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Heat to sleet: Snow possible days after Chicago sets record high for April

“A few tenths of an inch to a half an inch of snow” could fall in the city early Monday, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Ratzer.

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Love is in the air — and in the sumptuous dance — of American Ballet Theatre in dazzling Chicago program

ABT celebrated romance in all its incarnations in a quartet of works at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre.

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Person fatally shot by Chicago police during Lawndale foot chase

After a foot pursuit with officers, the person turned toward the officer and “brandished a handgun” before the officer discharged his weapon, Deputy Chief Rahman Muhammad told reporters.

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Feds reveal Heather Mack texts in ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ killing of her Oak Park mom at Bali resort: ‘Im sneaky … Im smart … and I watch’

The newly released messages between the Chicago area resident and her boyfriend come as she faces trial July 31, accused of plotting to kill her mother, whose body was found in a suitcase at a posh resort in 2014.

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Take a walking tour of free art popping up around the Loop

Pegged to EXPO Chicago, we put together a walking tour of four exhibitions for anyone near the Loop in the coming weeks. Each is free.

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Walmart closures show that small business, not big box stores, are the answer for food deserts

Business experts designed a project that helped hundreds of small Mexico City businesses thrive. A similar effort to help mom-and-pop businesses in Chicago’s low-income Black and Latino neighborhoods might well have the same impact.

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Largest Catholic university in US faces $56 million budget gap

DePaul University is facing financial pressure after the pandemic intensified declining enrollment and widened the Chicago private school’s budget gap.

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Three steps Brandon Johnson can take to move quickly on police reform

Once he’s in office, Johnson has a chance to take Chicago in a new direction to achieve better public safety for everyone, writes Alexandra Block of the ACLU of Illinois. But it will take immediate action.

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Adley Rutschman’s clutch double keys Orioles’ rally in 6-3 comeback win over White Sox

CHICAGO — The Orioles were walking the walk Friday until Adley Rutschman got sick of the free bases.

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As Walmart closes stores in Chicago, community leaders raise concerns about health care, pharmacy access

Kimberly Jackson-Miller, a resident of Chicago’s Burnside neighborhood, has been a customer of the Walmart in Chatham since it opened more than a decade ago.

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Elevated air pollution, ozone found in Chicago near Lake Michigan, expressways

Northwestern University scientists say pollution levels they studied were highest over the lake and in lakeside neighborhoods and near expressways.

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Jonathan Toews scores in his final game with Blackhawks: ‘I really felt almost unworthy of a moment like that’

CHICAGO — It was no ordinary warmup for Jonathan Toews.

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Silicon Valley Bank was repaid millions by distressed custom furniture retailer Interior Define before both collapsed

When Interior Define began a liquidation process in late December, the Chicago-based custom furniture retailer left thousands of customers with unfulfilled orders and little hope of recovering their money.

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Walmart fought hard to open the stores it’s closing Sunday on the South Side, West Side

Four Walmart locations are set to close, a shock to those who remember the retailer clawing its way to do business in the city.

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Walmart’s plan to close stores slammed, an El Chapo crime saga update and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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One of the nation’s largest solar energy projects, being built near Springfield, will provide electricity to Chicago city properties

Construction has begun on the Double Black Diamond Solar farm, which City Hall plans to buy from to provide most electricity used at O’Hare, Midway and two water-purification plants.

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Eastern Illinois University and faculty union reach tentative agreement, suspending strike after 6 days

CHICAGO — A tentative agreement was reached between Eastern Illinois University and union-represented faculty and staff Thursday evening after almost a year of bargaining and a six-day strike.

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First gay president of Chicago-based American Medical Association Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld talks about challenges he’ll face

An anesthesiologist in Milwaukee, Navy combat veteran and father of two young children, he spoke in an interview about himself, his job and the AMA’s outspokenness on big issues.

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Chicago has a crowded house of sports icons. Jonathan Toews deserves a place of his own.

As great as the Blackhawks star was with a stick in his hands, the hockey part doesn’t capture everything about him.

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Food prep workers vote to unionize at growing fast-casual chain Portillo’s

Workers at a Portillo’s food preparation facility in the Chicago suburb Addison voted to unionize Thursday in an election held by the National Labor Relations Board.

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Picture Chicago: This week’s 17 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

Loved ones and colleagues remember a Chicago firefighter who died in the line of duty, residents celebrate Easter and more in our best pictures of the last week.

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4 ‘El Chapo’ sons indicted in Chicago, accused of ruthless takeover of Sinaloa Cartel

The charges against the four men known as the “Chapitos,” are part of a Justice Department campaign against what Attorney General Merrick Garland called “the largest, most violent and most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world.” They even fed people to tigers, authorities say.

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From Pilsen to Fulton Market, Nate Otto’s murals find beauty in the dense spaces of the city

The Beverly artist has six cityscape murals across Chicago, each unique to the area that surrounds it.

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Woman attacked at home after ex-boyfriend mistakenly released from jail: ‘I could have died in that house’

CHICAGO — For more than an hour last Friday, a South Shore woman said she lived in fear of a violent death at the hands of her former boyfriend, who allegedly had forced his way into her apartment, brutally beat her and threatened her life.

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Chicago to host 2024 Democratic National Convention, Fox News will host first Republican primary debate

As of April 14, 2023, six noteworthy candidates are running in the 2024 presidential election, including one Democrat and five Republicans. Additionally, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) announced he had formed a presidential exploratory committee on April 12.

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