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Construction at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago has been temporarily halted after a noose was discovered at the worksite Thursday morning. Lakeside Alliance, the construction company building the $830 million center, said it immediately notified police after the noose was reported on the premises, located in Jackson Park. The company told The Post in a statement that it suspended “all operations onsite” in order to provide its employees with an additional series of anti bias training, citing a “zero tolerance” policy “for any form of bias or hate on our worksite.”

YONKERS, N.Y. -- A dog said to have a tendency to bark at minorities is being called "racist" -- a charge its owner, Paul Tocco, denies. A year ago, the animal, Jenna, bit Andrew Owens, a black handyman at Valley Oil, a heating oil business that Tocco's family runs. Recently, the 58-year-old Owens "egged on" the barking dog, which was chained outside the business, police said. Owens then pulled out a 9-inch folding knife and slashed the dog across the face, through the eye socket, police said. He admitted to the crime and was charged with felony aggravated cruelty. In...