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Wheat jumps as Russia questions Ukraine export deal

Chicago wheat futures rose around 4% on Wednesday to their highest in nearly two months as criticism by Russia of a war-time export deal for Ukrainian grain revived concerns about supply disruption.

Reuters

Week 1 Power Rankings: Bears among bottom of NFL heading into 2022 season

After a perfect preseason, the Bears remain among the bottom of the NFL in the power rankings ahead of their Week 1 matchup.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Salaries for top staffers at Obama Foundation are outpacing their counterparts at other presidential centers

CHICAGO — Even before Barack Obama left the White House, plans to build his presidential center in Jackson Park were met with resistance as nearby residents feared the center’s very existence would drive up costs in an area the former president says he wants to uplift.

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Man killed, 12 other people wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago, including five teens and 91-year-old man

The fatal attack occurred about 7 p.m. in the West Pullman neighborhood on the South Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

Was there ever really a Madden Curse ... and if there was, is it finally over?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — There was a parade through Chicago when the Cubs finally kicked their Billy Goat Curse. All of Red Sox nation celebrated when Boston reversed the Curse of the Bambino.

Tribune News Service

Tad the Lost Explorer and the Curse of the Mummy review – agreeably jolly animated caper

Only middling writing lets down the impressive-looking third instalment from an upstart Spanish studio, which follows a Chicago bricklayer’s quest to lift an ancient curse

The Guardian - UK

Cynthia M. Allen: Northern city mayors should direct their ire over migrant busing at Biden, not Abbott

FORT WORTH, Texas – Chicago became the latest northern city to feel a little of the Texas heat last week.

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‘One of the biggest problems confronting medicine today’: University of Chicago offers class on misinformation

CHICAGO -- Patients have long been told to turn to their doctors for accurate, trusted health information.

Chicago Tribune

Shares in ID verification specialist surge after takeover offer from Chicago private equity firm revealed

GB Group works with the likes of Volvo, HSBC, eBay, John Lewis and Asos

Birmingham Post

49ers favored big in season opener at Chicago

The 49ers are favored big vs. the Bears, but the total is what really jumps out Sunday.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Fallen Chicago Police officers remembered at Gold Star Families Memorial

“There’s no greater love than this, that I would lay down my life for a friend. They gave their lives in protection of the residents of the city of Chicago,” Chicago Police Supt. David Brown said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Sullivan: A soap opera of a White Sox season needs its main character, Tony La Russa, back in the dugout

CHICAGO — Imagine the final chapter of “Gulliver’s Travels” without Gulliver or the last episode of “The Sopranos” without Tony Soprano.

Chicago Tribune

How do we talk to our children about gun violence?

It’s a question I have grappled with most of my adult life, first as a Chicago Public Schools teacher and later as a parent.

Chicago Sun-Times

UniverSoul Circus ready for celebrating with Chicago audiences again at Washington Park

The circus performers, known for giving an interactive show, are looking forward to Chicago’s enthusiastic audiences.

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Music writer fights subpoena to testify at R. Kelly trial

A music writer who spent decades raising awareness about sexual misconduct allegations against singer R. Kelly is fighting a bid to force him to testify at Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago on child pornography and trial-fixing charges

Chicago Sun-Times

Retiring Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza bemoans one-way street of Chicago politics

“If there’s one thing that I’ve learned — especially in the past couple of years — I know who the real people are and I know who the fake ones are. And I know who has my back. I know who doesn’t,” Sadlowski Garza told the Sun-Times.

Chicago Sun-Times

A father on a mission says single fentanyl-laced pill killed his son at college

Federal officials are visiting Chicago-area campuses to spread the word about fake prescription pills that could be deadly.

Chicago Tribune

Bears show renderings for enclosed stadium complex in Arlington Heights, but say they’d expect some public funding

CHICAGO —For the first time, the Chicago Bears confirmed Tuesday that the stadium the team is considering building in Arlington Heights would be domed — but the team also called for taxpayer funding of a portion of the project, and noted the plan was still tentative.

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Dieter Kurtenbach: The 49ers’ biggest mystery heading into their season opener with Chicago

There are a lot of little, nagging questions ahead of the 49ers’ season opener on Sunday in Chicago.

Benzinga

Ohio Congressional Candidate Removes Tweets Criticizing Pro-Cannabis GOP Incumbent, What Was The Issue?

An Ohio Democratic congressional candidate recently criticized pro-reform Republican incumbent over his scheduled participation at Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference, which will take place next September 13-14 In Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bears detail Arlington Heights plans, new COVID boosters arrive 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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Shoreline kings, pinks, smallmouth, catfish, largemouth

Shoreline salmon headline this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report, but there are plenty of other options around Chicago fishing.

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Sun-Times reporter fights subpoena to testify in R. Kelly trial

Jim DeRogatis, a former music critic and reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, received an alleged child porn tape central to the current federal prosecution of singer R. Kelly from an anonymous source two decades ago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bears release Arlington Heights details, make case for public subsidy

Though the Bears will not seek public funds to build a stadium, “we look forward to partnering with the various governmental bodies to secure additional funding and assistance needed to support the feasibility of the remainder of the development,” the team wrote.

USA Today Sports Media Group

3 most important Bears (not named Justin Fields) for 2022 season

Justin Fields is the most important player for the Bears this season. But here are three others who will be pivotal for Chicago in 2022:

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