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Hundreds welcome 12-foot tall Syrian refugee puppet Little Amal at Navy Pier: ‘It was very emotional’

Little Amal is making her way across America to inspire hope and draw attention to the plight of many refugees around the world, half of whom are children.

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CPS schools need $14.4B for repairs, modernization, report finds

The long-awaited analysis by Chicago Public Schools leaders examined facilities needs citywide, where school buildings are on average 83 years old with some in serious disrepair.

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‘It’s really a symbol for unity’: Chicago’s Chinatown gears up to celebrate Moon Festival Saturday

There will be an open talent show starting at 5 p.m., a showing of Raya and the Last Dragon at 7 p.m. and a full moon viewing at 9 p.m., as well as a mooncake tasting.

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Local author Scott Turow to receive Fuller Prize from the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame

‘Chicago has always been my literary homeland,’ said Turow, a former federal prosecutor who’s grinding away from his Evanston home on another novel.

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Teachers will have ‘strong demands’ in contract talks — even with one of their own on other side of bargaining table

“The driving force has always been inequity and injustice that Black and Brown students and their families experience in this city,” CTU President Stacy Davis Gates said. “And that injustice did not roll away on April 4. We just got another gladiator in a place of power.”

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Off-duty Chicago cops robbed at gunpoint after leaving Pilsen bar

The stickup happened amid a surge in robberies across the city that new Police Supt. Larry Snelling has vowed to aggressively tackle.

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Hoping on Johnson administration leading Chicago Fishing Advisory Committee meeting

The hope, as the Chicago Fishing Advisory Committee met after the summer hiatus on Sept. 21, is that Mayor Brandon Johnson will resume the long tradition of Chicago mayors sending a representative.

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Chicago cop allegedly pointed gun at wife and is accused of abuse, still on active duty

The officer was arrested in 2018 but was only suspended. A new investigation was launched when the wife told police he punched her in the face and pointed a gun at her.

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Cop killer doesn’t deserve resentencing

Ronnie Carrasquillo should not get the opportunity to experience freedom and to pursue a full and happy life, things he stole from Chicago Police Officer Terrence Loftus.

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Pritzker says Chicago could house asylum-seekers in unused buildings, not winter tent basecamps

After Mayor Brandon Johnson announced last week the city inked a one-year, $29.4 million contract with GardaWorld Federal Services to set up a camp, Pritzker’s office said it addressed concerns around “cultural competency.”

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2 Chicago cops acquitted of battery, misconduct in shooting of unarmed man in Pilsen

Judge Lawrence Flood ruled the police officers were within their rights to protect themselves when they opened fire first, shooting Miguel Medina last year.

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How Darren Pang returned to the Blackhawks as their lead TV analyst

On Thursday night, Pang will debut on NBC Sports Chicago, alongside play-by-play voice Chris Vosters, for the Hawks’ preseason opener against the Blues at the United Center.

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‘Heist 88’: Drab Chicago crime thriller just robs you of your time

Despite some juicy real-life source material and the great Courtney B. Vance in the lead, choppy Showtime film goes about its business in clunky, strained fashion.

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Man shot on CTA Red Line platform collapses into train car

The victim was in critical condition after the attack early Thursday at the Garfield Red Line station, police said.

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Bear Necessities: Chicago’s secondary banged up heading into Week 4

The Bears have several starters sidelined in the secondary. We recap Wednesday's headlines.

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Teach the real legacy of Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers to inspire our youth

Let’s create a curriculum on Fred Hampton’s life. In contrast to the myth of the “gun-toting” Black Panthers, they laid the groundwork for many of the social service programs we know today, such as school breakfasts, day care and sickle cell testing.

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Justin Fields is a disaster. But so is everything else at the Chicago Bears

The quarterback has struggled this season but his team have an awful defense, off-field troubles and the general air of dysfunction

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Confirmation for next U.S. attorney in Chicago gets tougher with anonymous senator blocking a vote

The senator or senators who are blocking a confirmation vote for April Perry are not known. Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, said he would lift his hold on Perry if she got an up-or-down vote.

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After sending busloads of migrants to NYC, Texas governor visits city to fault Biden for crisis

For more than a year, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busing migrants from the southern U.S. border to places like New York, Washington and Chicago

Chicago Sun-Times

Ald. Beale takes a page from Texas Gov. Abbott’s playbook on migrant emergency

Ald. Anthony Beale wants voters to consider undoing the city’s Welcoming City ordinance, a move that panders to Gov. Greg Abbott and the anti-immigrant crowd.

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Things to do in Chicago Sept. 28-Oct. 4: The Mix

The ‘Destinos’ theater festival, shows by Dave Chappelle and Peter Gabriel, and the arrival of a touring 12-foot puppet are among the highlights in the week ahead.

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Lawyers for Chicago cops on trial for shooting unarmed man say politics are behind ‘this dog of a case’

A Cook County judge is expected to hand down a verdict Thursday for the two Chicago police officers charged with shooting the man last summer in Pilsen.

The Independent UK

There's a new police superintendent in Chicago. The city council chose the ex-counterterrorism head

Chicago’s City Council has unanimously confirmed Larry Snelling as the city’s police superintendent, elevating the department’s counterterrorism chief

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5 things to know ahead of Bears vs. Broncos in Week 4

The Bears and Broncos will be competing to get their first win of the season. Here are five things to know in Week 4.

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New ATF boss in Chicago setting up ‘intelligence center’ to solve more gun crimes

Christopher Amon is working with the Chicago Police Department to create a Crime Gun Intelligence Center to better trace the history of guns taken off the street.

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