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Obama Presidential Center makes progress in building talent pipeline from South and West Side residents, report shows

CHICAGO — Mamon Powers, Jr. always envisioned being in business because that’s how he grew up, being surrounded by businessmen in the home and the community. But then again by the time he was 15, he was running his own carpentry crew on construction sites.

Chicago Tribune

Aldi launches Goose On The Loose lager with trip to Chicago brewery on offer

Goose Island Beer Co. is giving one lucky shopper the chance to win a trip for two to the Windy City of Chicago, USA – home of Goose Island Brewery

Wales Online

Editorial: We’re smart enough as a city to leave Christopher Columbus alone

If Mayor Lori Lightfoot were to follow the recent recommendations of the Chicago Monuments Project Advisory Committee and excise Christopher Columbus permanently from Grant Park, logic dictates that she should then immediately rename Columbus Drive. After all, a prominent city street is etched in the public consciousness far more than…

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Lower third of lineup lead Cubs' win over Cardinals after Arenado's ejection

CHICAGO — The Cardinals’ supporting players, who have helped amplify the offense this month, got thrust into the role of carrying it Wednesday at Wrigley Field.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

‘It’s going to help me live a little bit better’: Relief from some student loan debt could lift ‘burden on everyone’

Chicago-area students and grads say any amount of student loan debt cancellation can help them aim for other milestones including marriage and homeownership.

Chicago Sun-Times

4 people believed to be students are shot near high school on Chicago's Northwest Side, authorities say

CHICAGO — Four people believed to be Chicago Public Schools students, including three age 15 or younger, were shot near a Northwest Side high school Wednesday afternoon, Chicago police said.

Chicago Tribune

4 injured in drive-by shooting near Chicago high school

Authorities say three juveniles and one adult have been shot near a high school on Chicago's Northwest Side

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Defense: Key government witness tried to extort R. Kelly

Defense lawyers at R. Kelly’s child pornography trial in Chicago have sought to portray a key government witness as a liar and extortionist

The Independent UK

The Mix: Cool things to do in Chicago Aug. 25-31

The Chicago Dance Crash, the Taste of Greektown and “Dreamgirls’ are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times

H2O Plus skin care brand, which grew in Chicago, will end production

The company known for its ties to Disney resorts and cruises announced it will retire its products by the end of the year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Sullivan: If the White Sox don’t make that long-awaited run and qualify for the playoffs, no one should feel safe

CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox farm system wasn’t producing, and by late August 1985, team President Eddie Einhorn vowed to make some changes in the development plan.

Chicago Tribune

Vallas pokes holes in Lightfoot’s claims of fiscal stability

“What has changed in four years? Nothing. She’s basically handing off what she inherited from Rahm Emanuel,” mayoral challenger Paul Vallas said.

Chicago Sun-Times

A damning review of Cook County juvenile jail, Biden’s student debt cancellation plan and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Withering cross-examination begins for alleged R. Kelly fixer paid to recover sex tapes

CHICAGO — On Tuesday, Charles Freeman told a wild tale to jurors about how R. Kelly and his associates allegedly agreed to pay him up to a million dollars in the early 2000s to hunt down videotapes of the R&B singer sexually assaulting a young teen girl.

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Chicago alderpersons face preelection dilemma: Whether to accept a 9.62% pay raise

City Council members have until Sept. 2 to decide whether to accept the raise, which will boost pay to $142,772 for the 30 alderpersons who have accepted all annual pay raises.

The Guardian - UK

Jazz trumpeter Jaimie Branch played with a sonic sucker punch

Fierce and fearless, her sheer love of music and unorthodox collaborations saw her respected across musical genres

Chicago Sun-Times

2 killed, 8 wounded by gunfire in Chicago Tuesday

Three teenage boys were wounded in South Shore, North Austin and Woodlawn.

WEKU

Lauded trumpeter and composer jaimie branch dies at 39

A rising star in the world of improvised music with her group FLY or DIE, branch died on Monday at her home in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Secretive GOP billionaire's $1.6B gift

Industrialist Barre Seid gave $1.6 billion to new group run by Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Before Cardinals' lineup lets loose on Cubs, Jake Woodford leaves impression on DH split

CHICAGO — It took a while Tuesday for the Cardinals’ offense to get a start it wanted, but once it did there was no questioning its impact.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Mayor Lightfoot blasts ad from conservative political committee that ‘darkens’ her image

CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday denounced a recent television ad from an organization opposing Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s reelection because she said it features racist images and uses a likeness of her in which her skin appears darker than it is.

Chicago Sun-Times

Monkeypox cases show signs of slowing down — but keep prevention moving forward

Health officials can take advantage of the fact that there is not much vaccine hesitancy around MPV, as there was with COVID-19.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago-area brothers charged in U.S. Capitol breach

Daniel Leyden was arrested in Chicago and his brother, Josepeh Leyden, was taken into custody in La Grange.

Chicago Tribune

Before Chicago permanently removes Columbus statues or other monuments, Mayor Lightfoot wants more study

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will set up a “working group” to review recommendations for taking down problematic monuments, she said Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Arwady expresses cautious optimism on spread of monkeypox in Chicago

The city is not seeing “the potentially exponential growth that we were seeing early on,” the city’s top doctor said Tuesday.

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