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Rising share of Chicago Public Schools graduates are pursuing college, study finds

The study by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research and the To & Through Project also found that more Chicago students than ever are projected to pursue and complete college over the next decade.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 17, 2023

Chicago man convicted in child porn case arrested again on suspicion of possessing child pornography

During a parole check, Thomas Navolt, 28, had devices containing child pornography, Illinois State Police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 16, 2023

Father of boy killed in anti-Muslim hate attack says he hopes son’s death ‘wakes us up’

Wadea was stabbed 26 times at the family’s home in Plainfield Township, outside Chicago, on Saturday morning, and his mother over a dozen times

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

Woman stabbed inside of Chicago business

The 25-year-old is in a critical condition after she was stabbed in her chest and both legs

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

Which Love Is Blind couples from season two are still together?

Cast of ‘Love Is Blind’ season two have gone through manys ups and downs since cameras stopped rolling

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

Where to play golf around Chicago: Golfweek’s Best 2023 public-access courses

Anyone in a window seat on a flight into Chicago can see there are plenty of golf courses in the area.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 16, 2023

Billions of birds collide with glass buildings – but architecture has solutions

At least 1,000 birds were killed in one day in early October, when they collided with a single Chicago building, McCormick Place – the largest convention centre in North America. A paradigm of architectural modernism, McCormick Place was built in stages from 1960 to 2017, and is a steel, concrete…

The Conversation · Oct 16, 2023

A Palestinian mother fled to the US for safety. 12 years on, war in her homeland fueled her son’s murder

Hanaan Shahin left the West Bank in 2011 in search of a better life in the US. More than a decade later, she and her six-year-old son Wadea Al-Fayoume were targeted in a deadly attack allegedly driven by fresh violence in her homeland. Martha McHardy reports

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

Man slain in South Shore late Friday

The man, 25, was in a vehicle about 10:45 p.m. Friday in the 7800 block of South Jeffery Boulevard when he was shot multiple times in his body, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 16, 2023

Rent prices dip slightly in Chicago metro area, report finds

The median monthly rental price for the Chicago area stands at $2,389, a decrease of about 2% from September 2022, when that figure reached $2,437, according to a newly released report.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 16, 2023