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- Chicago police union president John Catanzara expressed sympathy with pro-Trump extremists who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday: “If the worst crime here is trespassing, so be it. But to call these people treasonous is beyond ridiculous and ignorant.”
- One Chicago hospital found that paying rent for homeless patients who frequent the ER improves health and saves money.
- The board for WBEZ voted Tuesday to acquire the Chicago Sun-Times, a move that will create a new journalistic powerhouse. The deal is expected to close Jan. 31.
- "Hannity" viewers are 30% more likely to have COVID-19 than viewers of other Fox News shows. A new study stays that's related to how the host downplayed the coronavirus in the early weeks of the pandemic.
- Nearly five years after Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shot Laquan McDonald, a city panel voted to fire a sergeant and three other veteran officers, accusing them of betraying their duty by “outright lying or shading the truth.”
- She’s best known for her anti-lynching work in the South, but Wells spent nearly four decades advancing black equality in Chicago.
- Thank you for your feedback regarding the interview on NPR's Morning Edition. We are in communication with NPR regarding our listeners' concerns about this piece. We hope you do not suspend your support of WBEZ but understand if you feel compelled to do so.
- His goal is not to replace human physicians, he says, but to help them — particularly in low-income countries like Afghanistan, where trained physicians can be scarce.Chicagoan Abu Qader, an 18-year-old Cornell University freshman, has built a computer program that can 'read' mammogram images to spot and diagnose breast cancer quickly and at low cost. ow.ly/V4bJ30hrimY
- The Chicago area is home to the country’s largest Palestinian American community.
- .@AP has declared incumbent Congresswoman Lauren Underwood the winner of the race for Illinois' 14th Congressional District. Underwood, a freshman U.S. representative, narrowly beat her Republican opponent Jim Oberweis, a state senator.
- Chicago police plan to arrest teens on “drug corners” this week to help reduce an expected spike in gun violence during the July 4th weekend. Critics say the preemptive move will only worsen relations with police in some areas of the city. bit.ly/3eMAYPX
- Chicago restaurant owners say since the city’s One Fair Wage law took effect in 2024, it's forced them to raise prices, cut staff or limit hiring. Now, restaurant owners, along with the Illinois Restaurant Association, are pushing to have the law repealed.
- Right now seems like a good time to remember that a Haitian is widely considered to be the founder of Chicago. ow.ly/sbjB30hK28M
