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And on the seventh day, a jury was selected.
After a long week of intensive questioning, a panel of 12 people that will decide the fate of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was finalized today, although attorneys for both sides still needed to select six alternates to sit for the landmark trial.
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101 indigent, unidentified people buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery with dozens of strangers there to mourn them
A section of Mount Olivet Cemetery in the South Side neighborhood of Morgan Park is reserved as the final resting place for the unidentified and indigent dead of Cook County. Read more here.
More top news stories:
- Illinois installs supermarket kiosks for license renewals and other DMV transactions
- Recent recalls raise concerns about food safety, but experts credit better regulation and technology
Less than a year after construction, city spends $27K to change long-contentious Lincoln Park bike project
A Lincoln Park bike installation that became a flashpoint for neighborhood tensions that can surround cycling projects has been partly revamped, less than a year after it opened. Read more here.
More top business stories:
- Chicago Bears wide receiver D.J. Moore lists lakefront home in Charlotte for $5M
- Lincoln Park 3-bedroom penthouse with private elevator access: $3M
Chicago Bears offense at the bye: What’s working, what’s not — and what’s ahead for Caleb Williams and Co.
With a week off, players can rest their bodies and coaches can take a few days to evaluate where the team is through six weeks. Here’s a look at what the offense has done well, what has gone wrong and what’s ahead. Read more here.
More top sports stories:
- Lonzo Ball returns for the Chicago Bulls after missing nearly 3 years: ‘It felt a lot better playing than watching’
- Justin Fields says he hasn’t ‘played good enough’ for Pittsburgh Steelers not to consider starting Russell Wilson
Ahead of his Salt Shed concert, André 3000 talks about ‘New Blue Sun’ and his jazz music welcome
André now estimates he owns some 75 flutes, some of which he’s made himself. Calling the Tribune during a tour stop in Seattle, he admits he’d picked up “maybe eight new flutes” from an Oregon music shop the day before. Read more here.
More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories:
- Allie Colleen to play Blue Island’s Lyric Theater before touring with Jelly Roll
- ‘Rivals’ review: Media moguls and desperate housewives bonk through the English countryside
Hunger experts say the risk of famine in Gaza remains high
The Gaza Strip is still at risk of famine more than a year into the Israel-Hamas war, even as the number of people facing the most extreme level of hunger has declined in recent months, the international authority on hunger crises said. Read more here.
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