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According to a new Harris Poll, public safety is the top concern of Chicago’s voters. As the Harris CEO Will Johnson wrote in the Tribune this week, 95% of voters cited that issue. Johnson also reported that his poll showed most Chicagoans feel that our city is worse off than…

CHICAGO — One of the two Chicago police officers in a video released this week of a man being beaten while in custody was also captured in footage of a suspect being body-slammed on a city street the same year, records show.

Chicago connections are many for the Bill Murray classic that’s funny, poignant and way better than sweet vermouth on the rocks, with a twist.

CHICAGO — Regina Michalski made homemade kolaczki and planted beautiful flowers in her Northwest Side backyard every year. Born in Poland in 1926, the “very smart” 96-year-old retired Motorola technician was fluent in German and Russian and lived through the Nazi occupation during World War II, her relatives said.

Lyric Opera’s world premiere of “The Factotum,” the return of Pilobolus, and Mavis Staples in concert are among the week’s entertainment highlights.

The nonprofit organization that owns the publication has hired Solomon Liberman to succeed Tracy Baim, who said last summer she wanted to step down.

Last month, Ald. Jeanette Taylor delayed the project, which has drawn scrutiny over residential displacement, truck traffic and pollution. Wednesday, she admonished Norfolk Southern — but voted for the expansion.

Overheated housing markets are seeing sharp home price corrections. Other markets, not so much.

Jerhonda Pace, who was part of a successful federal case against Kelly in New York as well as the case in Illinois, says Kelly is still fighting to appeal his federal conviction.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Disbarred and disgraced Los Angeles celebrity lawyer Tom Girardi has been indicted in Los Angeles and Chicago on charges of stealing more than $18 million from clients