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CHICAGO — The city is getting an early glimpse at summer conditions this week, with warm temperatures and thunderstorms set to hit in equal measure. Temperatures could eclipse 80 degrees on both Monday and Tuesday, with the rest of the week forecast to see temperatures peak in the high 70s, accordin
BROADVIEW — With dildos in hand, protesters gathered outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s processing center in Broadview Saturday as part of series of nationwide protests against ICE. Following a protest dubbed “Operation Dildo Blitz” outside Minneapolis’s federal bu
BEVERLY — A Chicago man has been sentenced to over 14 years in prison for his role in the violent carjacking of a Beverly family over two years ago. Damarri Conner, 23, was sentenced to 14 and a half years in federal prison Wednesday after prosecutors said he and Kenneth Merritt carjacked an Audi in
The four crew members returned to Houston on Saturday after their historic lunar mission ended Friday. Speaking publicly for the first time since their return, the astronauts grew visibly emotional.
FAQ NYC hosts Christina Greer, Katie Honan and Harry Siegel visited the Greene Space in Soho on Thursday night for a sold-out live taping, hosted by ABNY, talking about Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first 100 days. https://feeds.fireside.fm/faqnyc/rss?100live “I would give him a B,” said Chrissy. “I’
Friends and loved ones put together a vigil for Eric Duprey after he was killed during a police chase. The Bronx neighborhood where former NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran killed Eric Duprey by throwing a cooler at his head responds to Duran’s prison sentence. [ more › ]
As cherry blossoms bloom in the beginning of April, the idyllic promenades of Roosevelt Island transform into catwalks. Visitors travel to the tiny island to capture the fleeting beauty of the flowering trees overlooking the Manhattan skyline — and their own portraits, for Instagram. Crowds we
The board will have multiple opportunities to revise the list before a final vote in June. Before recent changes, the proposal’s length, lack of diversity and Christian focus received criticism.
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools will stay open May 1 for now, despite a push from board members and the Chicago Teachers Union to allow teachers and students to join a nationwide protest that day,
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GOOSE ISLAND — The Silver Room’s annual block party is back from a three-year hiatus and will return to the North Side, where it first was held more than two decades ago. The Silver Room Sound System Block Party is noon-10 p.m. July 18 at the Salt Shed, 1357 N. Elston Ave. in West Town, as fir
When body piercing began shifting in the late 80s and early 90s from an obscure underground practice to something more mainstream, there was a particularly fascinating but fraught character at the center of it all: Fakir Musafar. Born Roland Loomis, the South Dakota–raised former Lutheran lived as a
SOUTH CHICAGO — Rewards of up to $1,000 each are being offered for information on two fatal hit-and-run crashes that took place two miles apart last month. Raven Myers, 32, was walking on the 2100 block of East 83rd Street in South Chicago around 10 p.m. March 10 when the driver of a red 2022 Mitsub
ENGLEWOOD — Residents are weighing in on an outline for the city’s reparations agenda that could provide restitution to Black Chicagoans for centuries of racist policies dating back to the era of chattel slavery. Mayor Brandon Johnson’s office launched the Repair Chicago community engage
MTA Chair Janno Lieber wanted to lead the reconstruction of Penn Station. President Donald Trump took the project away from him last year. NJ Transit has signed on as a partner in President Donald Trump's plan to rebuild Penn Station. MTA Chair Janno Lieber has declined to do so. [ more › ]
CHICAGO — The city is providing grants of $4,500 to dozens of local groups so they can respond to a growing need for food assistance amid the Trump administration’s cuts to SNAP. Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the program Thursday, saying the city has provided the grants to 67 groups. The fun
LINCOLN PARK — As daylight hours lengthen and temperatures rise, spring promises baseball games, drinks on outdoor patios, walks along the lakefront and — for this year, at least — a new rhino calf at Lincoln Park Zoo. Kapuki, a 20-year-old eastern black rhinoceros, gave birth to a 60-pound female c
LINCOLN SQUARE — The owner of a popular Greek restaurant in Lincoln Square that suddenly closed last year plans to reopen the business this spring. Barba Yianni Grecian Taverna, 4761 N. Lincoln Ave., has been a staple of Lincoln Square since 1989, according to its website. But in August,
LITTLE VILLAGE — When Luis Fernandez Escalante’s wife was called into an immigration check-in this October, he decided to accompany her. He wasn’t required to, but Operation Midway Blitz was in full swing and his family was fearful of what could happen to her. Fernandez Escalante’s wife was ordered
Clarence Curtis Jordan’s attorney said the intellectually disabled man didn’t have a lawyer to work on his behalf for nearly four decades.
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