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More than 500,000 Chicagoans live in food deserts. Another 400,000 live in neighborhoods where fast-food restaurants and liquor stores are plentiful, but grocery stores are scarce.

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

More than 500 kits are already installed in 350 city buildings, including public libraries, City Hall and Navy Pier.

Searches during investigatory stops were 1.5 times more frequent, the office found, dismissing any ‘high-crime district’ explanation. During traffic stops, vehicles were searched 3.3 times more than those of whites.

CHICAGO — Ellie Goulding, Kali Uchis, Kim Petras, Liz Phair and Monica will be among the acts to perform at the inaugural Versa, a festival featuring music, comedians and more produced by new production company Four Leaf Productions. Dubbed as “the biggest women-led and women-powered” festival, Versa will take place…

CHICAGO — When the flood came, it came hard on a sizzling July day in 1986 on the construction site at what was then called the Chicago Historical Society. A water main cracked and it took more than three hours to stop the flow.

“I am exactly where I need to be, doing the work I love,” Duncan, co-founder of the anti-gun violence organization Chicago CRED, said in a statement issued Tuesday.

The police department said carjackings are down 11% from last year but still numbered 306 in January and February. Shootings are also down slightly from this time last year, which was the most violent in decades.

CHICAGO – Durante los gélidos inviernos del Medio Oeste, el paso de un habitante de Chicago por la acera se encuentra a menudo con un familiar crujido bajo los pies. Pero la sal, utilizada para mantener las carreteras seguras para conducir y las aceras seguras para caminar, tiene un precio…

CHICAGO — The final argument in the 4,500-member Oak Park Coronavirus Facebook group earlier this month was more exhausted than fierce.

Moon Alert Caution: Avoid shopping or making important decisions up until 3 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Aquarius into Pisces. Aries (March 21-April 19) This is a restless day...