CEO says he stands “firmly behind" the decision to reopen schools Monday.

The teachers union wants the district to pause in-person classes for two weeks, predicting "chaos" Monday.

A public watchdog for Chicago Public Schools has concluded an investigation into sexual misconduct at Marine Leadership Academy, finding that 12 CPS employees and a school board member committed policy violations.

Alex says the wait for her alleged abuser's court trial leaves her "constantly thinking about it".

Turnaround was a "last resort" for poorly performing schools, where staffs were wholly replaced.

People are calling for action and justice after shocking video surfaced showing what appears to be a teen girl being assaulted by a teen boy while in Children's Protective Services custody.

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Jonathon Best abused Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after England's penalties defeat.

Following a string of high-profile child abuse cases in the Houston area, child advocates argue Texas needs to change its priorities when it comes to providing a safety net for abused and neglected children.

The grandmother of one of the children of Gloria Williams, the mother whose 8-year-old son's skeletal remains were found in a west Harris County apartment, spoke exclusively to KPRC 2 in an effort to help others understand how the story of the young children took a tragic turn.

School workers must have vaccine proof or sign up for testing by Friday.

Among those exposed to COVID-19 in CPS, only 1.6% have tested positive, officials said.

CPS is seeing about 5 cases per 1,000 people which Chicago's top doctor called not unexpected.

But the district has so far not released any enrollment numbers.

Harry Dunn's mother, Charlotte Charles, says the resolution of a civil case is a relief.

In the last seven days, 125 student and 47 adult cases were logged, CPS says.

Unvaccinated students who travel outside of Illinois are supposed to quarantine afterwards even if they test negative.

The union didn’t elaborate but said members will resort to “escalating actions if necessary.”

“Going back to school is a way of learning to live with ... the new normal," one parent said.

Three feet of social distancing "‘where possible’ is unacceptable,” the CTU president said.

Several schools have done away with resource officers but 23 voted to retain one.

The city passes the benchmark with the new school year starting Aug. 30.

The Met previously concluded it was "not the appropriate authority" to investigate Jeffrey Epstein.

CPS criticized a CTU idea as being about "presentation rather than substance."

The board would grow threefold and become fully elected by 2027.

A Houston-area nonprofit organization is accepting donations of new bedding for children without a permanent home.

CPS's plan diverged from many suburban districts that are making masks optional.

Less than half of eligible Chicago kids have gotten a first vaccine dose.

A former Chicago Public Schools elementary school principal has been arrested on federal charges alleging a scheme to have employees file for overtime they didn’t work and kick back at least $200,000.

The disappearance and presumed death of a 6-year-old Houston boy is the latest in an upward trend of child death cases across the state of Texas.

Huey Hamilton, 53, and Shawanda Hamilton, 36, are each charged with injury to a child in connection with the beating death of Tarija Carter. The little girl died in January 2020, and it took months of investigation to determine the cause and circumstances of her death. Tarija was left with the Hamiltons by her birth mother, Rhodashinique Phillips. She said CPS decided to place Tarija and her 1-year-old sister with the Hamiltons for safety. When Phillps complained, she said her CPS caseworker told her she might lose custody if she tried to go get them.

That’s what happened to Ms. Davis, who didn’t want her full identity revealed, Sunday at 9:30 p.m. the Westpark Tollway and Grand Parkway interchange in Fort Bend County near Cinco Ranch. “It frightened him, He was crying, he was hysterical.”After stopping her vehicle, Davis and her husband grabbed the little boy and placed him inside their vehicle -- even as other cars continued to drive by at normal speeds. Davis said she is thankful she was there to help and thankful he was reunited with his mother. “Because I didn’t sleep because I was like, ‘What if they just dropped this kid off?’ I was thinking some of everything.”CPS was called to the ER where the boy was determined to be in good health. CPS released the child to the mother pending its open investigation for neglectful supervision.