More than half of students living in the shelter system were chronically absent last year, meaning they missed one in every 10 school days, an analysis from Advocates for Children found—prompting calls for the city and state to step up support. A scene from the first day of school in New York City i
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Read on City LimitsHockey fans and everyday investors could soon trade on the performance of the Blackhawks or other NHL teams through futures contracts.Chicago-based startup FutureSports announced a landmark deal last week with the NHL that would use official game statistics to establish financial indexes on the leag
Researchers and bird lovers were in awe when they spotted a rare bird that had both male and female characteristics at a nature preserve in Barrington.The mysterious bird, a bobolink, was a bilateral gynandromorph: Its body was divided right down the middle, with one side having male characteristics
Mollie Vivoda was squinting at her cellphone while also holding shopping lists at a Target in Bucktown on Wednesday.Her three children will start school in a couple of weeks, and her two daughters, age 8 and 11, joined her for the family's first back-to-school shopping trip. The girls, going into th
“The problem is significant enough that we are now conducting a formal survey of our membership to document the full scope of housing instability and homelessness among city workers. That should concern anyone who relies on city services—which is everyone.” The Vanderbilt rail yard in Br
