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Emmerson Buie Jr. is set to retire this month as the leader of the FBI in Chicago after three years of COVID-19, social unrest and waves of public corruption prosecutions.

The guard was shot while intervening as two men exchanged gunfire with another man in the 1000 block of West 14th Street Monday night, Chicago police said.

Retiring U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., who led protests after the Target closing was announced, had the gleeful final word at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the call center.

The governor called it a “a rare, but potentially serious disease that requires the full mobilization of all available public health resources to prevent the spread.” The proclamation allows public health officials to better coordinate efforts with the federal government and other state agencies…

The terms are not as generous as in a new 10-year extension with Lollapalooza, but the mayor said it “doesn’t make sense” to compare the events, calling the music festival a “phenomenon unto itself.”

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Homicides have dropped 16% through July, and the number of people shot has fallen 20%.