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Beaches open for holiday weekend; Park District ‘optimistic’ about filling lifeguard staff

All 22 of Chicago’s beaches opened Friday. Beachgoers can now swim from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through Labor Day.

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Chicago Bulls need to ‘restart this core’ or ‘break it up a bit’

As the Chicago Bulls enter a crucial offseason, they have some very tough roster decisions to make.

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East 75th Street residents win City Hall crackdown on bars blamed for summer mayhem

Three taverns agreed to “corrective-action plans” requiring safety improvements. A fourth is expected to follow. The battle over East 75th Street offers a window into street-level democracy, Chicago-style.

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Chicago Med's Nick Gehlfuss Shares Thoughts On Ending Will's Run With That Big Finale Reunion

The Season 8 finale of Chicago Med said goodbye to Will Halstead, and actor Nick Gehlfuss opened up about how it happened.

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State budget clears first hurdle with Senate vote — but elected school board map hits pause until next year

The state Senate passed the budget late Thursday, sending it to the House. But completion of a final map of the districts of Chicago’s new elected school board was pushed even further into the future, as both chambers voted to give themselves more time to draw it up.

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Pete Alonso hits 19th homer of the season, Mets score 10 runs in rout over Cubs

CHICAGO — Pete Alonso blasted his 19th home run of the season Thursday night at Wrigley Field to keep his 60-homer pace alive, but the Mets had won the game long before that.

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Walgreens cutting 10% of corporate workforce, including in Deerfield and Chicago

The layoffs come as the company sets aside $5.4 billion after taxes to cover opioid litigation.

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City inspector general finds Chicago Police Department employs dozens of cops who knowingly lied

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department continues to employ more than 100 officers who knowingly provided false information during criminal investigations, according to a report released Thursday by the city’s watchdog agency.

Chicago Tribune

FBI: Gardiner may have given developer who’d been ‘good to me’ ticket to Lightfoot reform inaugural during bribery scheme

Ald. Jim Gardiner has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing as a result of the feds’ investigation, which dates back more than three years. FBI affidavits show the feds spent a year struggling to view thousands of text messages.

Chicago Sun-Times

Half of city neighborhoods lack electric vehicle chargers for public use

Building a robust network of chargers to make EV ownership feasible, whether you live in a rural town or a big city like Chicago, is proving difficult.

Chicago Sun-Times

More than 100 Chicago police officials kept their jobs after making false statements, despite department’s ‘you lie, you die’ rule

Dismissal is considered the “appropriate disciplinary penalty” for violating the rule, but the city’s watchdog said it is not consistently enforced, undermining police integrity.

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Paul Sullivan: Are the Chicago White Sox back in business in baseball’s most forgiving division?

Major League Baseball expanded its postseason from 10 to 12 teams last year with the addition of a third wild-card entrant in each league, then adopted a 2023 schedule in which every team plays at least one series against all 29 other teams.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Med season 9: next episode and everything we know about the new season

Chicago Med season 9 will feature familiar faces, and some new ones. Here's what we know about the new season.

WhatToWatch

Jan. 6 rioter from Chicago sentenced to probation

Matthew Bokoski, who entered the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced to 36 months of probation, according to court records.

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Man awarded $27 million for wrongful murder, arson conviction

Adam Gray was arrested at 14 and spent 24 years behind bars. He filed a federal lawsuit against the city and the cops he said framed him and coerced his confession.

The Independent UK

Chicago cardinal defends compensation plan, urges info on abusers after Illinois abuse report

The archbishop of Chicago is urging the Illinois attorney general to provide information about newly uncovered cases of priests who sexually abused minors that were included in a statewide investigative report

Chicago Tribune

Judge dismisses Chicago's lawsuit against Ind. gun shop

CHICAGO -- A Cook County judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the city against a Northwest Indiana gun shop in a brief hearing Thursday.

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Video: Retired Chicago cop’s shootout with carjacker on West Side

“I grabbed my weapon and ran outside,” the retired officer, 72, said. “I heard (the neighbor) was saying, ‘Don’t kill me.’ And I heard the fellow with the gun say, ‘No, I’m gonna kill you.’”

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Stephen Colbert, idled by writers strike, to host Chicago benefit

‘Late Show’ host comes to the aid of old friends in Lookingglass Theatre Company.

The Independent UK

Mpox is down, but US cities could be at risk for summertime outbreaks

A new study suggests dozens of U.S. cities are at risk for mpox outbreaks this summer

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Chicago Bulls have ‘no easy path’ forward this offseason

With the situation they've put themselves in, the Chicago Bulls have "no easy path" forward this summer.

Boston Herald

Movie review: De Niro meets the parents — again — in ‘About My Father’

Although its title evokes Pedro Almodovar’s 1999 Oscar-winner “All About My Mother,” Robert De Niro’s comedy vehicle “About My Father” is more like a variation on a theme of the 2000 De Niro-starring hit “Meet the Parents.” Featuring De Niro as Chicago hairdresser Salvo Maniscalco, a part played by Tony…

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Jimmy Butler may still blame former Chicago Bulls coach

Jimmy Butler, who is now leading the Miami Heat on an incredible playoff run, may still have some blame for his former Chicago Bulls coach.

Motorsport

NASCAR adds Xfinity as founding partner of Chicago Street Race

As a founding partner, Xfinity will have official presenting, marketing, and promotional rights for the July 1-2 Chicago Street Race Weekend including the NASCAR Cup Series’ Grant Park 220 and the Xfinity Series’ The Loop 121 races.

Daily Mirror

Woman claims airline forced fiancé to give up his first class seat for crew member

TikToker Danielle Schwab and her fiancé claimed she was on a United Airlines flight from London Heathrow to Chicago when a flight attendant told them they'd have to leave first class

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