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Lightfoot proposes annual pay raise for Chicago’s mayor capped at 5%

The salary of Chicago’s mayor hasn’t gone up since Mayor Richard M. Daley held the job in 2005. Also on Wednesday, the council approved a resolution of support for the Jewish community, citing recent antisemitic comments by the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.

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Former Teamsters boss John Coli gets 19 months in prison for illegal payments from Cinespace Studios

The feds enlisted Coli as a cooperator in 2019, just as a set of aggressive investigations into old-school, Chicago-style corruption turned public. He was seen as particularly significant given his ties to former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, former Chicago Mayors Richard M. Daley and…

Chicago Sun-Times

1 killed, 4 others wounded by gunfire in Chicago Tuesday

A woman was killed and a man critically wounded when they were shot while driving on DuSable Lake Shore Drive near the Kenwood neighborhood.

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Pay-up time for parking and pier passes for anglers on the Chicago lakefront

For the first time since pier and parking passes were started for anglers on the Chicago lakefront, there is a price increase; plus some other lakefront notes from the Chicago Fishing Advisory Committee meeting.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bear Necessities: Chicago boasts the NFL’s best run game

The Bears are averaging 181 rushing yards per game, which is the best in the NFL.

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A grassroots project at DePaul publishes Chicago stories — the books are free for the asking and you might even be in one

CHICAGO — Big Shoulders Books are free. You can request one. They’ll send you one. You might even be in one. Big Shoulders Books, founded at DePaul University a decade ago, has been one of the more quietly ambitious projects in Midwest journalism, though, in practice, the work is not…

Chicago Tribune

‘The most Prideful house in the city’: Chicago couple responds to anti-LGBTQ harassment incidents with message of love, positivity

CHICAGO — Erica Hungerford and Peter Charnley’s garage is not just any garage. For months, it’s been the repeat target of political vandalism that has damaged the couple’s Jefferson Park neighborhood home. But now, the defaced garage has newly embellished bright rainbow colors with a large mural reading, “Love Wins.”…

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South Asian women get diabetes at higher rates. A study aims to fight those stats with exercise

CHICAGO — Like many moms, Asmita Patel has struggled to find time to exercise in recent years.

Chicago Tribune

Health: New Enzyme Inhibitor Offers Hope For Treatment Of Cancer

A small molecule that can control an immune process that is crucial in the development of cancer and autoimmune disorders have been discovered by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Florida Panthers’ awful power play hits new low with loss to Blackhawks in Chicago

The Florida Panthers’ last season came to a premature end largely because of the abysmal play of their power play.

Miami Herald

After blowup, Reps. Garcia, Newman, 28 other progressives retract letter urging Biden to seek Ukraine cease-fire

Garcia, mulling a run for Chicago mayor, was blindsided by the Monday release of the letter he signed back in June.

Chicago Sun-Times

Watchdog: CPD overlooked incriminating evidence while investigating cop’s ties to far right Proud Boys and should have fired him

“This case represents a determination that someone who made ‘false’ and ‘contradicting’ statements about his association with the Proud Boys should continue to wear the uniform of the Chicago Police Department,” the city’s inspector general told the Sun-Times.

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$380 million flyover project expected to ease rail congestion

Planners hope a new rail bridge will resolve one of the largest chokepoints for passenger and freight rail traffic in the nation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Time for Chicago to act boldly on climate change and bring back the Department of Environment

In early 2020, City Council declared a state of climate emergency. Hiring a few people in the mayor’s office is not enough to tackle the crisis.

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Urban Prep faces CPS takeover, veterans home endures another COVID outbreak and more in your Chicago news roundup

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

The Independent UK

Which Love Is Blind couples from season two are still together?

The cast of ‘Love Is Blind’ season two have gone through manys ups and downs since cameras stopped rolling

The Independent UK

Berlin conductor Petrenko worried `no one needs us anymore'

Kirill Petrenko will lead the Berlin Philharmonic on its first U.S. tour in six years, conducting from Nov. 10-21 in New York, Boston, Chicago, Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Naples, Florida

Chicago Sun-Times

Man giving high-quality tents to homeless people says city has failed them, but his tents could get tossed too

Andy Robledo said the $350+ tents are necessary to help homeless people survive the winter while they wait on a long city list for permanent housing.

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Movie review: Timely but opaque, 'Call Jane' doesn't resonate as it should

“Are you Jane?” It’s a question that Chicago housewife Joy (Elizabeth Banks) repeatedly asks, as she calls a number from a flyer, is picked up, blindfolded, driven to a nondescript office where she receives an illegal, but safe, abortion from an unfeeling doctor (Cory Michael Smith), and is then cared…

The Guardian - US

US lawmakers call for more measures to protect against toxic lead in tap water

Senators make appeal to EPA after series of Guardian articles revealed that communities of color often face high lead levels

Chicago Sun-Times

City Colleges of Chicago faculty, staff plan to strike next week

Nearly 1,500 faculty at seven campuses will strike Nov. 2 if a contract isn’t reached, the Cook County College Teachers Union announced Tuesday.

Chicago Tribune

While much of the world is centered on the Great Resignation and quiet quitting, those on the spectrum continue to make employment inroads

Aldo Suarez, 21, of Chicago's South Side, likes to play the video game Halo. Another favorite? Building McLaren vehicles with Lego Technic sets. And he prefers the older “Matrix” movies, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and walking North Riverside and Woodfield malls when he can. And his favorite food is tofu.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Best photos from the Bears’ impressive Week 7 win vs. Patriots

The Bears defeated the Patriots 33-14 in an upset that no one saw coming. Take a look at the best photos from Chicago's impressive win.

Chicago Sun-Times

8-year-old boy among 4 killed by gunfire in Chicago Monday, 8 other people wounded

The boy was shot to death Monday night in a home in the Douglas neighborhood on the South Side.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bear Necessities: Rookies Kyler Gordon, Jaquan Brisker record first NFL interceptions

It was a memorable night for Bears rookies Kyler Gordon and Jaquan Brisker, who recorded their first NFL INTs in the win vs. Patriots.

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