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Jeremy Allen White (left) and Liza Colón-Zayas in “The Bear.” (Matt Dinerstein / FX Networks)

Chicago-Set Hit TV Show ‘The Bear’ Has Season 2 Release Date

The raw chaos inside of the restaurant’s kitchen captivated viewers when “The Bear” debuted in June of 2022 and followed an elite chef coming home to Chicago to help run his family’s local sandwich shop after his brother died.

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The Way the US Government Tracks COVID-19 is About to Change

The U.S. public health emergency ends May 11. For the first time in three years, the CDC will stop posting a national count of COVID-19 cases, among other changes.

COVID-19 Was Fourth Leading Cause of Death in 2022, Killing 245,000 People: CDC Data

Despite the decline, about 1 out of every 13 deaths in the U.S. in 2022 was associated COVID-19. The virus killed nearly 245,000 people in 2022, CDC data shows.

Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. rose to record levels during the COVID-19 pandemic, and a new report from the CDC details the deadly rise of fentanyl. (Agnes Bun / AFP / Getty Images)

Nearly 70,000 People Died of Overdoses Involving Fentanyl in 1 Year, Accounting for Majority of Overdose Deaths: CDC Report

Nearly 70,000 people in the U.S. died of drug overdoses that involved fentanyl in 2021, almost a four-fold increase over five years. By 2021, about two-thirds of all overdose deaths involved the potent synthetic opioid, according to the report.

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Gun Rights Advocates Ask Supreme Court to Block Illinois, Naperville Assault Weapons Bans

The gun rights advocates are challenging both a city ordinance passed last year by Naperville that bans the sale of assault rifles, and an Illinois state law enacted this year prohibiting the sale and possession of assault weapons and magazines.

Sheila Smith, Martha Scott, Diane Stevens and Judith Arcana were four of seven women arrested for performing illegal abortions in Chicago. (Credit: HBO)

These Chicago Women Ran an Underground Abortion Network in the 1960s. Here’s How They View Today’s Debate

A band of young women — most in their 20s, some in college, some married with children — banded together in Chicago to create an underground abortion network. The group was officially created in 1969 as the “Abortion Counseling Service of Women’s Liberation.”

The Cook County Jail in Chicago is seen here on April 30, 2020. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images)

Cook County Correctional Officer Charged After Surveillance Footage Shows Him Repeatedly Hitting a Man in Custody

The Cook County Sheriff’s Office this week released surveillance video of the September 2022 incident, which shows a man speaking to the officer and another guard before the officer, identified by sheriff’s office as 44-year-old Richard Smith, begins punching the man.

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The Lyrids Meteor Shower Might be Viewable This Weekend. Here’s Where to Look

Known as one of the oldest-recorded meteor showers, the Lyrids are expected to produce 10 to 15 meteors per hour for three nights centered around its peak of 8:06 p.m. CST on Saturday, according to EarthSky.

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Attorneys General Call for Recall of Easily Stolen Hyundai and Kia Vehicles; 7,000 Stolen in Chicago During 2022

In 2022, there were more than 7,000 Hyundais and Kias stolen in Chicago, a figure that accounts for 10% of all registered Kia vehicles and 7% of all registered Hyundai vehicles in the city, according to a news release from Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin has requested that Chief Justice John Roberts or “another Justice whom you designate” appear before his committee next month for a hearing on Supreme Court ethics rules. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images via CNN)

Dick Durbin Invites John Roberts to Testify on Supreme Court Ethics After Clarence Thomas Revelations

The call comes after Senate Democrats have raised questions about whether the ethical standards of the high court need to be reviewed or change in the wake of a ProPublica report that found Justice Clarence Thomas has gone on several luxury trips involving travel subsidized by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.

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Strep Infections Surged This Winter, Up Nearly 30% From Pre-Pandemic Peak

In February, the share of health care visits for strep throat or a related diagnosis was nearly 30% higher than during the previous peak in 2017. And preliminary data for early March shows a continued upward trend.

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Study Suggests Research Needed Around Earlier Breast Cancer Screenings for Black Women

An international team of researchers wrote in the study that clinical trials may be warranted to investigate whether screening guidelines should recommend Black women start screening at younger ages, around 42 instead of 50.

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Additional COVID-19 Boosters Cleared for Older Adults, Immunocompromised People

On Tuesday, the FDA changed the terms of the authorizations for those vaccines so that certain individuals could get an additional dose ahead of most others. 

Ralph Yarl is seen in a photo shared by family in a GoFundMe page. (GoFundMe via CNN)

White Kansas City Homeowner Accused of Shooting Black Teen Who Knocked on Wrong Door Charged With 2 Felonies

The 85-year-old man who shot and wounded a 16-year-old Black teen after the teen went to the wrong home to pick up his siblings will face two felony charges, officials announced Monday evening. 

A Tesla Model 3 on display at the Tesla store in Santa Monica, California. (Allison Dinner / Getty Images via CNN)

Which Electric Vehicles Are Eligible for $7,500 Federal Tax Credits? Here’s the List.

Sixteen new models and some of their variations are eligible for all or half of the new credit, while nine models — mostly foreign-made vehicles — are no longer eligible, for now. Most of the eligible cars so far are made by the “big three” EV automakers in the US — Ford, General Motors and Stellantis — plus Tesla.

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You Still Haven’t Filed Your Income Taxes? Here’s Everything You Need to Know.

Are you behind on filing your federal income taxes? Here is a rundown of everything you need to know before the April 18 deadline. 

Certain brands of fresh ready-to-eat salads that include chicken or ham may also contain lettuce contaminated with listeria, a potentially deadly bacteria. (BSIP / Universal Images Group Editorial / Getty Images via CNN)

Some Ready-to-Eat Salads With Chicken or Ham Sold in Illinois, Other States May Contain Listeria

Revolution Farms of Caledonia, Michigan, voluntarily recalled lettuce produced and sold under the brand Revolution Farms on April 5, 2023, due to the potential for listeria contamination.

“We should put the right to choose on every ballot,” Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said. (Christopher Dilts / Bloomberg / Getty Images)

In Move Advocated by J.B. Pritzker, Democrats Push Abortion Rights to the Ballot in 2024

“We should put the right to choose on every ballot across the country in 2024 — not just with the candidates we choose, but with referendum efforts to enshrine reproductive rights in states where right-wing politicians are stripping those rights away,” Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker told CNN.

Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife, conservative activist Ginni Thomas, accepted several luxury trips paid for by GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (CNN)

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Accepted Luxury Trips Paid for by GOP Megadonor, ProPublica Reports

The report of the connection between Thomas and conservative businessman Harlan Crow is already adding to calls that Congress investigate potential ethical lapses. Key Senate Democrats were previously mulling using this year’s funding legislation for the Supreme Court to pressure the justices to adopt some sort of ethics code.

Dr. Aleksandra Gmurczyk, nephrologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and kidney donor. (Northwestern Medicine Organ Transplant Center)

Chicago Doctor Donates Kidney to Virginia Woman She’s Never Met to Inspire Others

Dr. Aleksandra Gmurczyk helped take two people off the waitlist when she donated her own kidney to a woman she had never met and launched a kidney-paired donation.

Travelers are pictured at O’Hare International Airport in a file photo. (WTTW News)

O’Hare Airport Named 4th Busiest in the World for Passenger Traffic

Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was still the world’s busiest airport for passenger volume in 2022, holding the top spot it reclaimed in 2021 after being knocked off stride by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pictured is a transgender rights protest outside of the White House in Washington in 2018. (Sarah Silbiger / The New York Times / Redux via CNN)

Biden Marks International Transgender Day of Visibility, Blasts Republicans Targeting Trans Youth

In a presidential proclamation on Thursday and a subsequent statement on Friday, Biden acknowledged “a wave of discriminatory state laws” aimed at trans Americans, squarely blaming “MAGA extremists” for “advancing hundreds of hateful and extreme state laws that target transgender kids and their families.”

Evanston's city council approved a cash option to its Housing Restorative Program. (Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP/Getty Images / File via CNN)

Evanston City Council Votes to Expand Reparations Program to Include Direct Cash Payments

On Monday night, the Evanston City Council approved a cash option to its Housing Restorative Program. Now, the program includes direct cash benefits for those who qualify.

The legal drama surrounding Former President Donald Trump, here on Aug. 6, 2022, is reaching a fever pitch. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images via CNN.)

Legal Drama Surrounding Donald Trump Reaches Fever Pitch as New York Grand Jury Won’t Meet Wednesday

New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has suggested to an attorney for at least one witness in the past 24 hours that they might need to provide more testimony to the grand jury in its hush money probe, according to one source familiar with the probe.

Hospitals are closely watching an ongoing shortage of albuterol, which is used to treat people with breathing problems. (Adobe Stock)

A Shortage of Albuterol is About to Get Worse, Especially in Hospitals

Liquid albuterol has been in short supply since last summer. Now, the news of a manufacturing plant shutdown worries some doctors who work with patients with breathing problems such as asthma.

The nearly 7-foot-tall “Visions of Eternity” seemed to be an outlier among Salvador Dalí's work from the 1930s. (Salvador Dalí / Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists Rights Society)

Chicago Art Curators Stumbled on a Mystery. Was an Unusual Salvador Dalí Painting Actually His?

The curators, both working on the Art Institute of Chicago’s first show dedicated to Salvador Dalí, were researching his painting “Visions of Eternity,” which was dated to 1936 and had been held in the museum since the late 1980s. But red flags were mounting.