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2 teen boys shot, 1 critically, in South Chicago

The teens, both 17, were outside in the 8100 block of South South Shore Drive when two assailants approached them and fired shots.

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3 killed, 38 wounded in weekend gun violence across Chicago

Those killed included a 41-year-old woman slain in a mass shooting on the West Side, and a 32-year-old Wicker Park man who had just left the California Clipper tavern in Humboldt Park.

Chicago Sun-Times

55 days till Bears season opener: Every player to wear No. 55 for Chicago

With 55 days until the Bears' 2023 season opener, here's a look at every player to ever wear No. 55 for Chicago.

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Israel ‘a Racist State!’ Says Rep Jayapal, Trying To Pacify Protesters

Protesters with Palestinian flags disrupted a Saturday keynote with several Congress members at the Netroots Nation conference

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3 Summer League players Bulls should sign to the main roster

Now that Summer League has come and gone, here are three players the Chicago Bulls should sign from their squad.

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Pitchfork rounds up festival artists from across the ocean and down the street

Both local and international musicians to take the stage at event showcasing the indie headliners of tomorrow.

Chicago Sun-Times

Siskel Film Center executive director Emily Long: ‘How do we overcome the convenience that exists on the couch?

CHICAGO — Halfway through coffee with Emily Long, the new executive director of the Gene Siskel Film Center, we had a little linguistic misunderstanding. She mentioned an upcoming September Film Center retrospective of banned films, curated by the center’s programming director Rebecca Fons; I heard the word “band,” not “banned,”…

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‘Fighter for freedom’: Kamala Harris praises legacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition convention

Vice President Harris said that when she was in law school in the 1980s, she had a ‘Jesse Jackson for President’ bumper sticker on her car.

Chicago Sun-Times

As asylum-seekers struggle while waiting for work permits, Chicago businesses can’t fill jobs

Huberth Espinoza, 65, sat on a bench outside the 5th District police station in Pullman on a Wednesday in late June, waiting to be picked up for work.

Chicago Tribune

US District Judge James Zagel, ‘Renaissance man’ who presided over some of Chicago’s biggest trials, dies at 82

Longtime U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel, the former leader of the Illinois State Police who went on to preside over the corruption trial of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the landmark Family Secrets mob trial, and many other of the area’s biggest cases, died Saturday night after a long illness,…

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30 Most Important Bears of 2023: No. 10 DeMarcus Walker

At No. 10 in our 30 Most Important Bears of 2023 is DeMarcus Walker, who was brought in to shore up Chicago's struggling pass rush.

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Fake abortion clinics ‘bigger than ever’

‘The Daily Show’ co-creator Lizz Winstead brought her group Abortion Action Front to Chicago to warn of traps set for the unwary.

Chicago Sun-Times

Progressives press Chicago mayor over pledge to end controversial policing tool

Brandon Johnson vowed to drop controversial gunshot detection system but approved a $10m payment for contractor ShotSpotter

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President Biden praises Rev. Jesse Jackson, retiring Rainbow PUSH chief, as ‘extraordinary’ leader

Vice President Kamala Harris is in Chicago on Sunday to speak at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition convention, where Jackson will officially step down as president.

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Bulls Summer League: 3 top performers from win over Wizards

Here are the three top performers from the Chicago Bulls' Summer League win over the Washington Wizards.

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Chicago outdoors: Suburban snapper, Perseid shower, monarchs and Chicago River fish

A big suburban snapping turtle, a note on the Perseid shower, an update on monarch butterflies and the rapid increase of fish species in the Chicago River are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michigan Avenue Bridge House sculpture is important to Indigenous history

The frieze sculpture, considered insensitive by many well-meaning people, doesn’t show a “dead Indian.” It depicts Naunongee, a slain Potowatomi chief who died in a battle to protect Native land.

Chicago Tribune

How will Northwestern’s football hazing scandal affect the university long term? ‘It’s a reputational issue.’

CHICAGO — Repercussions from Northwestern University’s football hazing scandal have thrown the Big Ten school’s athletic department into upheaval in just a matter of days, spurring leadership shake-ups, football recruits decommitting from the team and concerns over possible legal action.

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Paul Sullivan: Like the weather in Chicago, the Cubs’ ‘buy or sell’ mode can change by the minute

CHICAGO — As one of baseball’s most prominent in-between teams, the sub-.500 Chicago Cubs have teetered between being buyers and sellers as the Aug. 1 trade deadline nears.

Chicago Sun-Times

15-year-old boy wounded in Chicago Lawn shooting

The boy was in an alley when he was shot in a thigh.

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5 things to know about Dallas’ Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, successor to Jesse Jackson

DALLAS — The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, a Dallas megachurch leader and champion of social change, has been named as the successor to the Rev. Jesse Jackson as the leader of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

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After Jamie Foxx Returned Her Lost Bag, Fan Opens Up About Interaction With The Actor Following His Medical Incident

After Jamie Foxx returned her lost bag during his Chicago trip, a fan opened up about interacting with the movie star following his medical incident.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson steps down as leader of civil rights group he founded in 1971

The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he's stepping down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago

Chicago Sun-Times

Rev. Jesse Jackson will be succeeded by Dallas pastor as head of Rainbow PUSH

The Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church, is to be formally introduced Sunday at the coalition’s annual convention.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago baseball disappoints again — so why do we settle?

Is this us? If so, is this who we are, having both teams almost in unison singing the same ol’ hopeless song of “Wait Until Next Year,” with an entire city their backing vocalists.

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