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The problem with the Chicago Public Schools is simple: It fails to educate students well. That is why families have voted with their feet and left.

By early Wednesday afternoon, the heat index was at 116, tying July 14, 1995 for second highest heat index on record for the city of Chicago’s climate site. The highest heat index on record at the city of Chicago’s official climate site is 118 degrees, set on July 13, 1995.

Victims of crime receiving written responses with errors and spelling mistakes, and overall only a third of letters found adequate

AP CPS Employees Assoc. to protest 'Why not OPS' on Sep 1; demand govt. revert to Old Pension Scheme.

Around half of the written responses to complaints scrutinised by a watchdog were found to be ‘inadequate’.

Temperatures Wednesday are expected to climb to near 100 degrees, forecasters said. When combined with humidity, heat index values could reach as high as 115 degrees. Thursday’s conditions will be similar.

Temperatures are expected to hit the mid-90s with dangerous heat indexes soaring up to 115 degrees, the National Weather Service said.

Chicago Public Schools announced on Tuesday afternoon that all outdoor games on Wednesday and Thursday have been postponed and all practices must be canceled or moved indoors due to the excessive heat that is expected.

Julie Hambleton said the attack that killed her sister and 20 others was ‘off-limits’ for prosecution.