Chicago

Chicago (i/ʃˈkɑːɡ/ or /ʃˈkɔːɡ/) is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago is the seat of Cook County.

Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation: O'Hare International Airport is the busiest airport in the world when measured by aircraft traffic; it also has the largest number of U.S. highways and rail road freight. In 2012, Chicago was listed as an alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranked seventh in the world in the 2014 Global Cities Index.As of 2014, Chicago had the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States at US$610.5 billion.

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Daywatch: Suspect in shooting of Jewish man found dead in jail cell

Chicago Tribune 02 Dec 2024
Good morning, Chicago ... Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) US Senate inquiry into Chicago’s housing of migrants at airports likely to heat up after Republican election wins ... Despite large influx, migrant shelters in Chicago see few DCFS investigations Former House Speaker Michael Madigan, center, exits after attending his corruption trial at the Dirksen U.S....
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A conservative nonprofit got $80k for a Texas book-ban battle. Llano County hasn’t seen it

Star Gazette 02 Dec 2024
Former President Barack Obama penned an open letter to librarians across the nation while joining one Chicago library’s campaign against book bans ... Later that year, several months after Llano County officials threatened to shut down public libraries over mounting legal costs, defendant Bonnie Wallace organized a fundraiser....
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Eric Baker

Santa Cruz Sentinel 01 Dec 2024
He began working at the UC Santa Cruz University Library where he met his current wife Karen ... He and his wife enjoyed several trips to Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons, along with trips on the East and West Coasts, and Chicago. He retired 33 years later as Head of Library Operations....
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By reviving a century-old patent for blue paint, this architect reflects on a powerful, lesser-told history

CNN 01 Dec 2024
But over the past three years, the Chicago-based artist and ... Her inquiry took her to Tuskegee’s library and the labs of The University of Chicago, the latter where she partnered with chemistry students to revive and update Carver’s method to produce the deep blue from clay....
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Rogers Park resident donates handmade hats to asylum-seekers through 500 Hats for Refugees initiative

Chicago Sun-Times 30 Nov 2024
Over 51,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Chicago since Texas Gov ... Chan collaborates with Chicago Public Libraries, schools and universities to host “Hats & Hot Chocolate” events, where migrants can receive the hats for free ... Little Village Branch, Chicago Public Library, 11 a.m ... 7Humboldt Park Branch, Chicago Public Library, 3.30 to 5.30 p.m....
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Chicago weather: Frigid weekend brings coldest weather since January

Chicago Tribune 30 Nov 2024
30, 2024, in Chicago ... Kim/Chicago Tribune) ... Individuals seeking respite from the cold on Saturday and Sunday can visit the Garfield Community Service Center at 10 S Kedzie Avenue, Chicago Park District locations or most Chicago Public Library locations, which are all open from 9 a.m....
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7 musicians you'll meet on the Downtown library's 'social stairs'

Cincinnati.com 28 Nov 2024
Cincinnati’s rich musical history is just a few steps – and clicks – away at the Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library’s flagship branch ... Follow the library links below to borrow or stream their work for free ... Library link to The Isley Brothers’ collection 1970s ... Library link to Bootsy Collins’ work 1980s ... Library link to 98 Degrees’ work 2000s....
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Celebrating good deeds and 'mad science' in Chicago on Thanksgiving

Chicago Sun-Times 27 Nov 2024
Instead, he searched for an expert in rare books and found one in Suzanne Karr Schmidt, of the Newberry Library on the Near North Side ... Newberry Library researcher Suzanne Karr Schmidt holds two of the books discovered in North Center by a passerby ... Rawski decided to donate two books to the library....
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How to watch sports on ESPN+: Stream the UFC, NCAA college sports, La Liga, FA Cup soccer, 30 for 30 & more

Sportingnews 26 Nov 2024
ESPN initially emerged as "The Worldwide Leader in Sports" because of its TV coverage of live events and signature shows like "SportsCenter" and "Pardon the Interruption." ... The award-winning Last Dance chronicles Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls' quest for a championship in 1998. The complete 30 for 30 library, including You Don't Know Bo ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4....
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Chicago man and his dog find stash of rare books on the sidewalk; 8 months ...

Journal Gazette 25 Nov 2024
PETER BREEN Chicago Tribune. CHICAGO — On an evening walk in Chicago's North Center neighborhood back in early March, SparkyRobert Miller’s golden brown mutt that weighs 35 pounds and has hunting dog in its DNA — seemingly caught a scent ... So Miller contacted the University of Chicago and Newberry Library and asked if they were missing the books....
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A new director for the latest presidential library

Federal News Radio 25 Nov 2024
He may still be out politicking, but former President Barack Obama has already established his library ... So there will be public facing programs and access on our end as well as there will be the museum as well as a branch of the Chicago Public Library on the Presidential Center ... She’s director of the Barack Obama Presidential Library....
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A North Center man and his dog find stash of rare books on the sidewalk; ...

Chicago Tribune 23 Nov 2024
Eight months later, a clue dug up by a Newberry Library curator poked fatal holes in both of Miller’s hypotheses ... Marginalia in a rare book from 1525, one of two 16th century texts that were donated to the Newberry Library ... So Miller contacted the University of Chicago and Newberry Library and asked if they were missing the books....
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Mob hit man Harry Aleman dies in downstate prison

Chicago Sun-Times 22 Nov 2024
In a prison interview five years ago, fearsome hit man Harry Aleman described the Chicago mob as "over'' and "done.'' On Saturday, May 15, 2010, it was Aleman who was through ... Aleman was one of Chicago's best-known and most-feared hoodlums ... Sun-Times library....

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