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Monty the piping plover is back at Montrose Beach

His mate, Rose, hasn’t been spotted yet this year after flying down to her usual winter getaway in Anclote Key, Florida.

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What would it cost to reduce crime in Chicago?

Experts peg the yearly costs at hundreds of millions — and as high as $1 billion — to make Chicago as safe as New York or Los Angeles.

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He walked away from a violent life in Chicago and still got shot. But he doesn’t even want to know who pulled the trigger.

Larice Nelson has no interest in getting revenge after the incident last summer. He just wants to help other potential victims turn their lives around.

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Arrests, shootings plunged among those who took part in anti-violence program, even as crime spiked in city, new study finds

U of C researchers found that those who took part in READI Chicago were two-thirds less likely to be arrested for a violent crime and nearly 20% less likely to be shot themselves than other at-risk residents of the South and West sides.

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Comedian Marc Maron gets animated when voicing his ‘Bad Guys’ role

The ‘WTF’ podcaster, who performs in Chicago this week, says his sessions for the new cartoon film were a time of bellowing and bonding.

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Cynthia Albritton, aka Cynthia Plaster Caster, superfan famed for making molds of rock stars’ private parts, dead at 74

She got the idea for her plaster casts from her art teacher at the University of Illinois Chicago and made them using Jeltrate dental mold, plaster and water.

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Pump the brakes on driving, especially SUVS

Clearly the price of gas has not led people to curb their driving nor their appetite for big vehicles.

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Every Illinois resident who may benefit from Trump's Jan. 6 pardons

President Donald Trump granted a sweeping pardon on Jan. 20, 2025, to nearly everyone "convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021." He also ordered the attorney general to seek dismissal of all pending indictments.

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Lead water line replacements in Illinois may soar well past 1 million

The cost to replace just 380,000 in Chicago could reach $10 billion, an official said at a U.S. Senate hearing on getting rid of pipes with the brain-damaging metal.

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Afternoon Edition: April 21, 2022

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

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U.S. military hopes to mine tech brains in the Midwest with opening of new Chicago office

The Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit also has offices on both coasts and in Texas.

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Chicago air pollution among the worst in the U.S., new report finds

The American Lung Association ranked the Chicago metro area’s levels of smog and particle pollution among the top 25 in the country.

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2 shot Wednesday in Chicago

A woman was critically wounded in a shooting while she was in a backyard of a home in the 2400 block of West Eastwood Avenue.

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Locations announced for 3rd Willie Wilson gas giveaway

The $1 million giveaway is planned for Saturday at 16 locations in Chicago and 14 others in the suburbs, according to a post on Wilson’s Facebook page.

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Chicago shouldn’t risk a really bad bet with casino near Chinatown

The risks and costs would be completely disproportionate to the potential gain if the Rivers Casino proposal in the 78 mega-development is approved.

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Catherine Zeta-Jones posts rare photos of daughter Carys on her 19th birthday

Chicago actress Catherine Zeta-Jones shared a selection of black-and-white pictures of her daughter on Instagram on Wednesday as she celebrated the teen's birthday

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Chicago’s drive for 2024 Democratic convention jumps into high gear

A Chicago 2024 Host Committee, tasked with raising millions of dollars for the bid, is expected to be named soon.

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1st Chicago-area marijuana consumption lounge opens on weed’s ‘high’ holiday: ‘This is the best 4/20 celebration’

At one point Wednesday, the smoke clouds at Rise in Mundelein got so heavy they set off the smoke detectors, prompting a brief evacuation and a visit from the fire department.

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The Mix: Cool things to do in Chicago April 21-27

“The Magic Victrola,” the Black Playwrights Festival, the “Golden-Con” “Golden Girls”-themed convention, and the 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival are among the cool things to do in the week ahead in Chicago.

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Chicago mayor won’t ‘dignify’ reporter’s suggestion her policies caused ‘harm’ to city

Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot shut down a reporter asking how she could consider running for reelection given the "harm" she caused to the city during her first term.

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City Council committee OKs loan fund to preserve single-room-occupancy buildings

Chicago’s remaining single-room-occupancy buildings, also known as SROs, offer a way to help some of Chicago’s most vulnerable residents, one city official said.

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CPD’s growing use of cameras that read license plates leads to worries about data misuse

“The numbers of licenses scanned demonstrates the broad reach to surveil and see where someone is,” a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union said about the 200 million plates logged last year. “It’s a lot of power.”

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Afternoon Edition: April 20, 2022

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

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Tony’s Fresh Market sold to a private equity firm

The sale gives Apollo Global Management a deeper stake in the Chicago-area grocery market.

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Gas card giveaway plan narrowly approved by committee

The 15-to-12 Budget Committee vote for Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s “Chicago Moves” program sets the stage for a full City Council showdown next week. The odds favor Lightfoot, but the outcome is by no means assured.

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