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Record number of Divvy rides, more bike lanes made 2023 an ‘incredible year’ for cycling in Chicago, city official says

Last year, the city transportation department released its “Cycling Strategy,” billed as a “community-driven approach” to creating a “more connected, healthy and sustainable” city, with the goal of “designing and implementing 150 miles of bikeways in the coming years.”

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How our investigation of Friday Morning Swim Club questioned safety versus virality

Thousands of people made the leap into Lake Michigan every Friday morning, flooding social media feeds with the unique experience. The Sun-Times set out to answer questions about the club’s safety.

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How covering NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race taught a couple of urban street reporters a lesson in humility

The racing franchise seemed foreign to this Midwestern city, more accustomed to a baseball or football game than souped-up stock cars tearing around downtown. Neither of us were NASCAR fans. We had never even watched an entire race.

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Having postal police on patrol could make the job safer for mail carriers

A bill seeks to end a 2020 directive by U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy that restricted postal officers to protecting the agency’s buildings and properties only.

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Hey Chicago, don’t smother the Friday Morning Swim Club in regulations

The “club” started with a couple of young professionals jumping into the lake at Montrose Harbor to start off their busy weekends. Hundreds, then thousands, of young folks started joining them. Then the Park District weighed in.

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Little Village youth share culture through graffiti mural project

Teens give a shape to their personal experiences while digging into their families’ stories and sharing with the community via Yollocalli Arts Reach.

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Diving dispute: Park district says it floated permit requirement by Friday Morning Swim Club

Organizers of the hugely popular club that attracts thousands to Montrose Harbor every Friday previously said they hadn’t heard anything from the park district.

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PHOTOS: 2023 Air and Water Show rehearsals

Military aircraft filled the skies of Chicago on Friday ahead of the latest edition of the Air and Water Show this weekend.

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Picture Chicago: 17 must-see Sun-Times photos from this week in news

Mayor Brandon Johnson made his pick for the next superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, the Bears beat the Titans in their preseason opener at Soldier Field, and thousands flocked to the South Side for the Bud Billiken Parade.

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Neighborhood playlot a fleeting wonderland of old toys, young faces, treasured moments

We could only spend the winter dreaming of the coming spring. ‘New’ old toys would appear. Bixler would again fill with little kids, coming from blocks and miles and neighborhoods away to run and yell and be together.

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Chicago Air and Water show’s solo female civilian pilot sees industry changing for the better

Pilot Susan Dacy reflects on how female representation in aviation has improved over her career. ‘I think you’d be hard-pressed to walk down a concourse and not see women pilots,’ she says.

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As Friday Morning Swim Club grows, so do safety concerns

Has Friday Morning Swim Club gotten too big for its own good? As more people join the early morning plunge, the club is breaking almost every rule the park district has about swimming — and getting away with it.

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Corey McPherrin, newsman who chose Chicago over network TV, retires Friday

‘I’m in love with the city and always have been,’ says the Markham native, co-anchor for Fox 32 Chicago’s 5 and 9 p.m. newscasts

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Bears notebook: Roschon Johnson just getting started

The rookie running back continues to turn heads and open eyes with his physical style, but knows he has a lot of work to do after an encouraging debut in the Bears’ preseason opener. “Definitely a game to build off of,” he said.

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Fan Expo Chicago creates world of wonder filled with costumed fans and community

“It’s hard to find people with the same hobbies,” said one one woman who was dressed as a comic book character and had a moment Friday that amounted to: “Yes! My people!”

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Picture Chicago: This week’s 25 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

Another Lollapalooza in the books, The E Street Band sells out Wrigley Field, and friends and family gather at the United Center to mourn Rocky Wirtz.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers prove to be ageless, compelling crowd with psychedelic performance

The final song of the night was crowd favorite “Give It Away,” illustrating the organic combination of rock, rap and funk that helped earn this band induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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Logan Square jeweler favored among celebs, athletes takes business to new heights

Family-owned store Torres Omar Jewelers has been in business for more than 40 years and recently launched its own line of jewelry.

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Quantum quarterbacks: Pritzker’s a ‘geek’ for computing science that Emanuel calls ‘cutting edge of the next generation’

Leaving the science to the experts, the governor and former Chicago mayor concentrate on bringing attention and funds to support the experimental field of quantum computing, which has the potential for faster development of vaccines and unhackable computers.

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Lollapalooza Day 3: Danielle Ponder wows BMI Stage, Tomorrow x Together shows practice makes perfect

A sea of rainbow-hued ponchos made the scene at Grant Park on Saturday, bringing some needed color to the otherwise mopey day.

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PHOTOS: Lollapalooza Day 3 highlights

From Pusha T to Danielle Ponder to Jean Dawson, here’s a look at some of the fun on Day 3 of Lollapalooza in Grant Park.

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Picture Chicago: 25 of the best Sun-Times photos from this week in news

Bronzeville church where Emmett Till’s casket lay open becomes a national monument, Lollapalooza takes over Grant Park, and a century-old church in Pilsen could gain landmark status.

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Pickleball injuries spike as popularity rises

Medical costs for pickleball-related injuries are expected to reach $250 million to $500 million this year, according to investment banking company UBS.

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Overhead beams at Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion are severely rusted. Eyesore or safety concern?

“While this iconic structure remains structurally sound and safe, aesthetic improvements are needed to the coating,” the city said.

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Racist Northwestern hazing included shaving words ‘Cinco de Mayo’ on his head, former football player says

The experience led Ramon Diaz, now 36, to try to kill himself by overdosing on painkillers in 2006. “My experience playing football at Northwestern University haunts me to this day,” Diaz told reporters Wednesday.

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