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What the Bears should do in the 2023 NFL draft

The 2023 NFL draft is just around the corner. Here's our advice for Bears GM Ryan Poles:

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South Side rapper, California beatmaker unite as the musical VirgoTwins

‘Art/Space’ album release show will be first live performance together of Gilead7 and Boricua Sandy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Streetsblog Chicago editor John Greenfield badly hurt in bike tour in Southern Illinois

John Greenfield, an avid cyclist, was struck by a pipe falling from a passing pickup truck in downstate Marion and placed in a medically-induced coma.

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Victory — for now — at Northwest Side church after Vatican appeal

Parishioners were upset when the archdiocese decreed in 2022 that Our Lady of Victory would be deconsecrated and ‘relegated to profane use,’ but the Vatican took their side.

Chicago Sun-Times

More summer jobs for Chicago youth is a smart move, if city can find the money

Research by the University of Chicago Urban Labs shows that summer jobs keep young people out of trouble. Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s plan to expand One Summer Chicago deserves support.

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Lori Lightfoot campaign contributor Carmen Rossi to pay $5,000 fine for violating lobbying rules

The lawyer and bar owner who holds the liquor license for Lollapalooza violated lobbying rules when he asked a City Hall official to help secure business licenses to operate parking lots on Chicago Public Schools property.

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Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local 2 elects new president

Pat Cleary, who has spent the last 12 years as the union’s vice president, replaces Jim Tracy, who served two terms.

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Accused of bilking Vallas campaign out of $680,000, consultant says allegations are ‘shameful and unfounded’

“In the end, the voters were right,” consultant Chimaobi Enyia said Monday. “Paul Vallas did not deserve to be the mayor of the city of Chicago.”

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Letter carriers being robbed of master keys in first week on the job, union says

Criminals target letter carriers for their master keys, which unlock mailboxes across a ZIP code. With those keys, they can steal mail, allowing them to wash and rewrite checks or even resell the keys to other criminals.

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ComEd bribery trial’s closing arguments, CPD officer faces dismissal and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Singer R. Kelly moved to North Carolina prison from Chicago

Federal prison officials say singer R. Kelly has been moved from a Chicago correctional center to a medium-security facility in North Carolina

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avery r. young named first-ever Chicago Poet Laureate

The appointment of the award-winning composer, teacher, visual artist and producer was announced Monday by city officials.

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Danny Sabatello calls out Magomed Magomedov for ‘massive’ Bellator 297 home fight in Chicago

Danny Sabatello wants homecoming fight at Bellator 297.

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Teens kill baby after stealing car and crashing - but WON'T be charged with tot's death

Two teenage boys from Chicago, aged 14 and 17, have been charged with a misdemeanor after crashing a stolen car into a pickup truck in the West Garfield Park neighbourhood, killing a six month old baby and injuring three other passengers

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As Walmart pulls back, businesses and neighborhoods need to talk

The retailer’s closures of four Chicago stores follow the retreat of others from the city’s South and West sides and underscores how companies and communities often don’t get each other.

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How William Wrigley Jr. brought soap, gum and Chicago baseball broadcasting together

Early baseball owners feared radio, but Cubs owner Wrigley didn’t. When baseball was reinventing itself, Wrigley laid the groundwork for today’s great Chicago sports announcers.

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UN human rights experts begin US tour focusing on racial justice and policing

Panel established in response to George Floyd killing will visit Washington DC, Atlanta, LA, Chicago, Minneapolis and New York

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Woman whose murder convictions were overturned sues city, Chicago police detectives

Madeline Mendoza’s attorneys allege that Dets. Reynaldo Guevara and Ernest Halvorsen fabricated her involvement in a 1992 double slaying. She spent 17 years behind bars.

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Dodgers home runs lift them past Cubs and over .500

CHICAGO – Shortstops who hit like that can really make a lot of money.

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Zack Wheeler helps deal a 9-3 Phillies win against Rockies

PHILADELPHIA — In his last start, on April 18 in Chicago, Zack Wheeler no-hit the White Sox through his first two innings, only to allow four runs on six soft hits in the third.

Chicago Sun-Times

1 killed, 2 children among 17 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago

Two children were wounded in separate shootings Saturday at homes on the South Side. A 3-year-old boy was shot in Calumet Heights and a 6-year-old girl was shot about two miles away in Woodlawn.

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Robbie Gould on potential reunion with Bears: ‘I’d do it in a heartbeat’

Former Bears kicker Robbie Gould said he'd rejoin Chicago "in a heartbeat."

Chicago Sun-Times

Time to explore all of Chicago

Historian Shermann Dilla Thomas leads visits to South and West Side neighborhoods

The Orange County Register

James Outman, Max Muncy power Dodgers to 9-4 win over Cubs

CHICAGO — It snowed briefly Saturday morning at Wrigley Field, the flurries floating down at an angle thanks to the usual blustery conditions there. By game time, the temperature sat at a classic April-in-Chicago 41 degrees.

Los Angeles Times

Mookie Betts at shortstop? How the Dodgers' experiment could make long-term sense.

CHICAGO — It started as a temporary measure, a short-term solution to the Dodgers' growing infield injury list.

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