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No criminal charges against Chicago Police officers in fatal shootings of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez

State’s Attorney Kim Foxx made the announcement Tuesday almost a year after Chicago police officers shot and killed Toledo and Alvarez in separate incidents.

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Oscar winner Graham Moore puts new spin on mobster movie genre with ‘The Outfit’

Oscar-winning filmmaker Graham Moore wanted to bring new style to the mobster movie genre.

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Movie review: 'The Outfit' a gangster noir with expert craftsmanship

Leonard (Mark Rylance), the proprietor of the finest bespoke suiting shop in 1956 Chicago, wants to make one thing very clear: he’s not a tailor, he’s a cutter. “Anyone with a needle and thread can call themselves a tailor,” he sniffs. No, Leonard trained for years on legendary Savile Row…

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Recently announced Versa concert is canceled

CHICAGO — Versa, a concert and music festival newly announced for Chicago, has been canceled. The event, first announced March 1, has been slated to have an all-female lineup of musicians, comedians and speakers, and had been planned for June 11-12 at Lincoln Park South Fields.

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Surge in Chicago violence highlights teens in trouble and efforts to save them

CHICAGO — The realistic painting in vivid colors by Adolfo Davis shows two sides of the same street, one bathed in sunlight with a college and an art center and the word “choices” written along the curb. On the other, a prison, a Chicago police surveillance camera, crime scene tape,…

Chicago Tribune

Chicago blues, rock ‘n’ roll landmark easily overlooked

On a nondescript stretch of South Michigan Avenue in Chicago is a little-known site that can transport music lovers back in time

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Apple's Bid To Overturn Chicago 'Netflix Tax' Dismissed by Judge

Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) attempt to overturn Chicago’s Amusement Tax — also called a “Netflix Tax” — has been dismissed by an Illinois court judge.

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Column: This 101-year-old surgical pioneer still works every day. And he's not about to retire

LOS ANGELES — When Dr. Bruce Gewertz arrived from Chicago 16 years ago to work at Cedars-Sinai, he took note of his new neighbor.

Los Angeles Times

4 shot Monday in Chicago

A man was wounded in a shooting in South Loop.

Chicago Sun-Times

Boy, 3, fatally shot his mom with a gun he found in the back seat of her car. ‘This child has to go through this trauma for the rest of his life’

CHICAGO — A trip to the supermarket in Dolton turned fatal this weekend when a 3-year-old boy found a gun in the back seat of a vehicle, picked it up and accidentally shot his mother, killing her.

Chicago Tribune

Parents split on the end of the mask mandate in Chicago Public Schools

CHICAGO — Most kids wore face coverings as they entered Park Manor Elementary School on Monday, even as Chicago Public Schools relaxed its mask rules for students and staff.

Chicago Tribune

Versa reversal: ‘Women-powered’ Chicago festival canceled

The Lincoln Park event, announced just two weeks ago, was to feature big names including Ellie Goulding, Chelsea Handler and Gloria Steinem.

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council’s Rules Committee chair to file for remap referendum

“We’re taking it to the voters and we’re gonna let the voters decide,” said Rules Committee Chair Michelle Harris. “Without 41 people making a decision to move forward, how do we avoid going to referendum? … We’re filing for a referendum because we need 41 votes.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago police detectives begin training to investigate drug deaths as possible homicides

‘Locking up a drug dealer will not bring my daughter Sydney back,’ a retired cop told detectives Monday. ‘But I am confident that our efforts will save the lives of others.’

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Russia’s Eifman Ballet cancels Chicago performances

The troupe, scheduled for the Auditorium Theatre in May, says it is unable to dance in the U.S. “in light of COVID-19 restrictions for international travel and the current geopolitical climate.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Family asks for help finding father of four missing from Albany Park

Hector Manuel Franco Tello was last seen March 9 leaving home for work about 6:50 a.m. in the 4900 block of North Spaulding Avenue, according to a missing person alert from Chicago police.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: March 14, 2022

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

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Lightfoot vows to enforce COVID vaccine mandate against police officers

Officers still refusing will be placed on what the city calls “non-disciplinary, no-pay status” and may face termination. “I don’t expect that to be a lengthy process,” Lightfoot said Monday, but added: “We’re not doing mass firings today.”

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Proposal to protect workers from getting fired for off-the-job marijuana use advances with Illinois lawmakers

CHICAGO — A proposal to prohibit firing workers for trace amounts of marijuana in their systems moved closer to passage when the Illinois House of Representatives approved the measure earlier this month — but employers remain very leery about it.

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council committee takes first step on ordinance intended to punish Trump over Capitol insurrection

The ordinance would prohibit any person convicted of treason, sedition, related offenses, or a hate crime, from doing business with the city. But co-sponsors disagree on exactly how that could end up affecting Trump.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The Steelers will be fine with Mitchell Trubisky, just hopefully not for too long

'Pittsburgh Steeler Mitchell Trubisky' actually has a nice ring to it.

Chicago Tribune

3-year-old Illinois boy fatally shot his mom with a gun found in car

CHICAGO — A trip to the supermarket in Dolton turned fatal this weekend when a 3-year-old boy found a gun in the back seat of a vehicle, picked it up and accidentally shot his mother in the neck, killing her.

Chicago Tribune

Parents split on the end of the mask mandate in Chicago Public Schools

CHICAGO — Most kids were wearing face coverings as they entered Park Manor Elementary School on Monday, even as Chicago Public Schools relaxed its mask rules for students and staff.

Chicago Sun-Times

CPD’s plan for 1.5M ‘positive’ interactions with residents ‘deeply problematic,’ AG says

The Illinois attorney general’s office sent a scathing memo to city lawyers warning that Chicago Police Supt. David Brown’s goal for bolstering community engagement amounts to “a quota system” that is “rife with significant downsides.”

Chicago Tribune

Facing criticism over rising crime, Illinois governor proposes $20 million for witness protection program that’s never been funded

CHICAGO — Facing mounting criticism from Republicans over a rise in violent crime, Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has proposed spending $20 million on a long-neglected witness protection program for people whose lives are put in danger by helping law enforcement.

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