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Scammers Taking Aim At Chicago Restaurants
CHICAGO (CBS) — A scam making its way across the country is now zeroing in on Chicago restaurants, and it’s a sneaky scam that victimizes people who are deaf. All businesses are bound by law to make...
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Note About Bad Dream Mistaken For Bomb Threat On Metra Train
CHICAGO (CBS) — A man on a Metra train Monday night was only trying to ease his fears about a bad dream he had, but the note he passed to the train conductor was mistaken for a bomb threat. Police in...
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Man Pretends To Be Deaf To Evade Arrest, Fails
NEW LENOX TOWNSHIP, Ill. (CBS) — A wanted man allegedly pretended to be deaf and mute when police caught him, but officers didn’t buy it. The incident began around 7 p.m. this past Saturday, when a...
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State: Upset She Was Pregnant, Man Killed Girlfriend In 1981
CHICAGO (STMW) — “Tell her it was another man. Tell her you were raped.” Those were the “cold, calculating words” of Gary Albert, “desperate to avoid responsibility for his 15-year-old girlfriend who...
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Not Guilty Verdict In 1981 Slaying Of Pregnant Deaf Girl
UPDATED 11/22/11 7:53 a.m. BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (CBS) — A Sugar Grove man has been acquitted of the murder of his teenage girlfriend 30 years ago, when the two were attending a program for deaf students...
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Lawsuit Seeking To Give Deaf Prisoners Access To Interpreters Granted Class...
CHICAGO (CBS) — A federal judge has granted class action status to a lawsuit a group of deaf and hard-of-hearing prisoners filed against the Illinois Department of Corrections. The lawsuit, originally...
View ArticleDeaf Publix Worker Says Shopper Punched Her For Not Hearing Question
MIDLOTHIAN, VA (CBS Local) – A Virginia supermarket employee, who has gone deaf due to a rare disease, says a woman attacked her for not responding to the shopper’s question. Liberty Gratz has been...
View ArticleChicago Park District To Host Santa Event For Families With Hearing Impairments
CHICAGO (CBS)– Local families with hearing impairments are invited to Chicago Park District’s first “Breakfast With Mr. and Mrs. Deaf Santa Claus.” According to the Park District, this event on Dec....
View ArticleDeaf Joliet Man To Sign National Anthem At Super Bowl
Chicago (CBS) — A deaf man from Chicago’s southwest suburbs will perform as part of Sunday’s Super Bowl festivities in Atlanta. Joliet native, Aaron Loggins, is deaf and will perform the national...
View ArticleFace Mask Recommendations Pose New Challenges For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing...
CHICAGO (CBS) — The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on all of us in some way, but as we’ve seen, it’s minorities that feel the impact the most. CBS 2’s Marissa Parra shows us the challenge that...
View ArticleDeaf Woman Says She Lost Her Child Care Job At Bright Horizons Because They...
CHICAGO (CBS) — One of the country’s largest childcare companies faces a discrimination claim out of Western Springs. A deaf woman says she lost her job at Bright Horizons because they wouldn’t...
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