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Summer camp helps recently arrived Ukrainian children prepare for school, heal from trauma of war
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO -- The playground at St. Nicholas Cathedral School was a cacophony of voices speaking a mix of English and Ukrainian on a recent weekday, as kids swung from monkey bars and splashed ...
Newly arrived Ukrainians recount escaping war, finding haven in Chicago. ‘No child should have to...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO — Each time a police siren wailed or an airplane whirred overhead, Olena Raczkiewycz would...
Daywatch: School board elections see general pushback against conservatives
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGood morning, Chicago. Voters across the Chicago suburbs and around the state turned back attempts to pull local school boards to the right in Tuesday’s elections, though conservative candidates ...
‘Faith in the future.’ Ukrainians prepare to celebrate their first Easter in Chicago after fleeing...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the mother’s fingertips touched the soft buds of a pussy willow branch blessed by a priest a few minutes prior, the familiar texture took her back to her homeland, war-torn Ukraine. To begin ...
A Chicago School Is Helping Ukrainian Refugee Kids Settle
Newsy via AOL· 2 years agoOn a Friday afternoon in Chicago, IL, hundreds of Catholic school students are singing for Ukraine’s glory. The children’s passionate display of support is partly to please their guests: veterans ...
Daywatch: Chaotic drag races and ‘street takeovers’ prompt police crackdown
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGood morning, Chicago. The two women who took the stand against R. Kelly in his federal trial in Chicago on Monday couldn’t have been more different in demeanor. One was fierce and unapologetically ...
Chicago Museum Displays Ukrainian Children's Art
Newsy via AOL· 1 year ago"Every story is very personal," art teacher Yustyna Pavliuk said. The paintings they're installing are from "Children of War." When Russia invaded Ukraine last February, Nataliia Pavliuk and her 21-year-old daughter Yustyna sprung to action.
Royalty losing its luster, but for some in Chicago, King Charles’ coronation still worth watching
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKing Charles III’s coronation will take place in London on Saturday morning, and some Chicagoans aren’t going to let 4,000 miles of distance from the crown stop them from celebrating. Tasha ...
Judy Balaban, High-Placed Participant in Hollywood, Dies at 91
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJudy Balaban, the daughter of a longtime studio mogul who dated Montgomery Clift and Merv Griffin,...
