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People are being warned about an online gift exchange scam that’s common during the holiday season.

A teenager is facing felony charges for allegedly making violent threats against their high school Thursday in west suburban Naperville.

Walmart this week said it’s getting a jump on the holiday shopping deals – at stores and online -- because of the shorter time between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year.

Mayor Lightfoot on Monday said a page on the Chicago Public Schools’ website, titled “Our Offer,” will give the public a chance to see what she says is the generous salary offer CPS has made to the teachers. It also addresses teacher demands for more counselors, nurses and librarians in the schools.

YouTube -- the usually omnipresent holding pen for wacky animal videos, film trailers and clips of all kinds -- was widely reported to be down for at least an hour, beginning around 8:30 p.m. CST Tuesday.

A newly launched website shows about 5,000 documents, through Lincoln's time as an Illinois state lawmaker, which ended when he was 33.