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Chicago COVID-19 cases up 34% in a week, but city still ‘in good control,’ top doc says

Case counts have remained relatively flat across most of the state, but the average seven-day positivity rate is at the highest point seen in a month. COVID deaths across the state have continued to plummet. The city is averaging less than one viral death per day.

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Relax: Chicago has done this before

Organizers of the 2024 Democratic National Convention consider Chicago with its 162 years of experience.

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Afternoon Edition: March 30, 2022

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

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Evergreen Park church collects supplies to help Ukrainian refugees in Poland

In four days, St. Bernadette Parish collected enough supplies — socks, diapers, feminine products, blankets and much more — to fill 600 boxes.

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Enter the Sun-Times’ latest student art contest; The Imagination Project wants your take on the theme ‘Spring ahead’

Students from pre-K through high school in Chicago and the suburbs are eligible. You have three weeks to enter. Here’s how.

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Year after Adam Toledo’s killing, family renews call for criminal charges against Chicago police officer who shot 13-year-old

“This is not the place where Adam deserved to die, in an alley alone at night at 13 years old,” the teen’s sister said tearfully during a vigil Tuesday.

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Pritzker compares Illinois GOP to QAnon after state Senate rejects parole board appointees

Pritzker pronounced the GQP acronym slowly and carefully in response to a question about Monday’s state Senate vote. It’s been used by some Democrats nationally to label Republicans as the “Grand QAnon Party,” more interested in dismantling government and chasing dark conspiracy theories than…

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Afternoon Edition: March 29, 2022

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

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Willie Wilson to announce April 11 if he’s running for mayor against Lightfoot

Wilson, who has held four town hall meetings on a possible mayoral campaign, sounds like he’s already made up his mind to challenge Mayor Lori Lightfoot, whom he endorsed in the April 2019 runoff, and is just waiting until next month to make the official announcement.

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Mayor, top cop urge new police officers to get to know their communities, take care of themselves

Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Supt. David Brown spoke Tuesday during a police graduation ceremony at Navy Pier.

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WATCH: Trailer teases Elisabeth Moss’ Chicago time-travel series ‘Shining Girls’

The ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ star plays a victim of a time-traveling attacker (Jamie Bell).

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Two Pritzker appointees to Illinois Prisoner Review Board out — amid criticism over votes to parole killers of police officers

Both Eleanor Wilson, whose appointment was voted down by the state Senate, and Oreal James, who resigned, drew sharp criticism for their votes last year to grant parole to Joseph Hurst and Johnny Veal, two men accused of killing police officers.

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Lightfoot ‘fully expects’ Columbus statue to be returned to Grant Park pedestal

But first, the mayor wants a plan to prevent a repeat of the July 2020 protest that injured dozens of officers. And the leader of on Italian American group said Monday the return of another Columbus statue to Arrigo Park is just as vital.

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Austin anti-violence program shows West Side youth the world

Chicago Austin Youth Travel Adventures works to expose youth from underprivileged neighborhoods to other cultures, the city and career opportunities. But at its core, it’s an anti-violence program.

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Wicker Park artist Megan Williamson shows faces of pandemic Zoom calls: ‘It looks like America to me’

The project consists of 100 small paintings of people who appeared in the media via Zoom during the height of the pandemic.

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Dozens of Chicago cops guard mayor and family in below-the-radar security unit created in 2020

The unit protects Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Logan Square home and City Hall. Like past mayors, she also has a personal bodyguard detail. In February, a man was charged with stalking her. ‘It’s different than a call. It’s different than an email. This was real,’ the mayor said.

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Bears GM Ryan Poles ‘having a blast’ in first 2 months on the job

It’s been a surreal experience for Poles at the NFL’s annual meeting as he takes a semi-break. “It is good to relax a little bit, but your brain’s always going,” he says.

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Water Tower rally for Ukraine: ‘We will not abandon them’

Dozens of blue and yellow Ukrainian flags flew above a crowd of hundreds standing at the base of the Water Tower, while community leaders and politicians made speeches from the top of the stairs.

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Polling Place: Would you bet on the Bulls to make it past the first round of the playoffs?

Also this week, we asked about Lucas Giolito’s contract status with the White Sox and how Bears GM Ryan Poles is doing.

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A new era rises in Chicago’s 11th Ward with Nicole Lee

The old 11th Ward was a bonanza of power for the Daley family for decades. With Lee’s appointment, the new 11th Ward will hopefully be a bonanza of power for her community.

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Where Justin Fields ranks amid NFL’s quarterback shuffle

This month alone, teams have traded Russell Wilson, Deshaun Watson, Matt Ryan and Carson Wentz. It seems like only a matter of time before the Browns deal Baker Mayfield and the 49ers trade Jimmy Garoppolo, too.

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With a knack for narrative, Joseph Sugarman used words to move products

Known for marketing BluBlocker Sunglasses and for sharing his expertise, Mr. Sugarman died March 18 at age 83.

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‘Buried treasure’: Stained-glass dome at Cultural Center gleams once again

The $15 million renovation began in February 2021.

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Afternoon Edition: March 25, 2022

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

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Lightfoot says 5 years for sweeping police reforms was ‘unrealistic’ as city gets another 3 years

The mayor estimates the cost of completing those massive reforms will be between $50 million and $100 million.

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