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Back to the big time with outdoors shows, classes and swap meets around Chicago in 2023

The broad listing of outdoors shows, claasses and swap meets is back in a big way around the Chicago area in 2023.

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Pediatrician who survived Illinois parade shooting wants to reframe gun violence as a public health crisis

CHICAGO — When Emily Lieberman heard the gunshots, her first instinct was to grab her then-5-year-old daughter.

Chicago Tribune

Donkey Kong, Mario, Spawn make SW Side stretch of murals a retro video game, comic book celebration

Chicago artists “Peas” and “Doer” organized a three-day “paint jam” this summer that drew dozens of graffiti and street artists to a retaining wall along 49th Street where they recreated iconic and lesser-known characters.

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Bulls vs. Bucks preview: How to watch, TV channel, start time

Chicago looks to head into Thanksgiving with a win against Milwaukee.

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An unlikely hub for big-tech challengers emerges in Utah

For decades, conservative economic thought on the virtues of the free market has reigned supreme in American jurisprudence, nourished by scholars at places such as the University of Chicago and George Mason University.

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Driver was going 75 mph in wrong lane when he hit car fleeing police in South Loop, prosecutors say

Kendall Sprouts, 18, charged with reckless homicide, hit a driver making a U-turn in the 1400 block of South Michigan Avenue as that driver fled police last weekend, police said.

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Man found fatally shot in stolen car in Chatham

The man was found in a black Kia in the 400 block of East 80th Street about 2:15 a.m. Thursday, Chicago police said.

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Guaranteed income payments a financial lifeline for Chicagoans: ‘I didn’t have anything’

Participants in the Chicago Resilient Communities Pilot say they have been using the $500 monthly benefit to pay for rent, groceries and everyday essentials.

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Benson ... Raymond Benson, is the prolific writer of James Bond books. Plus a new one about suburban murder.

CHICAGO — James Bond is alive and well and living on a street in a pleasant northwestern suburb with wide lawns and many white houses and at least one prolific novelist.

Chicago Tribune

Suspect sought in Greyhound employee’s slaying arrested in Alabama

Chicago police said the Oct. 24 attack outside the downtown bus station was a “targeted” shooting and appeared to be gang-related.

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Alligator Records founder Bruce Iglauer honored in Washington for 50th anniversary of Chicago blues label

Alligator was Bruce Iglauer’s “brainchild,” born after Iglauer, 75, fell hard for the blues he heard at clubs on Chicago’s South and West Sides in his twenties.

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Chicago officer who shot man after struggle at busy el station is found not guilty in bench trial

CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer who was criminally charged in connection with an on-duty shooting at a busy CTA platform during rush hour in 2020 was acquitted by a judge Tuesday in a decision that drew cheers from some in the packed courtroom but was decried by police reform…

Chicago Tribune

Two Chicago area sisters sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to joining the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol

Federal prosecutors had asked that Trudy Castle and Kimberly DiFrancesco serve at least 30 days in jail, followed by 36 months of probation and 60 hours of community service.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago cultures come together for Mexico-Poland World Cup match: ‘It’s all love at the end of the day’

The two countries — which account for two of Chicago’s largest immigrant populations — squared off in a historic match in Qatar Tuesday.

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Teen oboist pushes past stroke toward big career, cop acquitted after shooting unarmed man and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Officer acquitted in man's shooting at Chicago train station

A Chicago police officer has been found not guilty in the February 2020 shooting and wounding of an unarmed man during a struggle at a downtown commuter train station

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Ice fishing up north and perch on Chicago lakefront

That leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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Be prepared: Surge of winter sickness likely on its way, city’s top doc says

If you haven’t had your COVID-19 fall 2022 booster, now is the time, Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said.

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Judge acquits Chicago cop in shooting of unarmed man at CTA Red Line station, saying victim not credible on stand

Officer Melvina Bogard argued she was trying to protect herself when she shot Ariel Roman on Feb. 28, 2020, but Roman’s attorney contended the officer’s claim “completely contradicts the clear video evidence.”

Chicago Tribune

Neighborhood pride competes with gentrification fears for residents coping with Obama Center traffic woes in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood

CHICAGO — When the road construction around the coming Obama Presidential Center kicked into a new phase last month, South Shore resident Jane Carson said she took the longer bus rides home in stride because she knew it was for the greater good: a grand community space dedicated to the…

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Person killed in extra-alarm fire in Logan Square

The fire broke out in the 1800 block of North Sawyer Avenue shortly before 6 a.m., according to Chicago fire officials.

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Chicago police search for hit-and-run driver who killed woman crossing street on West Side

Monica Eason, 42, was hit around 8:30 p.m. Monday in the 900 block of South Pulaski Road, according to police.

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Partisan control of most of the country’s largest cities’ mayorships remains unchanged

Welcome to the Tuesday, November 22, Brew.

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Chicago’s oldest house gets a new name and a renewed mission

The new title, Clarke-Ford Home, corrects the record to show a Black religious leader’s critical involvement in saving and preserving the city’s oldest home.

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Children’s minds, hearts matter more than test scores

In teaching writing to college students, I learned this: Academically weak young students might take longer to achieve their goals, but they’ll find their way, with good character, humor and a sense of purpose.

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