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While DNC coming to Chicago might provide good vibes, experts say economic boost might be overhyped

CHICAGO — When Chicago last hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1996, Mayor Richard M. Daley played the role of deep-pocketed Johnny Appleseed.

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Commentary: Ending masking requirements in hospitals and clinics is a step backward for health care

Recently, many of the hospitals and clinics in and around Chicago, including my own, have elected to discontinue universal masking requirements, noting the lowest rates of COVID-19 in the last three years. This is being hailed as a sign of moving on from the COVID-19 pandemic. But is it really…

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Michael Kopech ‘in complete control’ for White Sox: 3 hits, 19 strikeouts over 15 consecutive scoreless innings

CLEVELAND — Michael Kopech had quite the encore.

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first City Council meeting: Early victory on installing allies, a dig at Fox News and a delay on migrant spending vote

CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first City Council meeting saw aldermen sign off on his plan to stack key leadership roles with his allies, an early victory for the new mayor who spent much of his first day holding the gavel attempting flattery and levity — including an opening dig…

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Paul Sullivan: Why did Christopher Morel start this season in the minors? It calls other Cubs personnel decisions into question.

CHICAGO — Jed Hoyer is a man of few regrets, so it was no surprise the Chicago Cubs president didn’t second-guess his decision to send Christopher Morel to Triple-A Iowa to start the season.

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Illinois man held in attempted arson of planned abortion clinic said he’d ‘finish the job’ if freed, feds say

CHICAGO — The Illinois man accused of crashing his car into a future abortion clinic in downstate Danville while attempting to set it on fire told authorities he intended to destroy the building so it could not be used to provide abortions and would attempt to do so again if…

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Retired CPD officer shot while trying to stop a carjacking

A retired 78-year-old Chicago police officer was shot early Wednesday morning while trying to stop a carjacking in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side, Chicago police said.

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Plan to house migrants at Chicago college met with boos and support

Far Northwest Side neighbors bitterly shouted down city officials and each other during a divisive meeting convened Tuesday on a plan to house hundreds of migrants at Wilbur Wright College.

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His book captures 100 years of folk and country music history in Chicago

CHICAGO — Mark Guarino is a child of Oak Park, Illinois, and has been a writer since high school, his work appearing in a vast and varied number of publications, on stages of theaters in plays he created and now, finally, between covers in a spectacular book dedicated to the…

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Commentary: How much should AI concern us? We need real guidance, not vague alarmism

Recently, Geoffrey Hinton, the visionary expert who was at the heart of so much innovation in artificial intelligence and machine learning, left Google. In an interview with CNN, he said, “I’m just a scientist who suddenly realized that these things are getting smarter than us. I want to sort of…

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Commentary: Zelenskyy tries and fails to get support from the global South at the G-7 summit

Bakhmut, the midsize Ukrainian city that used to have a population of 80,000, is now reportedly in Russian hands after a bloody nine-month military operation that turned the area into a wasteland. But regardless of who controls Bakhmut, the war will go on for the foreseeable future — the U.S.…

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State deploying 30 ‘peacekeepers’ in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend in effort to prevent violence through de-escalation

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration will be sending a newly created team of street outreach workers to Chicago neighborhoods during the Memorial Day weekend to help with the city’s violence prevention efforts.

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Why reliever Joe Kelly is in a groove for the Chicago White Sox — including taking advantage of the pitch clocks

CLEVELAND — Houston Astros second baseman Mauricio Dubón hit a high chopper in the seventh inning against the Chicago White Sox on May 13 at Guaranteed Rate Field.

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Justin Fields to DJ Moore? Early returns are positive — and now Bears can put their wide receivers in the right order.

CHICAGO — Offensive coordinator Luke Getsy said multiple times last season he never has been with a team that spent as much time practicing the two-minute offense as the Chicago Bears did.

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ComEd’s proposed $1.47 billion rate hike challenged by watchdog group

Citing expert testimony and excessive profits, the Citizens Utility Board is petitioning state regulators to slash ComEd’s proposed four-year, $1.47 billion rate increase by more than 60%.

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Hundreds more Illinois Catholic clerics abused children than had been reported, AG report says

CHICAGO — Hundreds more Catholic clerics abused children in Illinois than were previously reported by church leaders, according to a scathing 700-page report released Tuesday by the Illinois Attorney General’s office following a roughly four-year investigation.

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‘SmartLess: On the Road’ review: 3 men and a podcast — Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes on tour

Since 2020, actors Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes have co-hosted a podcast together called “SmartLess.” Last year they took the show out on a short national tour, and that adventure is documented in the six-part Max docuseries “SmartLess: On the Road,” which follows the celebrity friends and co-workers…

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Full-day kindergarten could soon be required in all Illinois

A bill requiring public school districts in Illinois to establish full-day kindergarten within the next four years passed the state legislature Friday and awaits Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s approval.

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Nina Metz: Why has the HBO name disappeared from the HBO Max streaming platform?

It’s official: Warner Bros. Discovery has merged HBO Max and Discovery+ into a single streaming app called Max.

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Editorial: New mayor, new City Council. Perfect time for needed campaign reform.

All’s fair in love, war … and campaigning. At least that’s what some political candidates think.

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Photographs shine a light on how a lack of masking is pushing Chicago residents with disabilities out of the public sphere

CHICAGO -- Artist Terri Hudson jumped at the chance to be a part of photographer Megan Doherty’s latest work, “Compromised” — over a dozen portraits of people who are immunocompromised trying to live their lives amid the ongoing pandemic.

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Commentary: Here’s how the government can improve processing immigrants after the expiration of Title 42

Title 42 was implemented as a public health measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the health emergency ending, the rule has now expired. This means that those coming to the borders seeking asylum may no longer be turned away. What the federal government did and what it should have done…

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Chicago White Sox are limited to 3 hits in a 3-0 loss to the Cleveland Guardians in the series opener

CLEVELAND — Andrew Benintendi ripped a double to right. With one out in the fourth inning, the Chicago White Sox had one of their best scoring chances Monday against the Cleveland Guardians.

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Prosecutors: Chicago’s ‘Goonie’ gang shattered lives, terrorized South Side with 10 slayings, 6 attempted murders over two-year span

CHICAGO — The Loomis Food Mart in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood was bustling on a Wednesday night eight years ago when Krystal Jackson and her friends pulled into the parking lot to pick up a few items.

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A quantum leap forward: University of Chicago gets $150 million from Google, IBM to build world’s most powerful supercomputer

The University of Chicago’s computing ambitions took a quantum leap forward Sunday with a commitment of $150 million in funding from IBM and Google to build the world’s most powerful computer.

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