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Apr 25 2024
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Chicago Bears Officially Selects Caleb Williams No. 1 Overall in NFL Draft
The Chicago Bears officially have their quarterback of the future. After the Bears offloaded starting 2023 signal-caller Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a conditional sixth-round pick, fans and pundits alike started speculating that Chicago would be targeting USC Trojans star quarterback Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. The speculation was spot-on
NewsweekApr 20 2024
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1 killed, 2 hurt after shooting on Chicago expressway, ISP says
CHICAGO (CBS) — One person was killed, and two others were hurt following a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway Friday night. Illinois State Police said just after 11 p.m., troopers responded to the northbound lanes of I-94 at Canalport for reports of shots fired. One person was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other people suffered injuries and were taken to an area hospital in unknown
CBS News (Online)Apr 27 2024
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‘Loop as Lab’ exhibit at Chicago Cultural Center lets public plan city’s future
CHICAGO — In a big city known for big ideas on architecture, it’s sometimes the smaller ideas that can help reinvent. The latest exhibit at the Chicago Architecture Center gives us the voice to renew, rewild, reconnect and reside in the Chicago of the future. Eleanor Gorski from the Chicago Architecture Center says the exhibit allows the public to give their opinion and a voice in decision
WGNApr 27 2024
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Gaza protests threaten to upend Democratic convention in Chicago amid growing criticism of Biden
The pro-Palestinian protests roiling Columbia University and college campuses nationwide have political pundits asking whether widespread demonstrations could ruin the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer, just as they did two generations ago in 1968. Hundreds of Columbia students this month erected a tent city encampment to protest Israel’s war in Gaza, spurring the
New York Daily NewsApr 16 2024
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Thieves target catalytic converters in Chicago's Hyde Park
Chicago Police are warning Hyde Park neighborhood residents after thieves stole several catalytic converters in April. In each incident, the catalytic converters were taken from parked vehicles at the following locations: • The 1100 block of East 52nd St. between April 10, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. and April 11, 2024, at 6:45 a.m. • The 1200 block of East 54th St. on April 12, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. •
CBS News (Online)Apr 22 2024
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Chicago area synagogue marks Passover while honoring Israeli hostages
CHICAGO (CBS) – With Monday marking the first night of Passover, when Jewish families tell the story of how they escaped slavery in ancient Egypt, the holiday arrives this year with extra significance. The exodus was thousands of years ago, but this year, at Am Shalom in north suburban Glencoe, chairs with the names and photos of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza were on display. Oct. 7 was
CBS News (Online)Apr 22 2024
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5 Chicago elementary students hospitalized after apparently taking edibles at school
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Five children were taken to hospitals Monday afternoon, after apparently taking marijuana edibles at an elementary school in the Austin neighborhood.
Chicago Fire Department officials said five students were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and West Suburban Medical Center after apparently consuming edibles at George Leland Elementary School, at 512 S. Lavergne Ave.
CBS News (Online)Apr 16 2024
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New TV show digs into great Chicago mysteries
Last summer, I ran around town with WTTW host Geoffrey Baer to answer some crucial local questions about Malört and ketchup — but not mixed together. Why it matters: This culinary sleuthing was part of a show called "Chicago Mysteries," which debuts Tuesday on WTTW-11 at 7pm. How it works: Baer also enlisted the expertise of meteorologist Tom Skilling, writer Robert Loerzel, reporter Jon
AxiosApr 24 2024
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Neighbors report tires being slashed repeatedly on Chicago's Lower West Side
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Neighbors in Pilsen are being subjected to a big headache – having woken up to their tires slashed in multiple incidents caught on camera. Such crimes are more than a nuisance. A slashed tire is an expensive problem to fix. Time and time again, a person dressed all in black has apparently slashed the tires of a sport-utility vehicle and a van parked in a private driveway in
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