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Mississippi town with Confederate monument gets Emmett Till statue

A Mississippi town with a Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till on Friday, decades after white men kidnapped and killed the Black teenager.

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Community with Confederate monument gets Emmett Till statue

A Mississippi community with an elaborate Confederate monument plans to unveil a larger-than-life statue of Emmett Till

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Online school put US kids behind. Some adults have regrets.

As the harmful effects of extended pandemic school closures become more apparent, some educators and parents have regrets

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Afghan refugees in Chicago urge Congress to provide long-term immigration protections

Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., who is a co-sponsor of the bill in the House, said she feels cautiously optimistic that the legislation will pass by the end of the year. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said there aren’t yet sufficient sponsors in the Senate to get the legislation passed — but…

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Chicago cop who fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo now facing dismissal

Officer Eric Stillman chased Toledo into an alley in Little Village in March 2021 and fired a single shot into the teen’s chest, a split-second after the teen dropped a handgun and raised his hands.

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Lawmakers blast Postal Service’s ‘inadequate response’ to rise in robberies of letter carriers

USPS must “restore confidence” in its leadership after failing to address a rise in armed robberies of letter carriers, up from 80 robberies four years ago to more than 260 last year, according to a letter sent Thursday by Chicago area lawmakers.

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2,200 housing units near casino site get plan commission’s OK

The long-term proposal would bring investment to an area of small commercial buildings just west of the Chicago Tribune site.

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An immigrant’s struggle for stability in Chicago, CTA’s new budget 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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Once a target of protests, Chicago’s new $128 million fire and police academy now sparks pride for some

City’s police and fire training academy will have a mock neighborhood and just about everything first responders need to train.

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Chicago woman gets probation for ‘hate crime’ confrontation with Black bicyclists

A white woman charged with a hate crime following a confrontation where she told a group of Black men in 2020 that they couldn’t be at a suburban Chicago beach has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to a lesser charge

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Woman gets probation for confrontation with Black bicyclists

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I’m a Halloween grinch no more

As I contemplate my newfound affinity toward Halloween, I realize it’s actually an extension of my love for the fall season. Summertime Chicago is legendary. But fall is right behind it.

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Lightfoot, feds in talks over environmental racism probe

The move heads off a potential battle with federal housing officials who are calling for a change of zoning and land-use practices that they say put polluters in Chicago’s communities of color.

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Chicago mayoral hopeful calls for a ‘reserve’ of 1,000 retired police officers and use of drones to track fleeing suspects and reduce car chases

CHICAGO Chicago mayoral candidate and Ald. Sophia King on Thursday unveiled a plan to reinvigorate the city’s police department by enticing retired officers to return, expanding surveillance technology and overhauling work schedules to allow for more time off.

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Mayoral challenger Sophia King unveils plan to reverse spike in violent crime

She would create a “Chicago Reserve” of 1,000 retired CPD officers handling “crucial, but non-dangerous duties,” add 200 detectives, use “crime-fighting drones,” and have officers work 10-hour days, four days per week.

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So how well does Cate Blanchett handle a baton? A couple of critics hash out the personalities and classical music in ‘Tár’

CHICAGO — The new Cate Blanchett film “Tár” is no issue movie. It has, however, brought a lot of rarified and/or unfashionable issues back into the spotlight: symphony orchestra politics; the cost of obsessive artistic ambition and devotion to a calling; and, for writer-director Todd Field, the challenge and allure…

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An immigrant’s life: City of opportunity brings struggle for stability

“You come with an idea that you will work as soon as you arrive,” one new Venezuelan immigrant in Chicago said. “But it’s not like that. You find a situation where people need people, but they are scared to hire undocumented people.”

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4th and 5th abductions, armed robberies reported near Wrigley Field

CHICAGO — Police are now investigating two more abductions and armed robberies near Wrigley Field after three separate but similar incidents reportedly occurred over the weekend.

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Charley Trippi, Hall of Famer who led the Chicago Cardinals to an NFL title, dies at 100

He was also a Heisman Trophy runner-up and led the University of Georgia to a national championship.

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What can convince Chicagoans to rely less on cars? City aims to make ‘transit-oriented development’ the answer

In the illustration, a sun-splashed residential block is lined with spindly trees as tall as the buildings, a bike lane bustles with riders, people cross the street by foot or wheelchair — and there’s not a driver in sight. “Make streets safer for Chicagoans who walk, bike, roll and ride,”…

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In Illinois, legislative candidates have divergent views on abortion

CHICAGO — The overturning of Roe v. Wade paved the way for states to pass their own abortion laws, and while Illinois law continues to allow abortions, legislative candidates bring divergent views.

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Former Teamsters boss John Coli asks judge for home confinement, probation

Coli admitted in 2019 he’d taken $325,000 in cash payments from Cinespace Chicago Film Studios between 2014 and 2017. Worried at one point the money would stop, Coli told Cinespace president Alex Pissios, “I will f---ing have a picket line up here, and everything will stop.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Can UIC’s food delivery robots survive a Chicago winter?

And your other questions answered about the machines rolling through campus.

Chicago Tribune

My worst moment: When Paul Feig was fired from his first TV job ever

CHICAGO — People are weird everywhere. But there’s a specific sort of weirdness that comes to the fore when it’s a small town, where eccentricities seem to exist in high relief. The Fox mockumentary series “Welcome to Flatch,” now in its second season, is all about capturing that.

Chicago Tribune

MacArthur grant recipient's latest public work looks at the history of redlining through 100,000 red tulips

CHICAGO -- By spring, the intersection of 53rd Street and Prairie Avenue in Chicago will be awash in a sea of red tulips — 6 acres of them to be exact, planted Oct. 15 by artist Amanda Williams, 2022 MacArthur grant recipient, South Side residents, and the Emerald South Economic…

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