Some electric car makers want to stop supporting AM radio
Proposed federal legislation would require cars to have AM radio. It comes as some auto companies plan to phase it out in electric vehicles.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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For City Colleges grads it was ‘never too late’ to get their high school degree
It’s graduation season in Chicago. Over the weekend, families and friends gathered at Malcolm X College on the Near West Side to celebrate a set of unconventional high school grads.
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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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Huge ‘river monster’ dinosaur unveiled at Field Museum
The semiaquatic Spinosaurus, which lived about 95 million years ago, is 46 feet long.
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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.
