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Bally’s, praised by labor here, faces strike threat in Rhode Island

The winner of the Chicago casino bid, who promised good labor relations here, nearly had to contend with a walkout over the July 4 weekend at its operation outside Providence.

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Zach LaVine signs 5-year, $215.2 million max deal to stay with Bulls — largest in team history

CHICAGO — Zach LaVine will remain a Bull after inking a five-year, $215.2 million deal to return to Chicago after his first summer as an unrestricted free agent.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago’s mayor and top cop vow heavy police presence headed into long holiday weekend

Last year, the July Fourth weekend was a bloodbath on Chicago streets with over 100 people shot, 19 of them killed. Thirteen children were among the wounded, five of them shot within a nine-hour period.

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Chicago’s laser sights ban reconsidered, Police officer wounded in shooting, Zach LaVine signs new Bulls contact and more in your Chicago news roundup

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

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Report: Zach LaVine agrees to five-year, $215.2M max deal with Bulls

Chicago resigns their two-time All-Star to a max contract.

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Lightfoot uses wounding of police officer to sound the alarm — again — about post-pandemic surge in domestic violence

After a Chicago Police officer was ambushed while responding to a domestic violence call, Mayor Lori Lightfoot had the grim statistics at her fingertips. “Domestic-related” homicides by firearm and non-fatal shootings have increased by a staggering 125 percent since 2019.

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‘They can’t stop a million people’: Chicago man admits role in U.S. Capitol riot

Athanasios Zoyganeles wrote, “They are trying to remove Trump anyway they can.The people showed the government.That we will take u out if needed.”

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Illinois throws its hat into the ring for new federal health research agency

Illinois leaders are making the case that the Chicago area should be home to a new $1 billion federal agency focused on health research.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago cop shot while responding to domestic disturbance

A Chicago police officer has been shot as he responded to a domestic disturbance

The Independent UK

‘Value’ proposition: Ex-CEO on how Chicago can woo new jobs

In light of employers moving in and out of Chicago, Harry Kraemer Jr. weighs in on what’s important to corporate leaders and how the city’s boosters can appeal to them.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dennis Cahill, guitar great, master of Irish traditional music, dead at 68

He grew up on the South Side, won renown after switching from rock music and also performed with Sting, Paul Simon and Ricky Skaggs.

Chicago Sun-Times

CPS cites Urban Prep, celebrated all-boys Chicago charter school, for ‘dismal’ financial management

The privately operated, publicly funded school has used cash advances and “predatory loans” for funding, city school officials say. Urban Prep leaders say its financial issues are resolved.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Billiken,’ new short film about Chicago’s Bud Billiken Parade, spotlights parade’s young dancers

The film — being projected nightly through Sept. 7 on the mammoth Chicago River-facing facade of the Merchandise Mart — centers on the largest and longest-running African American parade in the United States.

Chicago Sun-Times

Two dead, three wounded in mass shooting in Chicago's Loop

CHICAGO — Two men were killed and three more wounded when a gunman opened fire in Chicago’s Loop early Friday morning, police said.

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Picture Chicago: 14 must-see images from Sun-Times photographers this past week

Chicago votes in Illinois’ primary election, the Chicago Pride Parade returns, and protesters respond to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago police officer shot answering call of domestic disturbance in Little Italy. ‘They were ambushed,’ top cop says

The officer was shot as he and a partner were getting out of an elevator in a housing complex in the 1300 block of West Taylor Street Friday morning.

Benzinga

Billionaire Beau Wrigley Faces Another Cannabis Lawsuit, This Time Worth $80M

Billionaire William “Beau” Wrigley Jr, heir to the Wrigley chewing gum fortune, is in a court battle over a failed deal with vertically-integrated marijuana company Parallel to buy six Chicago cannabis companies.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bears WR Darnell Mooney among NFL’s most underrated players

Bears WR Darnell Mooney thrived in an otherwise broken offense last season, and he's certainly an underrated name in the NFL.

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Feud for thought: These Chicago rivalries are worthy of documentary treatment

ESPN’s documentary on the Avalanche-Red Wings rivalry was so good, it made me want docs for rivalries with Chicago teams. That got me thinking: What could those be?

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge looks to Supreme Court gun ruling as he weighs whether to shoot down Chicago ban on laser sights

U.S. District Judge Robert Dow Jr. has asked lawyers in a Chicago gun-rights suit to weigh in on whether Justice Clarence Thomas’s majority opinion affects the city’s ban.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Most Guys Are Losers’: Boyfriend meets the Naperville parents in a sweet Midwestern rom-com

Predictable tale wins us over with breezy style and some familiar faces.

Chicago Sun-Times

14-year-old boy among 4 killed by gunfire in Chicago Thursday, 13-year-old boy among 12 others wounded

The 14-year-old boy was killed and the 13-year-old boy wounded in Bronzeville on the South Side.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Preventable Amtrak crashes are a national problem and also a serious issue for Chicago

Crashes involving Amtrak trains appear rare. But the reality, especially west of Chicago, is that Amtrak trains themselves are infrequent. They run just three or four times a day to most Midwestern destinations. The great long-distance trains that head out west from Chicago — they have names like the Empire…

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: How will R. Kelly sentence impact other trials?

R. Kelly could be in his 80s before the singer is free again, based on a 30-year prison term imposed this week by a New York federal judge for sexually abusing young fans

Chicago Sun-Times

Man fatally shot on South Side

The 29-year-old was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

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