Boaters and lakefront enthusiasts alike can join in on the fun at the Venetian Night boat parade on Saturday, July 20, at Lake Michigan’s Monroe Harbor.
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Venetian Night Organizers Plan ‘Salute to Italy’ in Boat Parade Set for July 20
Jun 20, 2024 0 CommentsDon’t Expand Chicago Police Department Consent Decree to Include Traffic Stops, Progressive Alderpeople Urge Judge
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A court order requiring the Chicago Police Department to change the way it trains, supervises and disciplines officers should not be expanded to include traffic stops, eight alderpeople told the federal judge overseeing the push to reform the department.
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Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, June 19, 2024 - Full Show
Jun 19, 2024 0 Comments![Brandis Friedman (WTTW News) Brandis Friedman (WTTW News)](https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/post-thumb/public/field/image/BV_06_19_2024.jpg)
A look at the Chicago’s efforts to launch a reparations program. And explore the racial disparities in building wealth.
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White Sox Player Turned Artist Collaborates With Young Athletes to Create Special Juneteenth Shirt
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A former Chicago White Sox second baseman turned artist is partnering with White Sox Charities for a one-of-a-kind Juneteenth collaboration. Micah Johnson worked with student athletes who are part of the Amateur City Elite program to design custom Juneteenth artwork
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New Study Examining Chicago’s Economic and Racial Disparities Finds 72% of White Families Own Homes Compared to 34% of Black Families
Jun 19, 2024 0 Comments![Residents walk down a block in the Chatham community. (Provided by the Chicago Community Trust) Residents walk down a block in the Chatham community. (Provided by the Chicago Community Trust)](https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/post-thumb/public/field/image/CCT_Chatham_Neighborhood_Unger0348_CreditchicagoCommunityTrust.jpg)
According to the study, Black households have a median net wealth of zero dollars compared to $210,000 for White families, and Black families have the lowest estimated rate of home ownership at 34% compared to 72% for White households.
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From Utility Shutoff Moratoriums to Air Conditioning Rules, Chicago and Illinois Lawmakers Preparing for Increasingly Hot Temperatures
Jun 19, 2024 0 Comments![(Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News) Chicago lakefront on a summer day. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)](https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/post-thumb/public/field/image/Lakefront_FILE_CreditMichaelIzquierdo-19.jpg)
Environmental and consumer advocates predict more legal protections from the heat in the near future, as climate change continues to wreak havoc.
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Task Force Formed by Johnson Set to Renew Push for Reparations in Chicago
Jun 19, 2024 0 Comments![The Juneteenth flag is raised in Chicago during a ceremony on June 17, 2024. (WTTW News) The Juneteenth flag is raised in Chicago during a ceremony on June 17, 2024. (WTTW News)](https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/post-thumb/public/field/image/Juneteenth_flag_raising_0624_C2N.jpg)
The renewed effort is finally getting off the ground more than six months after Johnson agreed to earmark $500,000 in the city’s 2024 budget for the task force, the first time city officials have promised to use taxpayer dollars to do more than just promise to talk about what Chicago owes its Black residents as a result of the legacy of slavery and segregation.
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Cook County Facing $218M Budget Gap in 2025: Officials
Jun 19, 2024 0 Comments![Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle appeared on “Chicago Tonight” on May 11, 2023. (WTTW News) Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle appeared on “Chicago Tonight” on May 11, 2023. (WTTW News)](https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/post-thumb/public/field/image/Preckwinkle_051123_C2N_0.jpg)
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s office is scheduled to release a detailed proposal to close the gap in October, but officials have no plans to hike taxes, cut services or layoff workers to cover the projected gap, a spokesperson told WTTW News.
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Gurnee Man Awarded Certificate of Innocence After Spending Nearly 30 Years in Prison on Wrongful Murder Conviction
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Attorneys for Herman Williams — a former U.S. Navy member who served two tours in the Gulf War — announced Tuesday he has been awarded the certificate by the state following his exoneration in the 1993 killing of his former wife Penny Williams.
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Collecting Sex-Crazed Zombie Cicadas on Speed: Scientists Track a Bug-Controlling Super-Sized Fungus
Jun 19, 2024 0 Comments![The head of a cicada sits on a table after West Virginia University mycology professor Matt Kasson cut the head and thorax from a live periodical cicada infected with the Massospora cicadina fungus during field processing at Morton Arboretum on Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Lisle, Ill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) The head of a cicada sits on a table after West Virginia University mycology professor Matt Kasson cut the head and thorax from a live periodical cicada infected with the Massospora cicadina fungus during field processing at Morton Arboretum on Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Lisle, Ill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)](https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/post-thumb/public/field/image/AP24170567728629%20Cropped.jpg)
With their bulging red eyes and their alien-like mating sound, periodical cicadas can seem scary and weird enough. But some of them really are sex-crazed zombies on speed, hijacked by a super-sized fungus.
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Why a Photojournalist Felt Called to Document the Reality of Life Along Route 66
Jun 18, 2024 0 Comments![A photograph captured by Edward Keating along Route 66. (Credit: Edward Keating) A photograph captured by Edward Keating along Route 66. (Credit: Edward Keating)](https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/post-thumb/public/field/image/edward_keating_Route66_C2N.jpg)
A one-off assignment to photograph Route 66 turned into a years-long labor of love. Now, his work highlighting a more complicated side of the highway memorialized in that famous tune is being shown at Uptown’s Chicago Center for Photojournalism, 1226 W. Wilson Ave.
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Feds Announces Major Bust as Crack Down on Chinese Money Launderers Working With Drug Cartels Ratchet Up
Jun 18, 2024 0 CommentsIt’s one of the biggest busts yet as federal agencies step up efforts to target the highest levels of Chinese money laundering rings that experts and officials tell CNN are the go-to partners for Mexico’s most dangerous drug cartels that traffic fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine into the U.S.
Dollar Tree Stores Left Lead-Tainted Applesauce Pouches on Store Shelves for Weeks After Recall, FDA Says
Jun 18, 2024 0 Comments![This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Nov. 17, 2023, shows three recalled applesauce products - WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches, Schnucks-brand cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches and variety pack, and Weis-brand cinnamon applesauce pouches. (FDA via AP, File) This image provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Nov. 17, 2023, shows three recalled applesauce products - WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches, Schnucks-brand cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches and variety pack, and Weis-brand cinnamon applesauce pouches. (FDA via AP, File)](https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/post-thumb/public/field/image/Fruit_Pouch_Lead_24170655692417.jpg)
The FDA sent a warning letter to Dollar Tree this month and placed Negasmart, the Ecuadorian distributor of WanaBana apple cinnamon pouches, under import alerts following the October 2023 recall of the products found to be contaminated with “extremely high” levels of lead and chromium.
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June 18, 2024 - Full Show
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Pushback on plans to close and rebuild two Illinois prisons. And documenting the reality of life along America’s famous Route 66.Pushback on plans to close and rebuild two Illinois prisons. And documenting the reality of life along America’s famous Route 66.
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7-Year-Old Boy Killed in ‘Random’ Shooting on Near West Side Tuesday Afternoon
Jun 18, 2024 0 Comments![Police vehicle file photo. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News) Police vehicle file photo. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)](https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/post-thumb/public/field/image/Police_Car_Credit_MichaelIzquierdo_CROP.jpg)
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling confirmed that the victim died after he was shot around 3 p.m. Tuesday in the 2300 block of West Jackson Boulevard.
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Grassland Birds Catch a Break: County Line Orchard in Northwest Indiana Won’t Mow Nesting Habitat Until After Breeding Season
Jun 18, 2024 0 Comments![County Line Orchard and its hayfield/overflow parking lot, photographed June 16. (Chicago Ornithological Society / X) County Line Orchard and its hayfield/overflow parking lot, photographed June 16. (Chicago Ornithological Society / X)](https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/post-thumb/public/field/image/CountyLineOrchardHayField6_16RobynDetterline.jpg)
What happens when an endangered bird nests in a hayfield set to be harvested? A great debate has been swirling in Northwest Indiana.
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President Joe Biden is Offering Some Migrants a Pathway to Citizenship. Here’s How the Plan Will Work
Jun 18, 2024 0 Comments![President Joe Biden speaks during an event marking the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals program, in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden speaks during an event marking the 12th anniversary of the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals program, in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)](https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/styles/post-thumb/public/field/image/Biden_24170704937475.jpg)
A new Biden administration policy announced Tuesday will give roughly half a million immigrants who are married to American citizens but lack legal status in the United States a pathway to citizenship for them and their children.
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