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Basketball camp on West Side keeps kids busy at night: ‘It’s what I’d call a safe haven’

“Kids, 13, 14, 15 years old, they have no place to go,” said one of the founders of the camp, which seeks to keep teens off the streets in neighborhoods plagued by violence.

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Don’t burden taxpayers with security costs of returning Columbus statues to parks

It’s a bad time to devote resources to protecting statues when the city is criticized for not doing enough to protect people.

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Myrna Salazar changed Chicago theater stages for the better

Everyone should check out the Destinos International Latino Theater Festival in memory of Salazar to see how she helped grace Chicago stages with cultural richness and diversity.

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Chris Welch and the fight for control of Illinois Democratic Party

Once Gov. J.B. Pritzker leaves office, the next Democratic governor will likely benefit from the precedent set by this intra-party battle.

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Bears focus on Justin Fields’ process, knowing ‘being close isn’t good enough’

The Bears’ new offensive coordinator, Luke Getsy, is learning to read Fields. The best view comes in the film room after a tough practice. And there have been plenty of those thus far in training camp.

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Organizers hope weekend race of electric go-karts will power careers in math and science among young women

“I’ve definitely had guys tell me this is a boy’s thing and I really don’t need to say anything to them. I just prove them wrong,” said Isabel Loza, 17, a senior in high school and a member of the Green Galaxy racing team.

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CTA rider opens up about recent attack, Chicago Duck Derby returns 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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Little Village mural mystery solved; now Aurelio Diaz work is in line for a restoration

Completed in the late 1970s, “Education for the People” has new murals on either side of it. An artist behind those wants to repair and rejuvenate Diaz’s painting.

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Tracy Baim to leave the Chicago Reader by year-end

She took over the alternative publication in 2018, overcoming a dispute with an owner to convert it to nonprofit ownership.

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Picture Chicago: 21 must-see images from Sun-Times photographers this past week

Chicagoans rock out at Lollapalooza, new U.S. citizens share their joy, and sailboats and rubber ducks take to the water in our best unseen pics of the week.

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More claims made about former lead prosecutor in R. Kelly’s federal case in Chicago

Lawyers for one of Kelly’s co-defendants say the prosecutor identified an alleged Kelly victim as “Boss Baby” in her phone contact list and developed an inappropriate relationship with her.

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More CTA riders are getting attacked, like Dan Beam, who fought off six robbers

A Sun-Times analysis finds the number of violent crimes on L and subway trains and CTA buses has risen to a level not seen in more than a decade. “It’s unacceptable,” Beam says.

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Seven months before smokestack’s botched implosion smothered Little Village in dust, Chicago city inspector issued dire warning

Of the steps that John Kryl urged his City Hall bosses be taken, “Not a single one of these things was done,” a community activist says.

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Wounded guard questions why no charges filed in shootout that injured 4 people, but prosecutors say evidence is not there

”Everybody that was over there saw everything that happened,” Berrie McCormick said. “I feel like they should’ve been charged on just having the guns.”

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CTA boss blames employee shortage for service troubles

“We’re recruiting. We’re hiring. We’re offering special incentives. We’re doing all of the things that we can,” said CTA President Dorval Carter Jr.

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West Side monkeypox vaccine site draws eager shot-seekers from all over

News of the walk-in only jab site, at an Austin community center for Black and Brown LGBTQ youth, has spread far and wide.

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CTA needs to get rid of diesel buses, not add more

The CTA seems to be asleep at the wheel, with plans to buy 500 new diesel buses that will continue spewing greenhouse gases well past 2030.

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City Council ‘not a good place to work these days,’ Tunney says of mass exodus

Five-term Ald. Tom Tunney (44th), chairman of the Zoning Committee, told the Sun-Times he plans to take some time during the council’s August recess before deciding whether to call it quits — or even run for mayor.

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Anti-violence efforts must be more than PR spin, window dressing

Chicago doesn’t need exaggerations about the effectiveness of anti-violence efforts. But as the Better Government Association found, City Hall has been doing just that with its cheerleading of the Community Safety Coordination Center.

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Put authors, readers first in ruling on merger of big publishers

On Tuesday, best-selling author Stephen King testified he opposes the merger because “It becomes tougher and tougher for writers to find enough money to live on.”

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Takeaways from inside the courtroom as accused Highland Park July 4 massacre gunman pleads not guilty

The hearing lasted some eight minutes, about seven minutes longer than it took a gunman to kill seven people and wound 48 others at the July 4 Highland Park parade.

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Laid-off CPS librarian finds new home — and mandate — at King College Prep

“I was super, super excited and so thankful that this principal has a vision and knows his students deserve this and is making it happen with a really tight budget,” Nora Wiltse said.

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Lightfoot: Chicago making progress on fighting crime despite continued downtown violence

The mayor, in an interview Wednesday, credited a ‘multitiered’ strategy for a drop in murders and shootings and said the city needs to target late-hour bars where a lot of downtown violence is occurring.

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A look at Chicago’s pharmacy deserts, Highland Park shooting suspect’s not guilty plea and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Italian American group wants statues returned by Columbus Day, protected at taxpayer expense

The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans paid a security firm to prepare plans to protect statues of Christopher Columbus removed from Grant and Arrigo parks two years ago amid protests. Recommendations include cameras, motion detectors and 24-hour guards.

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