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Footage of a plump snapping turtle relaxing along a Chicago waterway has gone viral after the man who filmed the well-fed reptile marveled at its size and nicknamed it “Chonkosaurus.”

“The reason I thought we would’ve beat them is because they were too small for us,” Kenny Smith says of a hypothetical Rockets-Bulls matchup in 1995. “We would’ve smacked them.”

Jeffrey Bertucci testified in 2010 to illegally paying out winnings from video gaming machines installed in his Cicero diner and splitting his take with the mob’s so-called video poker king. In 2019, gambling regulators gave him a license to legally operate video gaming devices.

The city kept 126 beds but isn’t using them. The state has 1,125 more beds from the makeshift hospital but says the city hasn’t asked for them. And the city is missing out on $30 million from Springfield to support migrants.

Reformers were aiming to root out corruption with the advent of the 50-ward system in 1923, but illegal backroom deals have remained all too common for a legislative body that has otherwise seen massive change.

2023 NFL schedule by week

The Bears created a dish that belongs in a Michelin Star restaurant with their 2023 schedule reveal.

The suit alleges a plan to house asylum-seekers at the shuttered school violates a lease agreement and names the city of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools as defendants.

The Minnesota Vikings will be tested early by some of the top quarterbacks in the NFL. @jzulgad breaks down that and more.