A judge has ordered Chicago school board members to stay away from Chicago Public Schools' ongoing contract talks with the Chicago Teachers Union, after CPS chief executive officer Pedro Martinez accused the mayor's hand-picked board members of "hijacking" negotiations.

the Chicago Teachers Union and CPS amid ongoing teachers contract negotiations. Quinlan filed a lawsuit in the Cook County Circuit Court last Friday to prevent the board from firing the CEO, and then amended the complaint early Tuesday morning.

President-elect Trump vowed Tuesday to direct his Department of Justice (DOJ) to pursue the death penalty in the wake of President Biden’s clemencies of nearly every federal death row inmate. “As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from…