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Cities around the world share many challenges. To address them, they need to develop science diplomacy
The mayor of Montréal, Valérie Plante, the mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson, and his counterpart from Milwaukee, Cavalier Johnson, at the annual conference of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, on May 15, 2024 in Montréal. Cities must unite to discuss their major issues. (Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz)
As new Foxtrot owner plans to reopen stores, a former undocumented worker recounts his struggle to find a job and collect back pay
A little over nine years ago, Javier Mancera landed a job at a commissary to supply a startup of boutique convenience stores in Chicago. It seemed promising, he recalled. And it was. He was quickly tasked with hiring more workers as Foxtrot became known as an upscale grocer and cafe chain based in Chicago, which later expanded to Texas and Washington, D.C. That was until Foxtrot and Dom's Kitchen & Market abruptly shuttered in April before filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, causing chaos amongst their customers and leaving hundreds of their workers suddenly without a job.
How Scholarships Are Creating Opportunities For Women In Cannabis
Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Benzinga and Women Grow collaborate on a scholarship program to support women and minority-owned cannabis businesses, giving them a platform at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference in Chicago. Founded in 2014, Women Grow aims to empower women in the cannabis...
Chicago police release pictures of car that critically injured 9-year-old girl in hit-and-run
Chicago police have released a picture of the vehicle they say critically injured a 9-year-old girl in a hit-and-run crash in the city's Jeffery Manor neighborhood last week.Police said the girl was crossing the street with two others when the driver of a silver SUV failed to stop at a red light and hit her just before 8:40 p.m. in the 9500-block of South Paxton Avenue in the city's Jeffery Manor neighborhood, CPD said.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchChicago fire crews took the girl to Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition.No one else was injured in the incident. Police said the silver SUV sustained front-end damage and damage to the driver's side view mirror. It was last seen driving north on Jeffery Avenue under the viaduct.SEE ALSO: 2 sentenced to probation in 2022 Clearing street racing crash that killed pedestrianNo one is in custody. The Major Accidents unit is investigating.INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER | Track crime and safety in your neighborhood
More than 10,000 Cook County residents to receive property tax refunds
More than 10,000 residents of Cook County can expect to receive automatic refunds due to overpayments of their property taxes, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Tuesday. The treasurer plans to send out more than $22 million in refunds by Aug. 9. Over half of the 10,099 property owners will have the funds directly deposited back into their accounts, while the remainder will receive ...
Generations of Fandom: The Lomma Family
Another in a series featuring tales of the most passionate Wolves fans. One of Joe Lomma’s favorite memories growing up was bringing his mini-sticks to each Wolves game. During intermissions, 2-year-old Lomma bounced around the hallways of the then-called Rosemont Horizon, pretending he was scoring a big goal or reenacting a play he had seen from one of his favorite Wolves players. Joey lived and breathed the team, believing there was no bigger fan in the world.
At least one black bear spotted at multiple downstate Illinois sites
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The famous "Bear Down, Chicago Bears" fight song tells us the Bears are the pride and joy of Illinois—but actual, literal bears are scarce in the state.However, at least one bear has been spotted in downstate Illinois lately—and it was not Staley, the mascot for the human football-playing Bears of the NFL. This was the real thing.This week, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources noted that North American black bears have established populations in Missouri and Wisconsin—and thus, bears sometimes come into Illinois during the summer months despite no resident populations in the state.Recently, bear sightings have been...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker cites ‘private conversations’ in declining to discuss VP possibility
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday continued to sidestep questions about whether he’s under consideration as a potential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, again saying he would not discuss “private conversations.” The comments were Pritzker’s first to local media since President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid over the weekend, and came a day after ...
Big Discount Retailer Closes 3 Of Their 29 Illinois Stores
According to an SEC filing from last month, Big Lots, which was founded here in the Midwest (Columbus, Ohio) 50 years ago, said that they expect to close between 35 and 40 stores across the nation this year. They also said that they plan to open 3 new ones, but...
Illinois is paying $380,000+ to WHO???
You will NEVER guess whose salary in the Land of Lincoln was over $380,000 last year...Taxpayer dollars are going to this person and I guarantee you have ZERO idea who this person is or what they do... According to an article from the Illinois State Journal-Register (they are a FANTASTIC...
Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Rolls Over in Chicago Highway Crash
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile got into a pickle on a Chicago highway. The hot-dog shaped Wienermobile hit a car Monday morning along Interstate 294 and its driver lost control and overcorrected, causing it to roll onto its side near the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, Illinois State Police said.
1 Illinois Resident Is Dead From Deli Meat Listeria Outbreak
We're no strangers to seeing food recall alerts. In any given year, you'll see food recalls due to things like salmonella, E. coli, listeria, foreign matter, metal shavings, plastic pieces, etc. The thing that makes this deadly outbreak of listeria different is that at this point, authorities really don't know...
UPDATE: Schaumburg shooting suspect in custody following hours long barricade situation
A shooting in residential Schaumburg on Wednesday left one person wounded and has led to an ongoing barricade situation, Schaumburg Police Commander Christy Lindhurst told WBBM Newsradio.
2024 DTOP Sculpture Walk presented with Oak Park Area Arts Council
4. Jennifer Meyer, “Peace & Love” – Crepas Culichi (Lake & Marion) “The inspiration behind all of my found object sculptures is recycling. The sculptures currently on display in Oak Park have been created from many of my personal discards. For example, inside the sculpture “Peace & Love” are the broken exhaust pipes from my truck when they had to be replaced.”
Complaint accuses Northwestern of discriminating against Palestinian, Muslim students
CHICAGO (CBS) -- The U.S. Department of Education is investigating Northwestern University in response to a complaint from Palestinian and Muslim students—who say the school created a hostile environment and failed to protect them from threats and discrimination. Palestine Legal, an independent legal organization that defends Palestine advocacy, filed the Title VI complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights on behalf of four students in April. Two are Palestinian American, and two were targeted for their association with Palestinians, the complaint said. CBS News Chicago obtained a copy of the complaint, which accuses professors of...
Woman rescued two men after boat explosion on Lake Michigan. 'We did our deed for the day'
CHICAGO (WBBM) -- A woman is being hailed as a hero for springing into action to save two men after a boat explosion Tuesday afternoon on Lake Michigan near Waukegan Harbor.
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