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After nearly a year of planning, the NASCAR Chicago Street Race is here. Will it rev up the city’s economy as promised?

After months of planning, weeks of disruption and an 11th-hour push to complete the transformation of Grant Park into a pop-up NASCAR track, ready or not, the inaugural Chicago Street Race has arrived.

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Commentary: Childhood summer sports created a community — and now, nostalgia

If there’s anything I love, it’s nostalgia. Records, physical copies of old books, film cameras, ’90s cartoons and recapturing an old feeling.

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Commentary: Chicago’s haze from wildfire smoke underscores the need for better forest management

As Canadian wildfire smoke blanketed Chicago on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Windy City earned the unwelcome distinction of having the “worst air quality of any major city in the world,” according to federal Air Quality Index readings. Authorities issued warnings instructing residents to stay indoors if possible or don masks…

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Appeals hearing asks whether a weapon’s popularity should exempt it from Illinois’ sweeping gun ban

CHICAGO — Attorneys for gun rights supporters seeking to overturn Illinois’ sweeping gun ban faced tough questioning Thursday from a pair of federal appellate judges in Chicago.

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‘Hijack’ review: Idris Elba is cool as a cucumber, at gunpoint, in the unfriendly skies

The airborne thriller “Hijack” on Apple TV+ unfolds in real(ish) time when a seven-hour flight from Dubai to London is hijacked. One of the passengers is played by Idris Elba, the coolest customer in these not-so-friendly skies, who uses his talents as a corporate negotiator to talk down this group…

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Chicago’s cost to care for migrants arriving since August tops $100 million

CHICAGO -- The city of Chicago has spent more than $100 million to provide help and services to the thousands of migrants who have arrived in Chicago from south of the U.S. border since last August, mostly on personnel costs, officials said Wednesday.

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Should people in prison serving life for crimes committed when they were under 21 get another chance? Some Illinois legislators say yes

CHICAGO -- Antonio House hasn’t known freedom since he was 19, when he was locked up as a suspect in the 1993 kidnappings and killings of two teens on Chicago’s West Side.

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Millions of Illinois residents get their drinking water from municipal and private wells contaminated with toxic forever chemicals

Testing during the past three years revealed nearly a million Illinoisans get their drinking water from municipal wells contaminated with toxic forever chemicals at levels exceeding state health guidelines.

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‘A great feeling’: Connor Bedard is a Blackhawk after being selected with the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NHL draft

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — At 13 years old, Connor Bedard was proclaimed “the future of hockey.”

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With ‘Bidenomics,’ President Biden aims for middle-class voters as he discusses economy during Chicago address

CHICAGO — President Joe Biden sought to revitalize support for his reelection among middle-class voters before a Chicago audience Wednesday, branding his efforts at economic growth, job creation and inflation fighting as “Bidenomics” to counter lagging job approval ratings.

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Connor Bedard is a Blackhawk: The 17-year-old phenom is selected with the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NHL draft

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — At 13 years old, Connor Bedard was proclaimed “the future of hockey.”

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Bulls extend Nikola Vučević's contract, further limiting their flexibility as NBA free agency opens this week

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls front office stayed true to its offseason refrain of continuity by announcing Wednesday that it extended the contract of center Nikola Vučević.

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White Sox reliever Liam Hendriks to be honored at ESPYs with the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Liam Hendriks showed strength and resilience as he inspired the baseball world and beyond by returning to the mound after battling stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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What led to MLB’s decision to play Tuesday’s Cubs game at Wrigley Field in ‘very unhealthy’ air quality conditions?

CHICAGO — Baseball fans have been inundated by new stats over the years, from WAR to wRC+ and exit velocity to barrels.

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With ‘Bidenomics,’ President Biden aims for middle-class voters as he discusses economy during Chicago address

CHICAGO — President Joe Biden sought to revitalize support for his reelection among middle-class voters before a Chicago audience Wednesday, branding his efforts at economic growth, job creation and fighting inflation as “Bidenomics” to counter lagging job approval ratings.

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Chicago pharmacist convicted on charges of selling blank COVID vaccination cards on eBay

CHICAGO -- A Chicago pharmacist has been found guilty of federal charges alleging he stole hundreds of COVID-19 vaccination cards from the South Side Walgreens where he worked and sold them on eBay at the height of the pandemic.

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My worst moment: The time June Diane Raphael was cocktail party entertainment for the super rich

In the dark comedy “Based on a True Story” on Peacock, a married couple launches a true crime podcast featuring an actual serial killer. Their primary competition is an established podcast called “Sisters in Crime,” whose hosts are played by the very funny June Diane Raphael and Jessica St. Clair.

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Coach Gil Thorp is eligible for senior discounts. As the comic turns 65, a new writer hopes to ‘bring the strip into our current age’

Gil Thorp turns 65 this year on Sept. 8.

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Commentary: Success in other cities shows that a strong police superintendent can reduce Chicago’s violence

As the Justice Department official who was responsible for implementing the 1994 federal crime law, I had a ringside view of changes in U. S. policing in the 1990s. I came to one clear conclusion: The single-most important factor in determining whether cities made real progress in reducing violent crime…

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Editorial: Prigozhin embarked on mutiny, but long ago Putin betrayed his nation

There’s a good deal of poetic justice weaving through the surreal coup attempt over the weekend that enveloped Russia in chaos and posed a grave threat to Vladimir Putin’s 23-year grip on power.

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Commentary: If a lab leak led to COVID-19, there are truths we must not ignore

Since 2019 when COVID-19 emerged in China, scientists worldwide have been trying to ascertain the origin of the virus.

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Commentary: There are no winners in Wagner Group’s thwarted insurrection in Russia

The rebellion ended as quickly as it began. Less than a day after Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led thousands of his men into Russia and made a beeline toward Moscow, he called it off and pulled them back. In a deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Prigozhin…

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Chicago's Latin School refuses parents’ request for records of son who died by suicide after bullying, new lawsuit says

The parents of a Latin School of Chicago student who died by suicide in 2022 after being bullied “relentlessly” filed a second lawsuit on June 5 against the elite private school for refusing to hand over their son’s records, including his multiple reports of being bullied, the suit says.

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Sleeping on the floor of a Chicago police station for weeks, some migrants say it’s still their best option

CHICAGO -- Carlos Ramirez, who was a police officer in Venezuela before he says he was persecuted by government officials, now sleeps on an air mattress on the floor of a police station in Chicago.

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In 1997, a 13-year-old was beaten by white Chicago teens. A podcast challenges the racial narrative that followed

CHICAGO — The new podcast “You Didn’t See Nothin” takes a critical look at the media narrative that followed the 1997 Bridgeport neighborhood beating of 13-year-old Lenard Clark Jr., a Black child who lived in Chicago's Stateway Gardens public housing development, going to get air for his bike tire, by…

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