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Free days at Chicago museums and attractions: When and where to go

For year-round free admission, consider becoming a member of your favorite museum, zoo or outdoor garden attraction.

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José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, human rights activist and former chair of Young Lords, dead at 76

Mr. Jiménez spent much of the late '60s and early '70s fighting gentrification in Lincoln Park, allying with other organizations in Chicago to uplift minority and low-income communities, and rallying for an independent Puerto Rico. He died Friday.

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Mutant blue-eyed cicadas discovered outside Chicago during rare double brood event

Most of the periodical cicadas emerging across the eastern U.S. in this year's rare dual emergence event have blood-red eyes, but sightings of blue-eyed variants have recently been reported.

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Ed Burke’s unwelcome birthday present

The disgraced — and now guilty — former member of the Chicago City Council enters his eighth decade as a convicted felon.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ed Burke ‘had his hand out for money.’ Powerful politician convicted of extortion, bribery in historic verdict

A jury of nine women and three men heard from 38 witnesses over 16 days of testimony as prosecutors made their case that Burke was “a bribe taker” and “an extortionist.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Ald. Ed Burke wielded power to ‘satisfy his own greed,’ prosecutor alleges in closing arguments

‘You have heard about a pattern of unlawful activity,’ prosecutor Diane MacArthur said. ‘Standing at the center of that steady drumbeat of unlawful activity is this man, Edward Burke.’

Chicago Sun-Times

100 secret recordings, 36 witnesses later, feds winding up case against Burke — but will defense call Solis as ‘hostile’ witness?

Burke’s defense team has promised to summon former Ald. Danny Solis to the witness stand — finally giving Burke the chance to confront the man who famously turned on him while wearing an FBI wire.

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120 million-year-old 'plants' turn out to be ultra-rare fossilized baby turtles

A new study re-examining old fossils collected by a Colombian priest more than 50 years ago has found they are actually rare hatchling turtles.

LiveScience

Field Museum worker testifies about phone call with then-Ald. Ed BurkeL ‘I perceived it as a threat.’

Prosecutors say the former City Council dean was upset that he had failed to land an internship at the Field Museum for the daughter of a close friend.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Stickler’ defense? Opening statements wrap in Burke trial, feds begin calling witnesses

Prosecutors kicked off their case with Elmhurst University political science professor Constance Mixon, who began to explain Chicago city government to the jury.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ed Burke’s corruption trial to shift into high gear, jury seated, opening statements to begin soon

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall, prosecutors and defense attorneys have chosen 12 jurors at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse who will hear evidence that was used in 2019 to level criminal charges against Burke in a push against old-school, Chicago-style corruption.

Chicago Sun-Times

McCormick Place Lakeside Center to shut off or dim lights to protect migrating birds

A petition to require the lights to be shut off at night has reached over 10,000 signatures and will be presented to the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority on Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Protein Linked To Alzheimer’s May Protect Kingfishers’ Brains During Dives

Researchers find that a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease helps kingfishers avoid brain damage while plunge-diving.

Zenger

Defense hints at strategy as lawyers prepare for ex-City Council dean’s long-awaited trial

Former Ald. Ed Burke is accused of using his seat on the City Council to steer business to his private law firm amid schemes that involved the Old Post Office, a Burger King at 41st Street and Pulaski Road, and a Binny’s Beverage Depot.

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About 1,000 birds killed after colliding into McCormick Place Lakeside Center in one ‘tragic,’ deadly night

The alarming death toll is just part of a larger danger facing migrating birds.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ed Burke once bragged about his work for Trump — now he doesn’t want jurors to know

Lawyers for the former Chicago City Council member argue that the former president is under indictment himself and “despised by a significant percentage of the population.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Hear the buzz: S&C Electric brings new pollinator garden to Rogers Park

On the northwest corner of S&C Electric Co.’s 46-acre campus, the garden features 45 plant species and serves as a safe haven for birds, butterflies and bees.

Chicago Sun-Times

No Casper, no Dante, no Halloween

In a survey of death rituals around the world at the Field Museum, one culture missed the boat across the River Styx.

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Field Museum redefines the face of science with new exhibition

The second installment of the exhibition highlights the story of “punk rock paleontologist” Jingmai O’Connor, the museum’s dinosaur curator.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kids with Legos, parents vote for new name of Field Museum dinosaur

At a Harold Washington Library Lego Club event Tuesday, kids received blue “I VOTED” stickers after choosing a name on an iPad.

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Ancient Bird Feathers Reveal Extinctions Linked To Moulting Process

Feathers preserved in amber shed light on how moulting contributed to the demise of certain bird species

Chicago Sun-Times

Shedd, Field Museum, Art Institute saw thousands of visitors over NASCAR, July Fourth weekend

While attendance at Field and Art Institute were similar to previous years, Shedd saw more than double the amount of visitors on Monday, the day after the race, leading to long lines.

Chicago Tribune

After nearly a year of planning, the NASCAR Chicago Street Race is here. Will it rev up the city’s economy as promised?

After months of planning, weeks of disruption and an 11th-hour push to complete the transformation of Grant Park into a pop-up NASCAR track, ready or not, the inaugural Chicago Street Race has arrived.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Prairie Boat’ highlights attention to work at Beaubien Woods

“Prairie Boat,” a new gathering space at Beaubien Woods, highlights changes and updates at the often neglected site on the Southeast Side.

The Independent UK

Field Museum debuts Spinosaurus exhibit featuring largest predatory dinosaur

The newest addition to the Field Museum on Chicago’s lakefront will give visitors a glimpse of the largest predatory dinosaur yet discovered

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