The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

CHICAGO — At halftime, the Chicago Sky were up 47-32 on the Connecticut Sun in Game 2 of the WNBA semifinals Wednesday night. As she was returning to the court after the break, Sky All-Star Candace Parker caught a glimpse of Serena Williams at the U.S. Open on a TV…

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

Since arriving from Detroit three years ago, Planning and Development Commissioner Maurice Cox has focused on delivering Lightfoot’s mayor’s signature plan to leverage $750 million in public money already in the pipeline” to lure private investment to areas neglected for decades.

CHICAGO — Attorneys for R. Kelly and his co-defendants presented one witness apiece Thursday morning after federal prosecutors rested their case-in-chief against the disgraced singer earlier this week.

Along with newcomer Aristotle Athari, they’re following Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney out the door.

The Kyiv City Ballet undertakes its first-ever American tour Sept. 16 through Oct. 24, including performances at the Auditorium Theatre.

Workers at a Hostess bakery in Chicago accused the snack dessert maker of firing a transgender employee for her gender identity and segregating LGBT employees onto a separate work line at the factory in the Galewood neighborhood on city's west side at a Wednesday news conference.

Nearly 80 people seeking asylum at the U.S. southern border were sent to Chicago by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott as part of his plan to move them to Democrat-led cities; Blasting Abbott’s actions as racist, xenophobic, Lightfoot said, “We’re ready. We are the village.”

Big names including Chris Rock, Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer and Kevin James will be performing at the area’s clubs, theaters and arenas.

“We very much are going to want people to get this updated vaccine right now and not wait three or four months,” she said.

CHICAGO — Seventy-five migrants who arrived in Texas were dropped off at Chicago’s Union Station on Wednesday night, officials said.