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This summer, the Brookfield Zoo’s bottlenose dolphin habitat will reverberate with the talkative chatty whistles and playful leaps of a new calf — the first expected to be born there in over a decade. The zoo announced today the upcoming addition to its seven dolphins as 37-year-old Allie enters her second trimester of pregnancy.
Almost 20% of dolphin calves born to first-time mothers in the wild don’t survive their first year. It’s a crucial time full of challenging milestones, so Allie — already an experienced mother of four — and her new calf will offer the zoo’s staff a chance to deepen its knowledge and contribute to the scientific understanding of prenatal and neonatal dolphin care.
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FDA bans red dye No. 3 from foods
U.S. regulators today banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. The announcement was made shortly after federal officials released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal long sought by antismoking advocates that is unlikely to go into effect anytime soon. Read more here.
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Walgreens closing five stores on South, West sides of Chicago
Walgreens plans to close five stores on the South and West sides of Chicago next month, drawing criticism from local leaders. Read more here.
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- CTA interim president announced
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NBA reschedules Chicago Bulls road game against Los Angeles Clippers due to wildfires
Tuesday’s matchup between the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Clippers was one of eight games rescheduled by the NBA due to the California wildfires. The Bulls were originally scheduled to play the Clippers at Intuit Dome on Tuesday night. However, the game will now take place on Monday with a 9:30 p.m. CT tipoff. This will create another road back-to-back for the Bulls, who play the Trail Blazers on Sunday in Portland. Read more here.
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Review: ‘Kid Prince and Pablo’ by Lifeline Theatre adds hip hop score to a classic Twain tale
When Mark Twain wrote “The Prince and the Pauper” in the early 1880s, he set the story of mistaken identity and class consciousness more than three centuries earlier, in Tudor England. “Kid Prince and Pablo,” a new adaptation by Chicago’s own Quijada brothers, modernizes the setting and adds a hip-hop score while retaining the novel’s fablelike quality. Read more here.
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- Hollywood’s awards season dates, and how they’ve been affected by the wildfires
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Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 8, 2023.
Officials tout a Gaza ceasefire deal and plan to free hostages. Israel says details still in flux
Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, multiple officials announced today, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. Read more here.
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