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Chicago Man Jumps Into Lake To Save Baby After Stroller Blows Into Water: 'I Guess I'm Going In' Lio Cundiff — who can't swim — was out for a walk when strong winds blew a stroller with a baby inside into the lake Wednesday. He jumped in, holding the stroller above water until bystanders helped p...

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This Filmmaker Couldn't Get an Interview With the CEO of OpenAI. He Created a Bot Version Instead 'Deepfaking Sam Altman,' the new documentary from filmmaker Adam Bhala Lough, satirically probes the potential benefits and ethical perils of AI

Well this sounds fascinating www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

How billionaires took over American politics The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.

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Lake View High Cross Country Team Fights For State Title As ICE Targets Their Community: 'We're Not Hiding' The boys team, made up largely of Mexican Americans, is chasing a rare state championship while their community faces fear and uncertainty.

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How TikTok keeps its users scrolling for hours a day Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.

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Off-duty DC firefighter was shot and dialed 911. After minutes with no response, he took matters into his own hands | CNN Under dim Capitol Hill streetlights on September 20, Gary Dziekan headed down 8th Street Northeast dressed in lederhosen, walking home from the Oktoberfest party he co-hosted five blocks away. Dziekan...

Would love to have more 911 dispatchers instead of ICE www.cnn.com/2025/09/28/u...

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Performance Is Historic -- And Controversial. Here's Why The Puerto Rican star’s recently announced Super Bowl halftime show has major social and political implications.

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Workers keep dying from heat. Data from inside their bodies shows why. Nearly half of Florida farmworkers’ bodies reached dangerous temperatures in one study — but short breaks pulled them back from the danger zone.

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Trump’s USAID pause stranded lifesaving drugs. Children died waiting. USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

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Family Taken By Feds Downtown Separated In Detention Centers: 'They're Locking Up Children' The mother and two young children who were arrested Sunday in Millennium Park are being held at O'Hare Airport, while the father is in Broadview. A neighbor was able to bring the family some supplies ...

“All we hear in the news is that these people have been detained, but there’s a background story,” Sanabria said. “You have a church that’s crying. You have a church that’s hurting. You have a pastor that now has to figure out how to preach to the congregation.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/30/f...

Bruce Sagan, Hyde Park's Newspaperman And Renowned Arts Patron, Dies At 96 Loved ones remember Sagan as a passionate, humble "renaissance man" who had a seven-decade-long journalism career. He and his wife Bette Cerf Hill helped bring the Joffrey Ballet to Chicago and starte...

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A daughter becomes a lifeline for her parents as immigration enforcement intensifies in Chicago President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign is forcing some immigrants to isolate at home. But relatives, friends and strangers are stepping up to try to keep them connected.

Across Chicago and the suburbs, relatives, friends and even strangers are shopping and caring for isolated immigrants as reports of immigration arrests intensify. Story w/ @medicenambi.bsky.social and @araceligomezaldana.bsky.social
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‘Who Am I Without Birth Control?’

A legal historian and author worried that “wellness arguments” against birth control echo a strategy that abortion opponents used — trying to appeal to those who aren’t opposed for political reasons but are being told they should “reject it because it’s bad for you.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/s...

A family of four — a man, woman, young girl and toddler — was stopped by the federal agents in Millennium Park Sunday, detained and taken away in a white van by the agents. The young girl in the family was crying and was seen holding a doll. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/28/a...

Armed Border Patrol Agents Disrupt Peaceful Downtown Day: 'It's Horrifying' The federal troops were seen in Millennium Park, on the Magnificent Mile and in the Gold Coast — days after patrolling the Chicago River in a boat. "This is another brazen provocation from the Trump a...

“There’s many different factors that go into something like that,” Bovino told a reporter. “...the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said to a white reporter, according to the Sun-Times.
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Van Leeuwen’s first Chicago scoop shop opens in Wicker Park with a limited edition Malört flavor The storefront will serve more than 30 signature flavors in addition to custom sundaes, milkshakes, root beer floats, ice cream sandwiches and plenty of to-go pints.

Not sure you can claim “good ice cream from good ingredients that makes you feel good” AND serve a Malört flavor... www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/v...

Meet The Bike-Riding 'Pint Peddler' Bringing Homebrews To The People Lydia Miller has become a darling of the Critical Mass bike ride circuit, dispensing beer and other home-brewed beverages for free from her tricked-out e-bike.

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Vintage vinyl: New album digs up rare ’60s Chicago garage rock from Arlington Heights’ The Cellar As they crisscrossed the country in the late 1960s, the likes of The Who, Cream, The Yardbirds and Buffalo Springfield famously made stops at the legendary Arlington Heights teen music club, The Cella...

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The 'New York Times' is so, so stupid for killing its kids section The groundbreaking print children’s section is shutting down as the profitable publisher opts to focus on new digital projects.

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SEO Is Dead. Say Hello to GEO. Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots.

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Column | Zuckerberg fired the fact-checkers. We tested their replacement. Our tech columnist drafted 65 community notes, Meta’s new crowdsourced system to fight falsehoods. It failed to make a dent.

“As the main line of defense against hoaxes and deliberate liars exploiting our attention, community notes appear — so far — nowhere near up to the task. Feeds filled with inaccurate information matter for the 54% of US adults who get news from social media.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside the Media’s Traffic Apocalypse The whole premise of internet publishing — that you could reach audiences far and wide — is starting to crumble.

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Two people detained on Father’s Day at Broadview immigration center Multiple people told to come in for a check-in appointment over Father’s Day Weekend; most left wearing ankle monitors.

Every story I read like this seems to include the line “ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.” Awful. via @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/15/i...

How to Win a Fight These days it feels like the next fight is always just around the corner. What matters is picking your battles—and knowing how to win.

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Shopify just killed UX design Shopify's chief design officer dropped the UX from design and writing titles at the company. What comes next is an evolution of the craft.

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As labor costs rise, AI is learning to farm In Illinois, a domestic labor shortage and costly migrant workers deter farmers from growing fruits and vegetables.

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Chicago fire: Flaming saganaki sparks interest worldwide decades after its Greektown origin In Chicago, the dish is a ritual. It’s dramatic, it’s delicious, and — let’s be honest — it’s also a little absurd in the best possible way.

Truly had no idea this was a Chicago thing, but it certainly tracks... “Chicago fire: Flaming saganaki sparks interest worldwide decades after its Greektown origin” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/09/f...

“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

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Scientists have unraveled the science that brings aurora to our skies. See how it happens. Visualize the science behind the glow of the northern lights, as it travels from the Sun to the Earth.

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