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Apr 23 2024
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Chicago Mayor Johnson faces fury after fatal shooting of off-duty officer: 'We've lost our city'
A Chicago alderman tore into Mayor Brandon Johnson, Monday, accusing him and city officials of "demonizing" law enforcement in recent years. The criticism came after an off-duty police officer was fatally shot and killed over the weekend. Alderman and former police officer Anthony Napolitano said on "Fox & Friends" that they've "lost" the city under Johnson's leadership after 30-year-old
Fox News DigitalApr 23 2024
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We know what you’re doing this summer: Connor Bedard and other Chicago Blackhawks lay out their offseason plans
Various members of the Chicago Blackhawks took turns gushing about Connor Bedard’s rookie season. “It was incredible,” general manager Kyle Davidson said. “The weight that was put on his shoulders, given his profile walking into the league, it’s really difficult to handle. I don’t think anyone can adequately quantify the degree of difficulty of what he had to deal with off the ice, to then go
Chicago TribuneApr 03 2024
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Look for Chicago's pension mess to become worse. That's a bad sign for taxpayers.
It’s a "ticking time bomb," the Civic Federation warned in 2011. "Chicago Sees Pension Crisis Drawing Near," The New York Times reported in 2013. In 2015, Moody’s sent its own warning by downgrading Chicago to junk bond status, the only major city to fall that far besides Detroit. No, a big financial collapse has yet to hit Chicago and maybe it never will. But that doesn’t mean the pension
Chicago Sun-TimesApr 11 2024
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Amazon hit with $525 million jury verdict in patent case brought by Chicago tech firm
Amazon Web Services must pay $525 million to Chicago-based tech company Kove for infringing upon three of the company’s patents, a federal jury decided Wednesday. The patent case, which was heard in federal court in Chicago, centered around data-storage patents held by West Loop-based Kove. The technology in question enables the search of “vast quantities of data in a very efficient way” to “
Chicago TribuneMar 29 2024
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About half of Chicago adults never or rarely attend religious services
Data: Household Pulse Survey; Note: Adults who say they never attend or attend less than once a year; Map: Alice Feng/Axios Nearly half of Chicago-area adults never or seldom attend church or religious services — on par with the national average, per a new Axios analysis of Household Pulse Survey data. The big picture: More than three-quarters of Americans say religion's role in public life is
AxiosMar 08 2024
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2nd case of measles identified in Chicago
A second case of measles has been identified in Chicago, one day after the Chicago Department of Public Health confirmed it identified its first case of measles in a city resident for the first time in six years. According to a CDPH statement sent early Friday morning, the second case was identified in a child staying at a migrant shelter in Pilsen. The statement went on to say that the child
NBC 5 ChicagoApr 20 2024
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DeMar DeRozan at a crossroad with the Chicago Bulls as he enters free agency after another season without a playoff run
DeMar DeRozan is tired of watching the NBA playoffs on TV. More specifically, the first round of the playoffs. Hell, even the second round. He’s sick of being stuck on the sideline for the most important basketball being played every year. And after his fifth straight season without a meaningful playoff series came crashing to a halt Friday night with a 112-91 loss to the Heat in Miami, the
Chicago TribuneApr 11 2024
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For Chicago Cubs pitcher Javier Assad, a trip to San Diego is a family affair for the Mexico native
SAN DIEGO — Eighty minutes before first pitch Tuesday night, right-hander Javier Assad strolled down the steps into the visitors dugout where a few Chicago Cubs fans stuck baseballs and his baseball cards under the protective netting for him to sign. It was part of a full-circle journey this week at Petco Park, where Assad went to games as a kid growing up 40 minutes away in Tijuana, Mexico.
Chicago TribuneApr 14 2024
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The NBA's East play-in field is set: Miami goes to Philadelphia while Atlanta goes to Chicago
Orlando blew out Milwaukee, Indiana blew out Atlanta, Philadelphia blew out Brooklyn and Miami blew out Toronto. And all that meant this: Nothing on the bottom half of the Eastern Conference’s playoff chase changed on the final day of the regular season. It will be eighth-seeded Miami visiting seventh-seeded Philadelphia in an East play-in game on Wednesday, followed by 10th-seeded Atlanta
Washington PostMar 22 2024
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Breakthrough provides range of services for families on Chicago's West Side
CHICAGO (CBS) – Kids and adults need a safe space where they can grow, face their fears, and learn to help others. CBS 2 found just the place called Breakthrough, a social service agency in East Garfield Park on Chicago's West Side. DeAngelo Johnson's journey at Breakthrough began when he was just hanging out there as a kid. "I would never have thought I would be in this position that I'm in
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