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After 10 years, Chicago school closings have left big holes, and promises unkept

Ten years ago Chicago Public Schools leaders voted to close 50 public schools. WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times examined the promises made to students and communities in 2013.

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3 men badly hurt in East Garfield Park crash

Two cars collided about 5:30 p.m. One struck a tree. Two of the men involved appear to have suffered gunshot wounds, fire officials said. They are hospitalized.

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New U.S. citizens sworn in at first naturalization ceremony at White Sox park

Two dozen people, ages 18 to 80, from 17 countries, were sworn in before the early afternoon game between the White Sox and Los Angeles Angels.

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Dale Earnhardt Jr. tests NASCAR Chicago Street Race track, assesses ‘challenges’ for drivers

The two-time Daytona 500 champion stopped by Chicago as other drivers offered ride-alongs on the track in an SUV. Earnhardt rated each bump, crest and imperfection.

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Sky’s Kristine Anigwe gearing up for Eurobasket with Great Britain’s national team

Anigwe will leave the Sky on Sunday and will miss six to eight games.

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Migrants at Wright College respite shelter hope to soon depend on themselves: ‘We want to work’

The city moved migrants from police stations to the campus ahead of schedule over the weekend. On Tuesday, they enjoyed the sunshine and treats outdoors. But the local alderperson is concerned about the endgame.

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Big brothers: The best sibling combinations in Illinois high school basketball history

Illinois high school basketball is in the midst of witnessing perhaps the biggest barrage of sibling stars the state has ever seen.

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All the right moves: ‘West Side Story’ choreography stands the test of time

Choreographer Joshua Bergasse is re-staging the Tony Award-winning musical’s demanding footwork in a Lyric Opera production.

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Mayor Johnson invokes ‘soul’ of Chicago’s ancestors at Memorial Day ceremony

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle reflected on the complicated story of Maj. Gen. John A. Logan, the Illinois native and Civil War general who founded the holiday. Monday’s event was at Logan’s statue in Grant Park.

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Merchandise Mart adjusts with the times but stays regal on the river

The landmark’s owner is wrapping up renovations designed to improve the building’s connections to the public and make it a more attractive place to work.

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75 years, 10 mayors: How Sun-Times coverage of City Hall evolved

The newspaper has praised and scourged the city’s chief executives for three-quarters of a century.

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Mom creates garden where son was shot, hoping people will remember him, maybe help solve his killing

“We just want justice for him, and we just want his name to be remembered,” said Nicole D’Vignon, the mother of Nicolaus Cooper, gunned down in March in Chicago Heights.

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‘Peacekeepers’ try to prevent violence using hard-won street smarts

For a $100 stipend, some Chicagoans who are statistically among the most at-risk of gun violence are working to change themselves and their neighborhoods.

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Sueños Music Festival 2023 — Day 1 PHOTO GALLERY

Thousands of fans descended on Chicago’s Grant Park for a two-day festival celebrating reggaeton and other Latin music courtesy of Feid, Arcangel and Wisin & Yandel and more.

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Sueños Music Festival Day 1: Feid, Arcángel, Ivy Queen, Chencho Corleone deliver powerhouse sets

Sueños Music Festival has returned to Chicago for a Memorial Day weekend extravaganza in Grant Park.

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After 50 years, dean of Chicago television’s political reporters calling it a career

On June 30, Mike Flannery, political editor of Fox 32-Chicago, will retire after 50 years on the beat. He sat down with the Sun-Times, where he got his start, to reminisce about his storied career and the “blind spots” of the Chicago mayors he has covered.

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‘Come, my princess’ — Venezuelan family, thanks to asylum, reunited in Chicago after 5 years apart

Frank Sandoval waited anxiously at O’Hare for his wife Carolina Alemán and daughter Massiel Sandoval. “Being with him again is simply the best thing that has happened to me in all these years,” the daughter said.

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The thrill is gone on the North Branch Bike Trail

I’ll grudgingly admit the Forest Preserve District is doing the right thing by flattening out that steep blind curve at the entrance of the bike trail at Caldwell Woods. But where will young bikers learn to manage risk, a former Sun-Times reporter asks.

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Park district partnership seeks to bring more sports programing to visually impaired athletes

At a soccer clinic on Friday in Hyde Park, visually impaired athletes used blindfolds to keep players on equal footing as they learned to use adaptive equipment.

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North Avenue Beach closed after shots fired amid large fight; no injuries reported

About 80 to 100 teens were gathered at the beach Friday afternoon when the fight erupted and one person fired a gun, Chicago police said.

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Kwame Raoul slams Blase Cupich comments on priest sex abuse report

The cardinal’s questions on how the Illinois attorney general’s abuse claims were substantiated “are particularly perplexing because many of those 125 names” came from the Archdiocese of Chicago, Raoul said.

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Picture Chicago: 11 can’t miss Sun-Times’ photos

Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over his first City Council meeting, efforts begin to restore and preserve the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, and adorable foxes call Millennium Park home.

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Summit tattoo shop and school, a family operation, gives female artists a seat behind the needle

It started when Evelyn and Mike Lopez were laid off from their jobs. Now, she runs the business. He and their son create body art. And the school helps women “get their foot in the door” of a male-dominated industry.

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James Jankowiak made use of a real tree for this mural near Midway Airport

His “Flight Patterns” mural at 59th Street and Central Park Avenue makes it seem the real tree is sprouting from the painted tree trunk. And check out the birds.

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Beaches open for holiday weekend; Park District ‘optimistic’ about filling lifeguard staff

All 22 of Chicago’s beaches opened Friday. Beachgoers can now swim from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through Labor Day.

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