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7 Takeaways from the Bears’ preseason win vs. Chiefs
Bears Wire via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoThe first preseason game is in the books for the Chicago Bears and after falling behind early, they scored 19 unanswered points to defeat the Kansas City...
Daywatch: Historic act allows for more inclusion in sports — but confusion remains
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGood morning, Chicago. It’s the end of an era for Chicago politics: Ald. Ed Burke will not seek...
Daywatch: Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger heading up today’s Jan. 6 hearing
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGood morning, Chicago. Illinois Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger will take the national stage Thursday as he is set to chair a hearing of the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack ...
Feds say indicted Ald. Carrie Austin exaggerating health issues to avoid trial on corruption charges
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFederal prosecutors on Friday said indicted Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin is exaggerating health issues...
Immigration activist Alejandra Oliva on the art (and pain) of filling out an application for asylum
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoCHICAGO — The first 75 or so arrivals stepped out of buses at Union Station clutching clear plastic...
Google plans to open in the Thompson Center by 2026. Will the tech giant help revitalize the Loop?
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoGoogle surprised many last year when it agreed to buy the James R. Thompson Center in the heart of...
Runoffs signal the changing City Council makeup for three North Side lakefront wards
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree key North Side lakefront wards stand on the precipice of change following last year’s exits of a trio of Chicago City Council members representing the Gold Coast north through the grittier ...
As migrants move into shelters, surrounding communities respond: ‘They have value’
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCHICAGO -- On a recent sunny afternoon in Chicago's Woodlawn area, more than a dozen men from Venezuela gathered in a parking lot outside a shuttered elementary school that is now a shelter ...
52 days on the road: A migrant family’s desperate journey to Chicago
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEsperanza Beatriz Mendez didn’t get to say goodbye to her mother before leaving her home in...
Development, gentrification focus of aldermanic runoffs in South Side lakefront wards
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the South Side 4th and 5th wards, where voters have long stuck to a political tradition of independence and progressivism, more than a dozen candidates for alderman crowded the Feb. 28 ballot ...