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Is ‘flu’ really hurting ‘birds?’

Peddlers of paranoid conspiracy theories, hiding behind First Amendment, might destroy the Chicago Reader.

Chicago Sun-Times

25 years and a lot of beer: As Two Brothers Brewing celebrates anniversary, its founders look back

CHICAGO — Few Chicago-area breweries are as underappreciated as Two Brothers.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago sees most violent weekend this year: 37 hurt and 7 killed by gunfire

In January, just days after Chicago closed the books on its deadliest year in a quarter-century, Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared 2022 a “make-or-break year” for tamping down surging violent crime. This weekend, however, proved to be the year’s first major stumbling block.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Kevin Newman, Pirates rebound from historic loss by beating Cubs, 4-3, and taking four-game series

CHICAGO — Kevin Newman needed a rebound. So did the Pirates. They both found what they were looking for Sunday during Pittsburgh’s 4-3 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field, one that helped the visitors secure a four-game series win.

Tribune News Service

‘Cooley High’ stars look back at ‘glorious experience’ of making an enduring Chicago favorite

TCM Classic Film Festival brings together Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and other actors from the influential coming-of-age movie from 1975.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Bulls lose at the United Center again — and now are down 3-1 in their playoff series to Milwaukee Bucks

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls delivered hope in Game 4 of their series with the Milwaukee Bucks. That was an improvement, at least, for fans at the United Center after the beatdown of Game 3.

Chicago Tribune

Teamsters boss bragged ‘you can cut my fingers off, I wouldn’t talk’ years before deal with feds

It’s yet another made-for-Hollywood scene straight out of real-life Chicago corruption, according to an FBI affidavit recently obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. It happened more than two years before John Coli struck a deal with the feds and admitted he’d taken $325,000 in cash payments from…

Chicago Sun-Times

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Toddler airlifted to Chicago hospital following Gary crash

Officials have not yet released information on the toddler’s condition.

Chicago Sun-Times

Republican Bailey vows to ‘take Illinois by storm’ in conservative campaign for governor

Darren Bailey’s conservative campaign is targeting those he says have been forgotten and left behind. “The Republican establishment and the Democrats, they don’t have any idea some of these people exist and what they’re thinking,” he told the Sun-Times. “I think that what we do here in Illinois,…

Chicago Sun-Times

White Sox OF Eloy Jiménez Out 6-8 Weeks With Hamstring Strain

Jiménez will be re-evaluated when Chicago returns from its road trip.

Sports Illustrated

Stop using Chicago’s speed cameras as a cash machine

Instead of providing safety improvements, the speed camera ticketing policy has become a huge cash machine for a city constantly on the financial edge.

Chicago Sun-Times

6 people killed, man critically wounded in police-involved shooting, 37 others hurt in weekend shootings in Chicago

In one of the fatal attacks, two men were killed and two others were wounded in a drive-by shooting Saturday night in West Englewood on the South Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

3 injured, including 2 CPD officers in crash in Jefferson Park

The crash is the second involving Chicago police officers in less than a week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Manslaughter charge filed in Chicago Lawn shooting

Officers responding to the shooting found the man, 26, in the 6200 block of South Francisco Avenue just after 11:30 p.m., police said.

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Tribune News Service

What's next for George Floyd Square? City cautiously undertakes public engagement process

MINNEAPOLIS — Nearly two years since the murder of George Floyd turned 38th Street and Chicago Avenue into a semi-autonomous protest zone, the city of Minneapolis has started to figure out what's next for the complicated intersection of culture, business and historic trauma.

Tribune News Service

Buxton’s four hits send Twins soaring over White Sox, 9-2

MINNEAPOLIS — Being back in the outfield must have re-invigorated Byron Buxton, as the center fielder was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle in the Twins' 9-2 drubbing of the White Sox on Saturday at Target Field.

Tribune News Service

Pirates suffer worst loss in franchise history Saturday vs. Cubs

CHICAGO — As the sun finally came out in Chicago, netting a picture-perfect day that featured inarguably the best weather the Pirates have experienced thus far, their on-field game resembled a gray, dreary day in February.

The Times of India

Air India flight from Chicago to Delhi hit by lightning, lands safely

NEW DELHI: An Air India Boeing 777 flight operating from Chicago to Delhi on Friday (April 22) suffered a lighting strike during climb from the origin at about 10,000 feet.

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Illinois school districts await $87 million owed after state overpaid Chicago Public Schools

CHICAGO — Hundreds of Illinois school districts are awaiting their share of $87 million in funding mistakenly allocated to Chicago Public Schools, which has been asked to reimburse the state for the overpayment.

Chicago Tribune

Ukrainians in Chicago celebrate Orthodox Easter in the shadow of war

CHICAGO — Many Ukrainian families around the world and in Chicago celebrate the Orthodox Easter this Sunday but like the resurrection of Christ in their faith, this year they hope to see suffering turning into joy become a reality for Ukraine.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Golden Girls’ inaugural fan convention draws all-ages crowd to Navy Pier

Golden-Con: Thank You For Being a Fan is giving those who adored the NBC sitcom a chance to come together.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago outdoors: Lake Erie walleye, courting herons, longest turkey beard, Chicago smelt question

A photo of courting great blue herons, a note on the longest beard of an eastern wild turkey, a quote on Lake Erie walleye and a question on smelt netting in Chicago are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball quiz: Oh, the things you’ll learn

There almost were two “Dizzy” Deans — one in baseball and one in acting.

Chicago Sun-Times

READI anti-violence program is proof that crime prevention can work

A University of Chicago study found that men in the program were far less likely to be arrested for a violent crime and nearly 20% less likely to be shot compared with men who weren’t participants.

Chicago Sun-Times

My beloved CTA is in crisis

Chicago cannot thrive without a safe and attractive public transportation system for all. Our economic, cultural and social survival depends on getting us where we need to be.

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