The latest on Mayor Lightfoot’s sweeping indoor vaccination mandates. A look inside overstretched hospitals. An exclusive one-on-one with the Smollett special prosecutor on his scathing report into Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx.

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• Local Hospitals Face Hospitalization Surge as Omicron Variant Emerges
• Biden Pledges 500M Free Virus Tests to Counter Omicron
• Ravenswood Artists Show There’s No Place Like Home in Chicago
• Dan Webb: Handling of Initial Jussie Smollett Charges by Foxx’s Office Was a ‘Disgrace’
• I’m a Black Woman and the Metaverse Scares Me. Here’s How to Make the Next Iteration of the Internet Inclusive
• Fashion Fair Cosmetics Receives Makeover, Returns to Stores