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Instead of inviting all of the expected 20,000-plus applicants to take the test, the city will have 4,500 test-takers, selected by lottery from those applicants — and 80% of the spots will be reserved for Chicago residents.

Magen David Adom trains Americans how to save lives in the crucial 7 minutes before the ambulance arrives. 

CHICAGO — No one writing, talking or sharing discoveries about film in Chicago brought the breadth of experience or the enthusiastic advocacy the way Sergio Mims did in his 67 years.

“I was moved that it was given by a public library. I grew up in a small southern town where the library was very important to me,” Kushner says.

“We were in the same political family,” former Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr. says. “We were able to elect a county commissioner, we were able to elect state reps, senators — and it all came out of that organization.”

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The film by Chicago’s Steve James delves into the story of Ted Hall, who gave away trade secrets about U.S. atomic bomb construction.

The girl was walking home from school in the 6200 block of South Indiana Avenue Thursday when the man walked up, covered her mouth and pulled her into the alley, Chicago police said.

The annual salaries for the two positions have been frozen at $133,545 since 2005. Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed budget includes pay raises for both citywide elected officials while keeping the mayor’s salary at $216,210.

CHICAGO — Last year, the opening night of the Chicago International Film Festival told it like it was. One film (Wes Anderson’s “The French Dispatch”) played indoors, at the Music Box Theatre. That same night, across town, another film (Todd Haynes’ “The Velvet Underground”) played outdoors at the Pilsen drive-in…

The Vikings and Bears are in for a tough battle on Sunday