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CPS mask-optional policy upheld, for now, by labor board in blow to teachers union

The Illinois Education Labor Relations Board voted 3-2 Wednesday against a preliminary injunction sought by the Chicago Teachers Union.

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Marilyn Miglin, cosmetics queen, former Home Shopping Network host and wife of slain real estate developer, dead at 83

Mrs. Miglin died Monday in Chicago surrounded by family.

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City’s tourism promoter gets a new leader

After 25 years at the Chicago Architecture Center, Lynn Osmond will take over Choose Chicago as the agency prepares for a rebound in business and leisure travel.

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Special Olympics sues to halt use of its name by Special Children’s Charities in Chicago

A lawsuit claims Special Children’s Charities wrongly told donors it is a Special Olympics entity. Special Children’s calls the lawsuit “meritless,” “rife with inaccuracies” and “a veiled attempt to tarnish the reputation and good works” it does.

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Chicago Cubs owners The Ricketts Family confirm they will bid to buy Chelsea

Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts and his family will spearhead a consortium bid for the Blues.

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Lessons from the police shootings of Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez

No officers will face criminal charges in the shootings of Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez. That should not mean the officers, and the Chicago Police Department as a whole, should not be held accountable for needed change.

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Chicago blues, rock ‘n’ roll landmark Chess Records definitely worth a visit

The building is a narrow façade now next door to a medical clinic and across the street from a parking garage, not too far from Soldier Field, Millennium Park and the Magnificent Mile.

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Packers to lose free-agent OL Lucas Patrick to Bears

The Packers are expected to lose versatile OL Lucas Patrick, who intends to sign with the Chicago Bears.

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‘The Outfit’: Mark Rylance keeps us guessing as a low-key Chicago tailor bullied by mobsters

Bad guys demand a different kind of stitches from the suit maker in the taut, beautifully acted period piece.

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Paul Sullivan: Kofi Cockburn helped turn around the Illinois program. Now he can grow his legend in the NCAA Tournament.

CHICAGO — Illinois’ chances of getting to the Final Four in New Orleans rest on the big shoulders of Kofi Cockburn, which should make Illini Nation feel pretty good heading into Friday’s first-round game against Chattanooga.

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Former Chicago Bull Charles Oakley talks about his new memoir ‘The Last Enforcer’ and the punches, shoves and slaps he’s remembered for

CHICAGO — The good news is Charles Oakley’s new memoir, “The Last Enforcer: Outrageous Stories From the Life and Times of One of the NBA’s Fiercest Competitors,” comes with a six-page index, for easy perusal. The bad news — particularly if you played in the NBA during the power forward’s…

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1 killed, 2 wounded in shootings in Chicago Tuesday

A man was shot and killed while driving in Chatham on the South Side.

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Genetically altered skin grafts hold promise as addiction treatment, University of Chicago scientists say

CHICAGO — Scientists at the University of Chicago have come up with an intriguing potential treatment to combat cocaine and alcohol addictions — a skin graft genetically altered to release molecules that curb the craving for those substances.

Chicago Tribune

First it was pizza and nightly applause. Now, hospitals look at longer-term solutions to support exhausted health care workers

CHICAGO -- Health care workers may even be burned out by talking about burnout.

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Pandemic progress report: Chicago in ‘much better place’ now than ‘any other point’ — but don’t ditch those masks just yet

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady advised Chicagoans to enjoy the sense of normalcy — but to be ready for mitigations to return in case of another surge. Arwady added any such move would just be “temporary,” and “hopefully, it’s not something we’ll need again.”

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Prosecutors decline to charge Chicago police officers in shooting of teen, then a young man days later

CHICAGO — The Chicago police officer who fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Little Village last year will not face criminal charges, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced at a news conference Tuesday.

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Social media influencer leads drive for safer nurse staffing at hospitals

A social media influencer is galvanizing nurses across the country to petition an Illinois-based organization for safer staffing at hospitals and other health care settings — a campaign that, this week, has included a rally, commercials on local TV and a mobile billboard traveling to Chicago-area hospitals.

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Chicago fishing: Illinois early C&R trout, LaSalle opened, Braidwood bass, river walleye, Lake Michigan trout and coho

Illinois’ early catch-and-release trout season opening Saturday, LaSalle Lake’s reopening, Braidwood bass, river walleye, and trout and coho on southern Lake Michigan lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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The Guardian - US

Chicago police officers won’t be charged in shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo

State’s attorney says there’s insufficient evidence to charge officers in the deaths of Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez

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Afternoon Edition: March 15, 2022

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

The Independent UK

No charges against 2 Chicago officers in fatal shootings

A prosecutor says no charges will be filed against the Chicago police officers who fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez during foot pursuits within days of each other last year

Chicago Sun-Times

No criminal charges against Chicago Police officers in fatal shootings of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez

State’s Attorney Kim Foxx made the announcement Tuesday almost a year after Chicago police officers shot and killed Toledo and Alvarez in separate incidents.

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Oscar winner Graham Moore puts new spin on mobster movie genre with ‘The Outfit’

Oscar-winning filmmaker Graham Moore wanted to bring new style to the mobster movie genre.

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Movie review: 'The Outfit' a gangster noir with expert craftsmanship

Leonard (Mark Rylance), the proprietor of the finest bespoke suiting shop in 1956 Chicago, wants to make one thing very clear: he’s not a tailor, he’s a cutter. “Anyone with a needle and thread can call themselves a tailor,” he sniffs. No, Leonard trained for years on legendary Savile Row…

Chicago Tribune

Recently announced Versa concert is canceled

CHICAGO — Versa, a concert and music festival newly announced for Chicago, has been canceled. The event, first announced March 1, has been slated to have an all-female lineup of musicians, comedians and speakers, and had been planned for June 11-12 at Lincoln Park South Fields.

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