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Family of slain Chicago police officer tells city mayor to stay away from funeral
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe mother of a Chicago police officer who was killed two weeks ago told the city’s mayor to stay...
When media gets it wrong: Why we're correcting a 103-year-old obituary
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN." The most famous headline in history was not the cleverest. It was not the...
Penny Simkin, a Pioneering Birth Doula, Dies at 85
The Wall Street Journal· 1 month agoOBITUARIES Penny Simkin, searching for a part-time job in the late 1960s, spotted a help-wanted ad for people to teach expecting parents about childbirth...
Review: In ‘Unfair Advantage’ at Steppenwolf, magician Harry Milas makes cards bend to his will
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAt the beginning of “The Unfair Advantage,” a fascinating little experience in the Steppenwolf...
Deadnaming, misgendering and more: A trans and nonbinary community grapples with end-of-life...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO — When COVID-19 first hit Chicago in 2020, essential worker Elias Renaud texted his sister...
SHIFT
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCan you find yourself in the middle of nowhere? “Shift” tells the story of RAGBRAI through ground-breaking photography and intimate interviews with three...
Broadway-bound ‘Personality’ opens in Chicago. Lloyd Price changed pop music but do people remember...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1953, a year before Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock,” 19-year-old Lloyd Price sat down at the piano at the Fish ‘n’ Fry, a popular Kenner, Louisiana, sandwich joint owned by his mother ...
Illinois’ Underground Railroad: Stories of escaping enslavement
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months ago“By any means necessary” was no overstatement when it came to the life-or-death flight to freedom through Illinois’ Underground Railroad. John and Eliza Little walked hundreds of miles from ...