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CHICAGO — On his first day as Chicago’s mayor-elect, Brandon Johnson echoed his winning promise to rethink the city’s approach to public safety, while his lame-duck predecessor Mayor Lori Lightfoot warned him to show humility to first responders upon the heels of another firefighter death in the city.

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

Event moderator and Sun-Times social justice and wage gap reporter, Elvia Malagón, was joined by special guests Dr. Evelyn Figueroa, Frank Sandoval and Karina Ayala-Bermejo on April 26 at the Coleman Public Library.

Reports of a woman brandishing a rifle and entering Trump Tower during a domestic-related incident has seen SWAT crews swarm the Chicago building

Three firefighters were injured, one critically, while battling a blaze in a high-rise building on Chicago's North Side

Chicago looks to gain some momentum on Wednesday vs. Milwaukee as the play-in seeding heats up.

A former public school teacher and longtime union organizer beat back "a deluge of far-right money"

Some of Johnson’s first decisions after his swearing-in next month will have to do with education, the issue nearest and dearest to his heart and his work over the past decade.

From assembling a staff and cabinet to speeding up police hiring and devising a plan to stop the usual summer surge of violent crime, the new mayor has his work cut out for him. No wonder so many would-be contenders took a pass.