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Armadillos In Chicago? This Southern Animal Is Migrating North

Armadillos have been traveling up rivers and streams to the Midwest in recent years.

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A staple in Chicago for years, drag events for kids targeted by far-right groups

CHICAGO — In a blue dress and wig, drag queen Muffy Fishbasket — Miss Muffy when performing for kids — opened the children’s book “My Lucky Day,” as a child yelled, “I read it!”

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Man found fatally shot in Austin

Officers found the man, in his 30s, on the ground in the 100 block of North LaCrosse Avenue, Chicago police said.

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Converting ‘pain into purpose’ in wake of massacre, gun violence activists meet in Highland Park

Brittany Wroblewski, near the epicenter of the massacre said, after the first shots were fired, “I will never forget the suspicious, hazy hush that swept over the crowd for those first couple of pops.”

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Authorities identify girl, 15, shot and killed inside home in Chicago Lawn

A person of interest was taken into custody after the shooting in the 2400 block of West Marquette Road, police said.

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Paul Sullivan: Willson Contreras gets last look at Cubs fans on emotional day: ‘I’m always going to keep them in my heart’

CHICAGO — Players come and go at Wrigley Field, and some of the lucky ones get the send-off they deserve.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Democrats pitching 2024 convention present picture of unity to national party despite tension over leadership battle

CHICAGO — Illinois’ top Democrats gathered on a Fulton Market venue stage Tuesday in an attempt to present a unified front to national party officials reviewing Chicago’s 2024 presidential convention bid, masking an intensifying battle over control of the state Democratic Party.

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Two CPS teachers who protested General Iron face firing for encouraging students to do the same

The Chicago Teachers Union says the teachers, including a hunger striker, are being retaliated against for embarrassing Mayor Lightfoot. The Chicago Board of Education is expected to vote Wednesday.

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Quinn for mayor? Says he’ll decide by end of summer, sounds like he’s already in

The former governor donated to Lori Lightfoot’s campaign, spoke at a rally and put a Lightfoot sign in front of his Galewood home. But then she reneged on her campaign promise to fight for, and abide by, a two-term limit for Chicago mayors.

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‘What do we have to protect us? Nothing’: Jail calls of Flores twins, wives discussing immunity played in court

CHICAGO — Chicago twins Pedro and Margarito Flores were in the middle of their cooperation against Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in 2010 when authorities intercepted a series of jail calls showing the brothers and their wives had growing concerns over the lack of an immunity deal from…

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Pirates offense remains mostly listless in 4-2 loss to Cubs

CHICAGO — It’s tough to know what to make of Bryse Wilson at the moment.

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13-year-old girl shot, critically wounded in suburban Chicago backyard, police say

CHICAGO — A gunman fired at a group of teens gathered in an Evanston backyard and struck a 13-year-old girl Monday evening, police said.

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Chicago police chief speaks at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing

Chicago police’s chief of constitutional policing and reform spoke Tuesday at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C.

Chicago Tribune

A former gov’s attempt to ban renaming Soldier Field, Italian beef’s impact on ‘The Bear’ 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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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Kings, bluegill, catfish, bass, drum, hybrid stripers

The rise of big kings along with usual summer variety of action around Chicago fishing leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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Illinois Democrats display united front — at least on hopes Chicago will host 2024 convention

DNC Chair Jaime Harrison’s visit to Chicago comes as U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly faces opposition as chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois, with advisers to Gov. J.B Pritzker and Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch recruiting state Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez, D-Cicero, to replace her.

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Roquan Smith reports to Bears training camp, but questions remain. ‘I don’t know his intentions,’ GM Ryan Poles says.

CHICAGO — When Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles sat down for the obligatory stage-setting news conference of training camp Tuesday morning, he still hadn’t crossed paths with standout linebacker Roquan Smith. Poles had been told Smith checked into camp. But beyond that?

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Teen who died in attempted robbery aboard train identified

Authorities says the person who was stabbed to death while taking part in the attempted armed robbery on a Chicago commuter train was a 15-year-old boy

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You can’t go dome again

For at least half a century, Chicago mayors have talked up a Soldier Field dome.

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Labor shortage drives fierce competition in Chicago hospitality industry, with cash promises and on-the-spot job offers

When a manager from a short-staffed Chicago-area restaurant skulked into Lucca Osteria in Oak Brook, Illinois. on a recent Friday with a fistful of cash, the brazen poaching of workers seemed straight from the pages of Nelson Algren.

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Republicans insist most gun violence happens in Democratic cities – the figures tell a different story

Conservatives like to paint Democratic states as crime-ridden warzones, but gun violence is worse in red states, Josh Marcus writes

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Quinn launches drive to prevent sale of corporate naming rights to Soldier Field

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has a $2.2 billion plan for a domed, revamped Soldier Field. But the former governor wants to take away the only revenue source Lightfoot has revealed so far: selling the naming rights.

Chicago Tribune

‘We need help.’ In first Highland Park council meeting since mass shooting, mayor renews call for federal assault weapons ban

CHICAGO — Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering continued to call for a federal ban on assault-style weapons Monday during the City Council’s first meeting since the Independence Day mass shooting.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The Bear’ dips into the kitchen culture of Chicago’s Italian beef joints

Extensive research on the making and eating of the classic sandwich led up to the hit show’s debut on Hulu.

Chicago Sun-Times

10 wounded by gunfire across Chicago Monday, including two triple shootings on South Side

Three teens were shot in an attack in Back of the Yards, and three men were wounded in the Burnside neighborhood.

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