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Chicago group given $10 million for community redevelopment

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Chicago police charge suspect in slaying of 10-year-old girl

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Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Adrian Houser throws the ball against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Houser strong, Brewers stop White Sox 6-game win streak, 1-0

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, with Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson, announces CPS will begin the school year with remote learning, at a news conference in Chicago on Aug. 5, 2020. (Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Chicago schools to begin fall remotely, dropping hybrid plan

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Police officers and detectives enter the crime scene area where a 9-year-old boy was fatally shot, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Chicago. A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of Janari Ricks and police hope to secure charges against him in the coming days, the city's police superintendent said Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Man charged in shooting death of 9-year-old Chicago boy

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Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Brandon Woodruff throws during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Abreu, White Sox edge Brewers 3-2 for 6th straight victory

By STEVE MEGARGEE - Associated Press

Police officers and detectives enter the crime scene area where a 9-year-old boy was fatally shot, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Chicago. A suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of Janari Ricks and police hope to secure charges against him in the coming days, the city's police superintendent said Monday, Aug. 3, 2020. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Kids getting caught in crossfire as US gun violence surges

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Italian American group wants Columbus statues gone forever

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Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Alec Mills delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Bryant homers, Mills shines as surging Cubs beat Royals 2-0

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UIC wraps up oral history project on former Chicago mayor

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Chicago Police investigate at the 25th District station on the northwest side, in Chicago, after several officers were shot outside the station, Thursday, July 30, 2020. A carjacking suspect being led into a Chicago police station on Thursday shot three officers, who returned fire and shot him, authorities said. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago shootings kill 8 including 9-year-old boy

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8 dead and at least 19 wounded in weekend Chicago shootings

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Edmonton Oilers goalie Mikko Koskinen (19) makes a save against Chicago Blackhawks' Dominik Kubalik (8) during third-period NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff game action in Edmonton, Alberta, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)

Blackhawks stun Oilers 6-4 in series opener

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A construction crew working for Anton Downing, right, and his twin brother Anthony work on a bedroom of an apartment building that they are currently rehabbing in the south side, in Chicago, Saturday July 11, 2020. Chicago-area residents who have made a career out of flipping foreclosed or decrepit houses for a profit say the coronavirus pandemic that’s hurt many businesses hasn’t had much impact so far on house flipping. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune via AP)

House flippers ‘unaffected’ by pandemic, face uncertainty

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Chicago homicides and shootings rise sharply in 2020

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In this Monday, July 27, 2020, file photo, is the Christopher Columbus statue located at South Exchange and S. South Chicago avenues in the South Chicago neighborhood of Chicago. The third statue of Columbus was taken down Thursday, July 30, 2020 (Tyler LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

Chicago removes its third and last Columbus statue

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Boy, 9, fatally shot while playing at Chicago parking lot

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Chicago White Sox's Nick Madrigal (1) is tagged out by Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez as he tried to score on a single hit by Leury Garcia during the seventh inning of a baseball game Friday, July 31, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Engel, Keuchel lead White Sox to 3-2 victory over Royals

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Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Luis Castillo (58) surveys the field during a rain delay prior to a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Thursday, July 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Final game of Cubs at Reds postponed because of rain

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Hospital announces closure after operating nearly 170 years

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