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Commentary: After a pandemic boom in child obesity, it’s time for families to recommit to health

Get outside. Eat healthy food. Keep moving.

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Commentary: The Biden administration offers thoughts and prayers on the ERA. Can it do more?

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Attorney General Merrick Garland have expressed concern over women’s rights. They’ve offered their thoughts and prayers. But is there something else, something in the Constitution, to protect women — and all Americans — from sex discrimination under the law?

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Commentary: On the Ukraine war, it’s the West vs. the rest

From the moment Russian forces began their widespread missile barrage against Ukrainian targets in February, the United States and Europe have sought to rally the world on Ukraine’s behalf. The narrative of the collective West has been simple, and it appeals to our moral sensibilities about what is right and…

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Journey for Justice Alliance tells Congress it’s ‘Equity or Else’ when it comes to quality of life for all

On Thursday, Jitu Brown, national director for Journey for Justice Alliance (J4J), queried people at the nation’s capital with questions like: “Raise your hand if you’ve ever experienced a slumlord. Raise your hand if you live in a neighborhood where you don’t have a decent hospital. Raise your hand if…

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Chicago officials say nearly 1,500 migrants have arrived from Texas as of Tuesday

CHICAGO — Nearly 1,500 migrants have arrived in Chicago from Texas as of Tuesday, city officials said.

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Willson Contreras — back with Cubs for what might be his final homestand — says goal in free agency is ‘to be somewhere that I’m wanted’

CHICAGO — Willson Contreras already went through his Wrigley Field goodbyes two months ago when a trade felt imminent.

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Tim Anderson won’t return to White Sox in 2022

MINNEAPOLIS — Acting manager Miguel Cairo envisioned a Chicago White Sox lineup featuring both Tim Anderson and Elvis Andrus.

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Paul Sullivan: Remembering Mary Frances Veeck, an ambassador for baseball and sounding board for the former White Sox owner

CHICAGO — Mary Frances Veeck was recalling the night in 1979 that her husband, former Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck, returned from a particularly rough night at Comiskey Park.

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Buona Beef plans franchise expansion to take Italian beef to southern and western US

Berwyn, Illinois-based Italian beef institution Buona announced Tuesday it would open restaurants outside of the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana under a new franchise program.

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Lonzo Ball’s knee pain remains a mystery. ‘Even the doctors are a little surprised,’ Bulls point guard says.

CHICAGO — As Lonzo Ball undergoes his second procedure Wednesday to address a lingering meniscus injury, the source of the pain sidelining the Chicago Bulls point guard remains a mystery.

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Commentary: US Supreme Court vs. states’ highest courts: We are giving kids the wrong message

American schoolchildren are growing up with a badly oversimplified lesson about their own government. They are learning that the U.S. Supreme Court is the nation’s “highest court,” a label that erroneously diminishes the power of state supreme courts. Correcting this understanding goes beyond pedagogical accuracy — it is essential for…

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Collective bargaining amendment brings national labor fight to Illinois ballot

Atop ballots throughout Illinois this fall, voters will be asked whether Illinois should enshrine into the state constitution the right of workers to unionize and collectively bargain, a proposal backed by organized labor to preempt future right-to-work laws but opposed by anti-union groups that contend it will raise taxes and…

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Editorial: Gov. Pritzker, don’t follow California in banning gas-powered car sales

Taking aim at climate change, California last month announced plans to phase out the sale of new, gasoline-powered vehicles. As of 2035, the Golden State will allow only electric vehicles (EVs) to be sold new, though used-car sales will remain unrestricted.

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Commentary: Biden pokes at China again over Taiwan. At what cost to US national interests?

President Joe Biden’s foreign policy deserves higher marks than most have given it. Biden boldly pulled the plug on the Afghanistan quagmire, so that Americans could stop hemorrhaging blood and treasure in an endless war. He has performed a delicate “Goldilocks routine” with respect to Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine:…

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As attempts to ban books across the county increase, Chicago establishes ‘Book Sanctuaries’: ‘Encouraging and alarming’

CHICAGO — A glass shelf displaying some of the most notable challenged books in the country adorns the entryway of the Chicago Public Library’s Lincoln Belmont branch. The books are surrounded by yellow tape and red signs that inevitably steer the attention of those who walk inside to the titles…

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Commentary: Will we have a severe flu season? It doesn’t need to be that way

Flu season is fast approaching. Flu shots are now available, containing strains recommended by the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee in March. Given the long lead time required to manufacture some 180 million flu shot doses, scientists are forced to make informed guesses, a daunting task under the…

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Former Chicago college student convicted of spying for Chinese intelligence service

A federal jury on Monday convicted a former Chicago graduate student of spying for the Chinese government by gathering information on scientists and engineers in the U.S. with valuable knowledge about aerospace technology, artificial intelligence, and even aircraft carriers.

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Chicago rolls out plan to revive financial district in wake of pandemic

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled a plan Monday to revive the LaSalle Street corridor, a key downtown office district that suffered the double whammy of COVID-19 and the loss of several large firms to new towers rising farther west along Wacker Drive and in Fulton Market.

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Paul Sullivan: The Chicago Bulls may not be title contenders, but their camaraderie makes them an easy team to love

Artūras Karnišovas took a calculated risk in the summer when he decided the Chicago Bulls roster needed only a little tweaking.

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Shots fired at Chicago police facility, officials say

CHICAGO — Shots were fired at a Chicago Police Department facility in Homan Square around midday Monday, officials said.

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Transgender young people feel less distress after gender-confirming surgery, study says

Transgender and nonbinary teens and young adults — who experience anxiety and depression at higher rates than others — often feel less mental distress after surgery to remove their breasts, according to a study out of Northwestern Medicine published Monday.

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In the best way, ‘Bros’ could be Billy Eichner’s ‘Trainwreck.’ He owes it all to his Northwestern years

“The movie I want to make?” Billy Eichner, co-writer and star of “Bros,” asked that in a conversation he recalls having during the development phase of “Bros.” with his director and co-writer Nicholas Stoller and producer Judd Apatow.

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Tony La Russa and the Chicago White Sox: How the manager fared in two managing stints with the franchise

Tony La Russa is one of the most accomplished managers in major-league history.

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How did Chicago Bulls players spend their summer? Here’s a rundown with training camp fast approaching.

The Chicago Bulls stayed quiet for most of the offseason, focusing on re-signing Zach LaVine and returning the core of last year’s roster to build into the 2022-23 season. But it was still a busy summer for Bulls players, who spent the time recovering from injury, expanding their families and…

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3 retired priests investigated for allegations of sexual abuse of minors nearly 50 years ago, Chicago archdiocese says

The Archdiocese of Chicago has asked three retired priests to stay out of ministry while it investigates allegations of sexual abuse of minors from nearly 50 years ago, according to a news release from the archdiocese.

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