Chicago Sun-Times
Shedd Aquarium animals get fed for Thanksgiving
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- Shedd Aquarium animals get fed for Thanksgiving
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- 5 months ago
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- Understand the Ed Burke trial in 5 minutes
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- 5 months ago
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- Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman gives a brief history on Chicago's longest-serving Alderman and what allegations led Ed Burke to his current trial.
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- Brief earthquake rattles central Illinois
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- 5 months ago
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- Video shows brief earthquake rattle Illinois home
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- 5 months ago
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- A 3.6-magnitude earthquake has been confirmed near a small village in Putnam County Wednesday morning, officials said. There were no reports of injuries but about 120 people reported feeling it, according to the U. S. Geological Survey.
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- Former Rep. Kinzinger on the consequences of Trump
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- 6 months ago
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- Lynn Sweet was joined by former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill. to discuss his new book “Renegade,” defending democracy, the Republican party’s enablement of Trump and more.
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- Chicago police officer charged with striking 8th grade boy at a South Side school
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- 6 months ago
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- Video footage from outside Gresham Elementary School shows Officer Craig Lancaster, 55, shoving JaQuwaun Williams, 14, in the neck as the boy attempts to enter the building on May 18.
The video has no sound and does not show any apparent interaction between the two before the assault. The boy was ushered away by a teacher.
Lancaster was indicted Thursday on one felony count of aggravated battery in a public place, according to court records. By afternoon, the Chicago Police Department said Lancaster “was relieved of police powers today.”
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- State trooper suffered brain bleed, skull fractures in shootout with Chicago man in Springfield
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- 6 months ago
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- Provided video.
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- Does 115 Bourbon Street have a #ghost? #Someoneinchicago #column visits to find out
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- 6 months ago
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- Sun-Times columnist Ismael Perez followed a reality TV star on Instagram, and it led to the question: Are ghosts real? And how do we come to explain the unexplained?
We stopped by 115 Bourbon Street in Merrionette Park to find out.
Read the full column this Sunday.
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- He was a high school #football star, then he met an #illinois #state #trooper
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- 6 months ago
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- Jyran Mitchell was a highly recruited college football prospect – and then he met Illinois State Police Trooper Matthew Dumais.
Dumais wrongly detained Mitchell and the student-athlete sued, saying his knee was badly injured. The state settled.
Mitchell is back on the field and now plays for Butler University. But he still wondered why Dumais was “so angry” that night.
The state trooper is among the officers found on a leaked Oath Keepers’ membership list. To Mitchell, it was the missing piece. “He’s angry toward my people. He showed racism that night.”
In an investigation by WBEZ, the Sun-Times and the OCCRP, we widen our scope from CPD and examine the records of law enforcement officials across Illinois who appeared on the Oath Keepers membership list.
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- How CPD weeded out cops linked to the KKK #extremism #investigation #suntimes
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- 6 months ago
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- When some officers got involved with notorious extremists, the Chicago Police Department assigned an officer to go undercover and raided the home of a cop who was recruiting colleagues to the radical and potentially violent group.
The city’s police board then moved swiftly to rid the department of all the extremist officers.
That was the approach the department took more than 55 years ago — after a small group of officers privately pledged their allegiance to the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
In an investigation by WBEZ, the Sun-Times and the OCCRP, we look at what CPD has done recently about active officers with alleged ties to modern-day extremist groups.
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- Who are the Oath Keepers? #extremism #investigation #suntimes
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- 6 months ago
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- Most Americans hadn’t heard of the Oath Keepers before the attack on the U.S. Capitol, when founder Stewart Rhodes and other members plotted to keep then-President Donald Trump in power.
But for those who have followed the Oath Keepers’ path to becoming one of the nation’s largest anti-government groups, there were clear warning signs leading to that fateful day.
In an investigation by WBEZ, the Sun-Times and the OCCRP, we take an unprecedented look at how cops connected to the Oath Keepers have performed on the job. In the series we examine:
🚨 Officers with troubling records
🚨 Lack of accountability within the police department
🚨 Chicagoans who recounted their experiences with officers connected with the Oath Keepers
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- Jyran Mitchell was a college football prospect – and then he met ISP Trooper Matthew Dumais
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- 6 months ago
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- Dumais wrongly detained Mitchell and the student athlete sued, saying his knee was badly injured. The state settled.
Mitchell is back on the field and now plays for Butler University. But he still wondered why Dumais was “so angry” that night.
The state trooper is among the officers found on a leaked Oath Keepers’ membership list. To Mitchell, it was the missing piece. “He’s angry toward my people. He showed racism that night.”
In an investigation by @WBEZ, the Sun-Times and the OCCRP, we widen our scope from CPD and examine the records of law enforcement officials across Illinois who appeared on the Oath Keepers membership list.
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- Shot fired, crowd maced at pro-Palestinian protest outside Israeli solidarity event in Skokie
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- 6 months ago
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- The melee unfolded when protesters demonstrated outside an event called to show solidarity with Israel at a banquet hall in Skokie near the border with Lincolnwood Sunday evening.
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- Who are the Oath Keepers?
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- 6 months ago
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- Most Americans hadn’t heard of the Oath Keepers before the attack on the U.S. Capitol, when founder Stewart Rhodes and other members plotted to keep then-President Donald Trump in power.
But for those who have followed the Oath Keepers’ path to becoming one of the nation’s largest anti-government groups, there were clear warning signs leading to that fateful day.
In an investigation by @WBEZ, the Sun-Times and the OCCRP, we take an unprecedented look at how cops connected to the Oath Keepers have performed on the job.
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- Dorothy from Chicago is now the oldest person in the world to tandem #skydive out of an airplane!
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- 7 months ago
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- Chicago's own Dorothy Hoffner is now the oldest person ever to tandem skydive from an airplane
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- 7 months ago
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- On Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023 at 104 years and 289 days, Chicago's Dorothy Hoffner became the oldest person ever to tandem skydive out of an airplane.
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- Coach's passion for youth football helped him overcome tragedy, trauma, and heartbreak
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- 7 months ago
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- Throughout his life, James has faced adversity in many forms. As a child, he grew up with a mother addicted to drugs, making it hard for the family to make ends meet. Football provided an escape for him, but a tragic car accident left his football career in doubt, he persevered. A violent encounter on the streets made him reevaluate his life, and the loss of his high school sweetheart thrust him into the role of a single father.
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- The goal is to play violin with his son, but an uphill climb awaits Sun-Times reporter
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- 7 months ago
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- Sun-Times reporter Stefano Esposito has been learning the violin for four months in attempts to one day duet with his son.
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- Considering President Biden 'The Last Politician' - Author Franklin Foer joins Lynn Sweet
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- 7 months ago
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- Franklin Foer discusses new book "The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future.”
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- We made Bolognese! #recipe #pasta
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- 7 months ago
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- Want to make Bolognese? Our Sun-Times reporter gave it a go
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- 7 months ago
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- Sun-Times reporter Stefano Esposito makes Chef Sarah Grueneberg's Bolognese from Monteverde in Chicago.
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- CPD bodycam footage reveals fatal shooting as suspect Louis Gordon-Hay refuses to drop gun
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- 8 months ago
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- COPA said while inside the home, officers told the Gordon-Hay to drop the gun, as they struggled over his weapon. During the struggle, one of the officers and Gordon-Hay fired their weapons.
In the body camera footage, a man’s voice can be heard “let the gun go before they kill your ass, dog!” before two shots go off.
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- Why this Chicago house has been crashed into several hundred times…
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- 8 months ago
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- Family of 17-year-old seriously injured in Wicker Park hit-and-run sues vehicle owner
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- 8 months ago
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- The family of a 17-year-old girl who was seriously wounded in a hit-and-run earlier this month in the Wicker Park neighborhood has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the vehicle.
READ THE FULL STORY: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/31/23853811/family-of-17-year-old-seriously-injured-in-wicker-park-hit-and-run-sues-vehicle-owner
Nakari Campbell was walking in the marked crosswalk on Ashland Avenue, with the right away, about 10:30 p.m. on Aug. 4, when she was hit by a Mercedes turning left onto Division Street, according to the complaint.
The Mercedes, traveling at a high rate of speed, then dragged Campbell along the pavement, the complaint states.
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- 2 shot during White Sox Game at Guaranteed Rate Field, unclear if bullets came from outside stadium
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- 8 months ago
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- Stadium footage showed confusion in the left field bleachers after the shooting, which happened around the third inning. Security cleared people out of the section — but the game was completed despite the active crime scene.
Read the full story: https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/8/25/23846670/shooting-white-sox-game-guaranteed-rate-field
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- Emmett Till's cousin, recounts history in his own words
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- 8 months ago
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- Sun-Times Washington bureau chief Lynn Sweet is joined by Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr. to discuss his account of Emmett Till's horrific fate 68 years ago in Mississippi.
Recorded August 24, 2023.
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- Emmett Till's cousin Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr....the last surviving witness to the lynching
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- 8 months ago
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- Emmett Till's cousin, Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr., the last person alive to see him before he was lynched and murdered, tells the story of what happened on Aug. 28, 1955, and what led up to his brutal slaughter by white supremacists. Join the At the Table conversation with Parker, a south suburban minister, and Christopher Benson, who co-authored the memoirs of Parker and Till's mother Mamie Till Mobley.
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- 'Get out of my house!' Video shows 98-year-old mother of Kansas newspaper publisher upset amid raid
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- 8 months ago
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- MARION, Kan. (AP) — Newly released video shows the 98-year-old mother of a Kansas newspaper publisher confronting police officers as they searched her home in a raid that has drawn national scrutiny. It shows her visibly upset and demanding: “Get out of my house!” Video released by the newspaper Monday shows Joan Meyer shouting at the six officers inside the Marion, Kansas, home she shared with her son. She died the day after the raids of the Marion County Record and the homes of the Meyers as well as a Marion city council member.
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- Decorated young boxer sets eyes on Olympics and academics
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- 8 months ago
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- At 6’3” Joseph “Jo Jo” Awinongya Jr. towers over some of his fellow classmates but remains a role model known for making positive choices.
Video by Anthony Vazquez.
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- Justicia Social en Chicago: La nueva ola de inmigrantes
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- 9 months ago
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- A fines de Agosto de 2022, un autobús lleno de solicitantes de asilo llegó inesperadamente a Chicago. Los autobuses continuaron llegando durante semanas, como parte de un plan del gobernador de Texas, Greg Abbott, para enviar inmigrantes a las ciudades lideradas por los demócratas. En seis meses, más de 5140 inmigrantes llegaron a Chicago y alrededor de 2100 vivían en el sistema de albergues, según funcionarios de la ciudad. Si bien algunos intentos de albergar a esta creciente población en vecindarios han provocado una reacción violenta, una encuesta reciente encontró que los habitantes de Chicago quieren más ayuda para esta comunidad.
Nuestra moderadora del evento, Elvia Malagón, reportera de justicia social y brecha salarial del Sun-Times, estará acompañada por invitados especiales:
Dra. Evelyn Figueroa, directora de Pilsen Food Pantry que ha ayudado a los recién llegados a Chicago.
Frank Sandoval, abogado de Venezuela que se defendió p...
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- 'Anonymous' in 2018, but now Miles Taylor has more inside Trump info in new book 'Blowback'
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- 9 months ago
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- On the next episode of At the Table, Lynn Sweet will be joined by Miles Taylor, the Trump administration insider known as "Anonymous" who warned the world in 2018 that the president was unfit for office.
Taylor is also the author of the just-released book, "Blowback: A Warning to Save Democracy from the Next Trump."
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- Q&As with Chicago drag performers | Hear My Story
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- 9 months ago
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- An inaugural Sun-Times event, Hear My Story brings you a storytelling experience for all ages. Drag performers from Chicago told their stories of perseverance, truth, love and acceptance, answering the question “Why do I do drag?”
Last July, a family-friendly drag show at UpRising Bakery and Cafe was canceled after an anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crime and dispute with Lake in the Hills officials. In response, the Sun-Times Editorial Board published an editorial, citing that “hate is not effective.”
Learn more about LGBTQIA+ performers in Chicago and the surrounding communities.
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- Jakki Love | Hear My Story: An Evening with Chicago Drag Performers
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- 9 months ago
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- An inaugural Sun-Times event, Hear My Story brings you a storytelling experience for all ages. Drag performers from Chicago told their stories of perseverance, truth, love and acceptance, answering the question “Why do I do drag?”
Last July, a family-friendly drag show at UpRising Bakery and Cafe was canceled after an anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crime and dispute with Lake in the Hills officials. In response, the Sun-Times Editorial Board published an editorial, citing that “hate is not effective.”
Learn more about LGBTQIA+ performers in Chicago and the surrounding communities by watching one of their stories.
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- Starr Stallion | Hear My Story: An Evening with Chicago Drag Performers
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- 9 months ago
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- An inaugural Sun-Times event, Hear My Story brings you a storytelling experience for all ages. Drag performers from Chicago told their stories of perseverance, truth, love and acceptance, answering the question “Why do I do drag?”
Last July, a family-friendly drag show at UpRising Bakery and Cafe was canceled after an anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crime and dispute with Lake in the Hills officials. In response, the Sun-Times Editorial Board published an editorial, citing that “hate is not effective.”
Learn more about LGBTQIA+ performers in Chicago and the surrounding communities by watching one of their stories.
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- Allegra Dee Love | Hear My Story: An Evening with Chicago Drag Performers
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- 9 months ago
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- An inaugural Sun-Times event, Hear My Story brings you a storytelling experience for all ages. Drag performers from Chicago told their stories of perseverance, truth, love and acceptance, answering the question “Why do I do drag?”
Last July, a family-friendly drag show at UpRising Bakery and Cafe was canceled after an anti-LGBTQIA+ hate crime and dispute with Lake in the Hills officials. In response, the Sun-Times Editorial Board published an editorial, citing that “hate is not effective.”
Learn more about LGBTQIA+ performers in Chicago and the surrounding communities by watching one of their stories.
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- Arlington Heights man captures largest python in Florida history
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- 10 months ago
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- Andrew Sokolowski, 22, is now destined to become something of a legend in Florida, after he and his buddies wrangled a 19-foot-long Burmese python — the longest ever captured in that state, according to the Naples-based Conservancy of Southwest Florida.
The hunters loaded the snake into the back of the truck and brought it to the conservancy, where it was measured at 19 feet — three inches longer than the previous record, according to the conservancy website.
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- Chicago trans couple blocks public rhetoric with education, joy & care in raising their child
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- “We’re just like any other family, we just do the simple things,” Jessica Gorden-Song said, adding that they also enjoy watching “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and cooking together.
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- Severe flooding on I-290 Eastbound approaching United Center
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- 10 months ago
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- Video by Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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- #nascar in #chicago your #questions answered
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- 10 months ago
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- Everything you wanted to know about the NASCAR Chicago Street Race
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- 10 months ago
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- During the past week, the Sun-Times invited readers to submit questions about the weekend. Several of those questions are summarized below, with answers from a variety of NASCAR drivers and officials. Hopefully, this will help get all our motors running.
00:00 Intro
00:10 Challenging surfaces?
01:12 Car modifications?
01:46 Lake Shore Drive Top Speed?
02:11 Lots of turns = slow race?
02:29 Tickets sold?
03:00 Safety
03:44 Will NASCAR fix any damage?
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- Students get hands-on in STEM-focused eRacing wrorkshop
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- 10 months ago
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- Last month, high school students from the INROADS College Links program experienced driving a simulation of the course around downtown Chicago.
Video by Pat Nabong
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- Video released of Willowbrook shooting at Juneteenth event
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- 10 months ago
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- Video provided.
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- US man arrested over attack in Germany
- Date posted
- 10 months ago
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- An American man has been arrested over the death of one U.S. tourist and an assault on another near Neuschwanstein castle in southern Germany. AP Video.
Video thumbnail: AP Photo
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- Trump's indictment & GOP primary | Peter Baker, NY Times chief White House correspondent
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- 10 months ago
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- Sun-Times Washington bureau chief Lynn Sweet is joined by Peter Baker, New York Times chief White House correspondent and co-author of "The Divider, Trump in the White House, 2017-2021" to discuss Trump's latest indictment and the upcoming GOP primary.
Thumbnail photo by AP Photo/Alex Brandon
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- Catalytic Converter #thefts are sweeping #chicago. The #suntimes reports on the damage being done.
- Date posted
- 11 months ago
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- Catalytic converter thefts in Chicago lead to shockingly low arrests
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- 11 months ago
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- Thieves have taken more than 17,000 in Chicago since 2019, and that’s surely an undercount. Of those reported thefts, only 34 had an arrest, a Sun-Times analysis finds. How you can protect yours.
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- North Avenue Beach closed Friday after shots were fired during a large fight
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- 11 months ago
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- North Avenue Beach was closed Friday, hours after it officially opened to swimming, after shots were fired during a large fight, according to Chicago police. No injuries were reported.
About 80 to 100 teenagers were gathered at the beach around 1:30 p.m. when the fight broke out and one person pulled out a gun and fired it, police said. No one was struck by the gunfire. A juvenile was taken into custody but police said they had not recovered the gun.
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- Retired Chicago cop grazed in shootout with carjacker, police say
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- 11 months ago
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- The former officer, 78, tried stopping a person from carjacking his neighbor in the 300 block of North Mayfield Avenue, police said.
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- The Environmental Justice Exchange: An Air Pollution Fight in Pilsen en Español
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- 11 months ago
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- Únase a nosotros para The Environmental Justice Exchange, una conversación sobre la contaminación del aire en Pilsen. Grabado el 10/05/2023.
Una controvertida operación de chatarra en Pilsen tiene a los vecinos preocupados por su salud.
Únase a los expertos de la comunidad para debatir sobre cómo vivir junto a Sims Metal Management en un área de la ciudad que sufre de mala calidad del aire.
Nuestro moderador del evento, Brett Chase, reportero ambiental del Sun-Times, estará acompañado por:
Mary Gonzales, chair of the Social Justice Committee at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Pilsen
Tanya Lozano, director of Healthy Hood Chicago and a local community activist
Theresa McNamara, chairwoman of the Southwest Environmental Alliance
Olga Bautista, executive director of the Southeast Environmental Task Force
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- The Environmental Justice Exchange: An Air Pollution Fight in Pilsen
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- 11 months ago
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- Join us for The Environmental Justice Exchange, a conversation about air pollution in Pilsen. Recorded 5/10/2023.
A controversial scrap-metal operation in Pilsen has neighbors concerned about their health.
Join community experts for a discussion about living next to Sims Metal Management in an area of the city that suffers from poor air quality.
Our event moderator, Brett Chase, Sun-Times environmental reporter, will be joined by:
Mary Gonzales, chair of the Social Justice Committee at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Pilsen
Tanya Lozano, director of Healthy Hood Chicago and a local community activist
Theresa McNamara, chairwoman of the Southwest Environmental Alliance
Olga Bautista, executive director of the Southeast Environmental Task Force