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Lori Lightfoot campaign contributor Carmen Rossi to pay $5,000 fine for violating lobbying rules

The lawyer and bar owner who holds the liquor license for Lollapalooza violated lobbying rules when he asked a City Hall official to help secure business licenses to operate parking lots on Chicago Public Schools property.

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Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local 2 elects new president

Pat Cleary, who has spent the last 12 years as the union’s vice president, replaces Jim Tracy, who served two terms.

Chicago Sun-Times

Accused of bilking Vallas campaign out of $680,000, consultant says allegations are ‘shameful and unfounded’

“In the end, the voters were right,” consultant Chimaobi Enyia said Monday. “Paul Vallas did not deserve to be the mayor of the city of Chicago.”

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Letter carriers being robbed of master keys in first week on the job, union says

Criminals target letter carriers for their master keys, which unlock mailboxes across a ZIP code. With those keys, they can steal mail, allowing them to wash and rewrite checks or even resell the keys to other criminals.

Chicago Sun-Times

ComEd bribery trial’s closing arguments, CPD officer faces dismissal and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Singer R. Kelly moved to North Carolina prison from Chicago

Federal prison officials say singer R. Kelly has been moved from a Chicago correctional center to a medium-security facility in North Carolina

The Independent UK

avery r. young named first-ever Chicago Poet Laureate

The appointment of the award-winning composer, teacher, visual artist and producer was announced Monday by city officials.

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Danny Sabatello calls out Magomed Magomedov for ‘massive’ Bellator 297 home fight in Chicago

Danny Sabatello wants homecoming fight at Bellator 297.

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Teens kill baby after stealing car and crashing - but WON'T be charged with tot's death

Two teenage boys from Chicago, aged 14 and 17, have been charged with a misdemeanor after crashing a stolen car into a pickup truck in the West Garfield Park neighbourhood, killing a six month old baby and injuring three other passengers

Daily Mirror

As Walmart pulls back, businesses and neighborhoods need to talk

The retailer’s closures of four Chicago stores follow the retreat of others from the city’s South and West sides and underscores how companies and communities often don’t get each other.

Chicago Sun-Times

How William Wrigley Jr. brought soap, gum and Chicago baseball broadcasting together

Early baseball owners feared radio, but Cubs owner Wrigley didn’t. When baseball was reinventing itself, Wrigley laid the groundwork for today’s great Chicago sports announcers.

Chicago Sun-Times

UN human rights experts begin US tour focusing on racial justice and policing

Panel established in response to George Floyd killing will visit Washington DC, Atlanta, LA, Chicago, Minneapolis and New York

The Guardian - US

Woman whose murder convictions were overturned sues city, Chicago police detectives

Madeline Mendoza’s attorneys allege that Dets. Reynaldo Guevara and Ernest Halvorsen fabricated her involvement in a 1992 double slaying. She spent 17 years behind bars.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dodgers home runs lift them past Cubs and over .500

CHICAGO – Shortstops who hit like that can really make a lot of money.

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Zack Wheeler helps deal a 9-3 Phillies win against Rockies

PHILADELPHIA — In his last start, on April 18 in Chicago, Zack Wheeler no-hit the White Sox through his first two innings, only to allow four runs on six soft hits in the third.

Chicago Sun-Times

1 killed, 2 children among 17 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago

Two children were wounded in separate shootings Saturday at homes on the South Side. A 3-year-old boy was shot in Calumet Heights and a 6-year-old girl was shot about two miles away in Woodlawn.

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Robbie Gould on potential reunion with Bears: ‘I’d do it in a heartbeat’

Former Bears kicker Robbie Gould said he'd rejoin Chicago "in a heartbeat."

Chicago Sun-Times

Time to explore all of Chicago

Historian Shermann Dilla Thomas leads visits to South and West Side neighborhoods

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The Orange County Register

James Outman, Max Muncy power Dodgers to 9-4 win over Cubs

CHICAGO — It snowed briefly Saturday morning at Wrigley Field, the flurries floating down at an angle thanks to the usual blustery conditions there. By game time, the temperature sat at a classic April-in-Chicago 41 degrees.

Los Angeles Times

Mookie Betts at shortstop? How the Dodgers' experiment could make long-term sense.

CHICAGO — It started as a temporary measure, a short-term solution to the Dodgers' growing infield injury list.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man shot and killed in South Chicago

The 33-year-old was shot while in the 8900 block of South Brandon Avenue, police said.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ranking the positions most likely to be pick at No. 9 by Bears in NFL draft

Assuming the Bears don't trade back again, here are the positions most likely to be the pick at ninth overall.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago fashion designer Robin Harris setting standard in partnerships with women athletes

Harris has built a client list that includes not only Candace Parker and Nneka Ogwumike but a long list of coaches and agents in women’s sports. Her designs have been worn on red carpets, including those of the ESPYs and the Oscars.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago outdoors: North Side wood ducks, Bassmaster all-staters, Illinois’ invasive fish

Observing wood duck matting and nesting behavior on Chicago’s North Side, three Chicago-area Bassmaster all-staters and a question on handling invasive fish in Illinois are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

Youth violence, policing and the tough road ahead for Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson

Johnson and Chicago police don’t have to like each other, but they will have to work together to curb violence, including among teens. Young people and their families should be part of the conversation about solutions.

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