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Lightfoot Orders Bars to Stop Indoor Service Amid Coronavirus Increase

Chicago bars will no longer be able to serve customers indoors starting Friday as part of a rollback ordered by Mayor Lori Lightfoot following an increase in the number of coronavirus cases.

July 20, 2020 - Full Show

Watch the July 20, 2020 full episode of “Chicago Tonight.”

Police, Lightfoot Call Friday Protest ‘Ambush,’ ‘Anarchy’ as Protesters Decry Police Brutality

Police Superintendent David Brown said officers faced organized mob action “designed to provoke violent responses” during a protest that started peacefully but turned violent, leaving several officers and protesters injured.

Thousands to Walk Off Job to Protest Racial Inequality

Organizers of a national workers strike say tens of thousands are set to walk off the job Monday in more than two dozen U.S. cities to protest systemic racism and economic inequality that has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic.

Protesters Gather Near Mayor’s Home Following Clash With Police in Grant Park

Hundreds of protesters gathered near Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Logan Square home late Saturday, continuing calls to defund the police, end police presence in Chicago Public Schools and implement remote learning in the fall amid the pandemic.

For 105 Days, Kenwood Couple Made Their Front Porch a Stage

Married musicians and educators Yakini Ajanaku and Jean-Paul Coffy kicked off the daily concert series in March as a way to help their block stay connected through the long days of quarantine due to COVID-19. 

Trump Not Ready to Commit to Election Results if He Loses

President Donald Trump is refusing to publicly commit to accepting the results of the upcoming White House election, recalling a similar threat he made weeks before the 2016 vote.

Petition Urges Trader Joe’s to Change Ethnic Food Labels

Responding to calls for Trader Joe’s to stop labeling its international food products with ethnic-sounding names, the grocery store chain said it has been in a yearslong process of repackaging those products.

Police Contracts Can Stand in The Way of Accountability

Collective bargaining agreements for officers provide protections that stand in the way of accountability, even when the federal government is overseeing an agency through a consent decree, experts said. 

New Mural — and Push For Bike Lanes — To Commemorate Boy Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver While Cycling

The family of Issac Martinez and members of Chicago’s cycling community announced plans to gather Saturday to remember the 13-year-old killed last month and to push for safer conditions for cyclists.

Illinois Reports 1,276 New Coronavirus Cases, 18 Deaths, and Sets New Testing Record

Saturday marks the state’s fourth consecutive day in which more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed. After falling below 1,000 new cases per day from June 6 to July 8, this month has so far seen seven days above 1,000.

‘A New Low’: Activists, Elected Officials Decry Police Response to Attempted Teardown of Columbus Statue

Activists and elected officials condemned violence by Chicago police and again called on Mayor Lori Lightfoot to remove a Christopher Columbus statue that became the site of a clash between demonstrators and officers Friday evening.

Amid Dangerous Heat, City Asks Residents to ‘Be on the Lookout’ for Vulnerable Chicagoans

The city is directing residents without air conditioning to its cooling centers and park district splash pads and renewing calls for people to check in on elderly and vulnerable family members, friends and neighbors.

Justice Ginsburg Says Cancer Has Returned, But She Won’t Retire

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said Friday she is receiving chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer, but has no plans to retire from the Supreme Court.

John Lewis, Lion of Civil Rights and Congress, Dies at 80

John Lewis, a lion of the civil rights movement whose bloody beating by Alabama state troopers in 1965 helped galvanize opposition to racial segregation, and who went on to a long and celebrated career in Congress, has died. He was 80.