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By NBC ChicagoChicagoans will soon no longer be asked if they want paper or plastic when shopping at a large retailer.With a vote of 36-10, aldermen on Wednesday passed an ordinance proposed by Ald. Joe Moreno to ban plastic bags at chain and franchise stores that operate within the city.
On the eve of May Day, the AFL-CIO joined the #Not1More deportation hunger strikers at our headquarters to lift up the plight of immigrant families who are being torn apart from each other. Check out the statement we made on the front of our building, after the jump, and watch a video of the program here.
“It's like my life is wasting away,” Anderson told Kate Snow. On Monday, a circuit court hearing is scheduled to consider a new petition on his behalf.
Mike Anderson, who never served an armed robbery sentence because of botched paperwork, speaks out after finally being sent to prison. NBC's national correspondent Kate Snow reports.
A mandatory evacuation order has been lifted for some neighborhoods in Southern California, threatened by a wildfire that burned more than 1,000 acres.
Huge black clouds of smoke could be seen for miles after a train carrying crude oil derailed in Virginia on Wednesday. Several buildings were evacuated after the train burst into flames.
A record-shattering deluge stretches from the South all the way to Maine. Entire neighborhoods are flooded and hundreds of rescues have been carried out. NBC’s Dylan Dreyer reports.
The deadly storm system that ravaged Arkansas and Mississippi with tornadoes and pounded Florida with record floods delivered one last punch to the Northeast as it finished its sweep across the country.
A massive explosion overnight leveled part of a crowded Florida jail. At least two people are dead and more than 150 officers and inmates are injured. NBC’s Gabe Gutierrez reports.
The Capitol rotunda re-opens Thursday with a protective netting, which will be in place for about a year and a half to protect members of Congress, staff, and visitors during the project to restore the building's iconic dome.
