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Daywatch: The high price of unlivable housing
Day: July 8, 2024
Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane, National Weather Service says
Beryl has made landfall on the middle Texas coast near Matagorda with a dangerous storm surge and strong winds.
Boeing to plead guilty to fraud for violating deal over 737 Max crashes
Boeing Co. will plead guilty to criminal conspiracy in connection with two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jetliner.
Maine West’s Dugalic ready for Olympic run with Serbia
Maine West High School graduate Angela Dugalic will play for Serbia’s women’s basketball team later this month at the Paris Olympics.
Windy City Smokeout 2024: Guide to this year’s bands, barbecue and more. And nobody follows Carrie Underwood.
Here’s a taste of what to expect for this year’s Windy City Smokeout, which opens with headliner Thomas Rhett on Thursday. Bring your appetite.
Editorial: Welcome back, piping plovers! But we have a little advice for you.
Five years after Chicago fell in love with with piping plovers, more are nesting in unlikely places. A better spot awaits you, birds.
While texture might not be something you think about when it comes to cocktails, mixologists certainly do
In the general scheme of things, “texture” is a word that’s easy to define. We can physically feel it through touch and recognize it when eating. But when it comes to cocktails, texture can be trickier to grasp.
Former Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields lists 6-bedroom Lake Forest home for $2.1M
Former Chicago Bears star quarterback Justin Fields on Sunday, July 7 listed his six-bedroom, 5,876-square-foot house in Lake Forest for $2.1 million. Fields, 25, was the Bears’ first-round draft pick in the 2021 NFL draft, and before the end of that year was their starting play-caller. The Bears decided to go in a different direction after posting a 7-10 record in the 2023 season and after holding the top overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft, and the team traded Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers in March. Through an opaque land trust that shields his identity, Fields paid $1.325 […]
Juliet de Jesus Alejandre: Allow Chicago leaders with vision to usher in real change
Let’s let Mayor Brandon Johnson lead. Today, that means backing up aldermen with a true vision and practice of solidarity.
In high-profile Jayden Perkins murder case, defendant takes unusual step of defending himself against experienced prosecutors
Crosetti Brand is serving as his own attorney in the case involving the murder of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins, and he’s demanded a speedy trial.