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Sorry, NASCAR. It’s not you, it’s us.

Still hard to understand why the circuit chose Chicago for its first street race.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago pharmacist convicted on charges of selling blank COVID vaccination cards on eBay

CHICAGO -- A Chicago pharmacist has been found guilty of federal charges alleging he stole hundreds of COVID-19 vaccination cards from the South Side Walgreens where he worked and sold them on eBay at the height of the pandemic.

Chicago Tribune

NASCAR race is waste of resources, will make air pollution worse

More than the inconvenience of closed-off streets and the noise pollution is the concern of climate change.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Biden kicks off reelection message in Chicago with embrace of ‘Bidenomics’

“We’ve added over 13 million jobs, more jobs in two years than any president has added in a four-year term. And folks, that’s no accident. That’s Bidenomics in action,” Biden told a crowd gathered Wednesday in the lobby of the Old Post Office.

Chicago Sun-Times

It’s up to public officials to fully use the power of police reform consent decrees

New Orleans’ consent decree transformed its police department, former Mayor Marc Morial writes. Chicago’s progress has been slow, but Mayor Johnson has allies in the Justice Department with enforcement power.

Chicago Sun-Times

NASCAR's Chicago Street Course: A turn-by-turn analysis

The front straightaway and pit road areas are located on South Columbus Drive and run along a two-block stretch that will take the Xfinity and Cup fields past the iconic Buckingham Fountain, a Chicago landmark dedicated in 1927 and one of the largest in the world.

Motorsport

Muti ends 13 seasons with Chicago Symphony Orchestra with praise and honors — and Beethoven

Riccardo Muti has ended 13 seasons as Chicago Symphony Orchestra's music director with praise and a series of honors

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Biden will nominate April Perry to become Chicago’s first female U.S. Attorney

Biden’s nomination of Perry reflects an ongoing effort to diversify the ranks of the nation’s federal judges and prosecutors. But there have been calls for a female U.S. attorney in Chicago for years.

Chicago Sun-Times

NBA executives expect Bulls to make major moves this offseason

According to NBA executives, the Chicago Bulls could be making some "major moves" this offseason.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Air quality plummets as Canadian wildfire smoke stretches across the Midwest

Chicago saw its air quality plummet, while other cities including Detroit, Milwaukee and Pittsburgh were experiencing unhealthy air quality levels.

WEKU

Watch as Biden makes statement on economic policy in Chicago

Watch as Joe Biden delivers an address in Chicago on “Bidenomics,” his vision for growing the economy.

The Independent UK

US cities under air quality alerts amid haze of Canada wildfires

Canada has experienced its worst-ever start to the wildfire season, affecting air quality across North America.

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30 Most Important Bears of 2023: No. 28 Robert Tonyan

Up next in our 30 Most Important Bears is Robert Tonyan, who gives the Bears the reliable No. 2 TE option they lacked last season.

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Texas heatwave blamed for 13 deaths as scorching temperatures and smoke spread across US – as it happened

Detroit extends air quality alert through Thursday while evacuation orders in effect in Arizona as crews fight Diamond fire

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Heatwave in south and wildfire smoke in north buffet US from both sides

More than 80m Americans under air quality alerts while temperatures hit triple digits in south and south-west

WEKU

Detroit, Chicago and the Midwest blanketed by wildfire haze from Canada

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is smothering U.S. cities like Detroit, Chicago and Pittsburgh. Air quality warnings are in effect across the Midwest as officials warn of hazardous conditions.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago air quality ‘very unhealthy’ Wednesday for second straight day

People were urged to carpool or take public transit. Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Park District programs were moved inside.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois drivers are no strangers to NASCAR

The Chicago Street Race might be the first of its kind, but the circuit does have a rich racing history in Illinois.

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President Biden To Address U.S. Economy In Chicago

Speech to cover job growth, inflation, skills development, investments, and Biden administration's focus on key sectors

Tribune News Service

Duke’s Coach K is all over this season of Hulu’s ‘The Bear.’ Here's what he says about it

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The second season of FX/Hulu’s Chicago-set restaurant drama series “The Bear” is one of the top streaming shows in the nation, and former Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski might as well be listed as a co-star.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago's Latin School refuses parents’ request for records of son who died by suicide after bullying, new lawsuit says

The parents of a Latin School of Chicago student who died by suicide in 2022 after being bullied “relentlessly” filed a second lawsuit on June 5 against the elite private school for refusing to hand over their son’s records, including his multiple reports of being bullied, the suit says.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Success in other cities shows that a strong police superintendent can reduce Chicago’s violence

As the Justice Department official who was responsible for implementing the 1994 federal crime law, I had a ringside view of changes in U. S. policing in the 1990s. I came to one clear conclusion: The single-most important factor in determining whether cities made real progress in reducing violent crime…

Chicago Tribune

Sleeping on the floor of a Chicago police station for weeks, some migrants say it’s still their best option

CHICAGO -- Carlos Ramirez, who was a police officer in Venezuela before he says he was persecuted by government officials, now sleeps on an air mattress on the floor of a police station in Chicago.

Chicago Tribune

In 1997, a 13-year-old was beaten by white Chicago teens. A podcast challenges the racial narrative that followed

CHICAGO — The new podcast “You Didn’t See Nothin” takes a critical look at the media narrative that followed the 1997 Bridgeport neighborhood beating of 13-year-old Lenard Clark Jr., a Black child who lived in Chicago's Stateway Gardens public housing development, going to get air for his bike tire, by…

The Independent UK

Haze over Great Lakes region reminds US residents that Canadian wildfires persist

The haze of unhealthy air that settled over the Great Lakes region Tuesday reminded U.S. residents from the Midwest to the Northeast and as far south as Kentucky to brace for more depending on which way the wind blows as Canadian wildfires rage on

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