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‘Gender Is Irrelevant’: Jodie Whittaker On The New ‘Doctor Who’

The new star of ‘Doctor Who’ says being a woman isn’t what makes her unqualified for the role: “I’m playing an alien with two hearts.”

A new public health report shows black women are six times as likely as white women to die from a pregnancy-related death.

The money, the odds, the taxes -- lots to think about as the Mega Millions jackpot climbs toward $1 billion.

The school district is slated to get extra cash from special taxing districts called TIFs. CPS likely will use it to avoid some borrowing.

Field workers, nine black and one Latina, claim Pritzker’s campaign is a “cesspool” of racial conflict. Pritzker denies the allegations.

On Oct. 31, each school will receive a performance rating from the state — the first ratings issued under a new federal education law.

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