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Mayor Brandon Johnson looks on as Grace and Peace Church Pastor John Zayas speaks about efforts to help shelter the 1,250 migrants sleeping at Chicago police stations and at O’Hare International Airport on Nov. 28, 2023. (Heather Cherone / WTTW News) Mayor Brandon Johnson celebrated on Tuesday a renewed effort by 17 Chicago churches to […]

This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What you need to know today Post-Thanksgiving breatherU.S. stocks fell on Monday as traders took a […]

It may come as no surprise that your mail didn’t get delivered on Thanksgiving. But will it come on Black Friday? Thanksgiving is one of 11 holidays where mail service is halted in the United States, with postal facilities closed and mail delivery stopped for the day on Thursday. That stoppage will only last one […]

While many Americans will get to enjoy a four-day weekend because of the Thanksgiving holiday, your friendly neighborhood mail carrier won’t quite get as many days off. Thanksgiving is one of 11 holidays where mail service is halted in the United States, with postal facilities closed and mail delivery stopped for the day on Thursday. […]

CHICAGO (CBS) — As city officials continue working to provide temporary shelter to thousands of migrants who have arrived in Chicago over the past year, neighborhood organizations are rolling up their sleeves and doing the work to provide many other services. Belmont Cragin-based Onward Neighborhood House has been helping recently arrived asylum seekers learn to […]

While many Americans will get to enjoy a four-day weekend because of the Thanksgiving holiday, your friendly neighborhood mail carrier won’t quite get as many days off. Thanksgiving is one of 11 holidays where mail service is halted in the United States, with postal facilities closed and mail delivery stopped for the day on Thursday. […]

The Chicago City Council approved Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $16.6 billion 2023 spending plan on Wednesday after a debate shaped by an intense focus on the amount of money the city expects to spend on housing, feeding and caring for the men, women and children sent to Chicago from the southern border. The budget, which takes […]

Hundreds of Jewish peace activists and their allies converged at a major train station in downtown Chicago during rush hour, blocking the entrance to the Israeli consulate and demanding US support for an Israel ceasefire as battles rage in northern Gaza. Midwestern Jews and allies traveled to Chicago from Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Wisconsin […]

Chicago City Hall. (Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News) Nearly three and a half years ago, Chicago officials — spurred in part by the demands for racial justice that swept the nation in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis — promised to study whether and how the city should pay reparations […]

Source: Martine Severin / Getty Mass shootings tend to dominate the debate over gun violence – but they accounted for just 3% of all firearm homicides in the United States in 2021. The vast majority of gun homicides are murders that happen in an extremely concentrated number of neighborhoods – places where the rate of […]


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