For parents who bike in congested Chicago, it’s a summer of riding defensively
After a trio of tragic crashes last summer, parents say their vigilance and activism is in high gear.
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Illinois Google users to receive around $95 as part of privacy lawsuit settlement
More than 687,000 Illinois residents filed valid claims that their photo appeared on Google Photos between May 1, 2015, and April 25, 2022, in violation of state privacy laws.
City of Chicago seeks volunteers to track heat and humidity for a national climate study
Chicago is one of 19 metro areas across the U.S. taking part in the study of extreme heat in urban areas.
She spent years helping victims of Chicago’s gun violence. Now she’s leaning on them.
Gun violence survivors and grieving families are helping Cecilia Mannion, profiled in WBEZ’s Motive podcast, as her health struggles mount.
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Chicago’s 50 Schools
The Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ spent months investigating how the closing of 50 schools in 2013 — the nation’s largest number of public schools shuttered in a single action — changed the city, the school system, the children and their families.
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WBEZ & Sun-Times Investigation reveals impact of Chicago school closures
We find out what happened to schools that absorbed students from the 50 schools that Chicago closed in 2013 as part of an on-going investigation by WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times.
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These are the winners of this year’s James Beard Awards, the biggest night in food
A Chicago chef won the emerging category. The Chicago ceremony was hosted by chefs Eric Adjepong, Esther Choi, Andrew Zimmern and Top Chef judge Gail Simmons.
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Vendors forced out of Little Village Discount Mall have mixed success beyond it
Several in the group of about 40 vendors have tried different means of remaining in business after their half of the mall shuttered, but business isn’t the same and they feel isolated without one another.
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Former high-ranking Cook County official faces federal criminal case
Patrick Hanlon — who worked for Circuit Court Clerk Iris Martinez — resigned recently and was later charged in federal court.
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Filipino American chefs come into their own with multiple James Beard award nods
Three Filipino restaurants — including Chicago’s Kasama — in three different parts of the U.S. are among the nominees at this year’s James Beard Awards.
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Huge ‘river monster’ dinosaur unveiled at Field Museum
The semiaquatic Spinosaurus, which lived about 95 million years ago, is 46 feet long.
Will hike for beer! Seven Midwest hikes with taprooms nearby.
We’re calling it an “adventure pairing” — a hike that ends with a cold brew at a great regional brewery. All our picks are under a three-hour drive from Chicago.
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After hit Frida Kahlo show, Glen Ellyn museum spotlights another star: Andy Warhol
Some of the pop artist’s best-known works go on display at Cleve Carney Museum.
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How the ‘deadliest man alive’ stoked Chicago’s infamous ‘dojo wars’
In the 1960s and ’70s, martial arts schools in Chicago were locked in bloody rivalries. The man at their center was known as Count Dante.
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Taylor Swift is officially in her ‘Chicago Era.’ Here’s where you can brunch, play trivia and shake it off all week.
If you aren’t one of the lucky ones who snagged tickets, or you are and want to start the party early, here are a few ways you can celebrate this week.
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Home is where you make it with Shadai Brunjes
Examining the places we stay and what keeps us there, plus we’re joined by travel blogger and beauty strategist Shadai Brunjes.
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One of Chicago’s wealthiest people is pitching other CEOS to help him curb violence
Billionaire James Crown is asking CEOs to find jobs for thousands of people in the most dangerous parts of Chicago in an effort to cut the city’s murders to fewer than 400 a year within five years.
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Suit seeks to scuttle CHA land lease to Chicago Fire and construction $80 million training facility
The suit, filed Thursday in federal court, claims the land is meant for public housing and protocols weren’t followed before the deal was inked.
