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Animals left homeless by Oklahoma storms brought to Chicago

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Chicago’s wettest May on record is the 1 that just ended

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Cleveland Indians' Jose Ramirez hits a double against the Chicago White Sox during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Dylan Covey helps White Sox beat sloppy Indians 6-1

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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot holds a press conference at City Hall to address the federal indictment filed against Chicago Alderman Ed Burke and demand he resign immediately, Friday, May 31, 2019, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Chicago mayor: Letter being sent to ask alderman to resign

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FILE - In this May 7, 2019 file photo, Musician R. Kelly, center, arrives at the Leighton Criminal Court building for a hearing in Chicago. Prosecutors charged R&amp;B singer R. Kelly on Thursday, May 30, with 11 new sex-related counts, including some that carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison, making them the most serious against him. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

Timeline of R. Kelly’s life and career

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Chicago White Sox's Yonder Alonso follows through on a double during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the Cleveland Indians in Chicago, Thursday, May 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

White Sox beat Indians 10-4 for season-high 4th straight win

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Chicago’s Thompson Center on national endangered places list

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This undated family photo provided by Riccardo Holyfield shows his cousin, Reo Renee Holyfield. Her body was in a dumpster, and nobody found her for two weeks last fall. The slayings like Holyfield's that began in 2001 continued for years and remain unsolved. Now a national nonprofit group and a computer algorithm are helping detectives review the cases and revealing potential connections. The renewed investigation offers hope to the victims' relatives, some of whom have waited nearly two decades for answers. (Courtesy of Riccardo Holyfield via AP)

Computer finds striking similarities in Chicago cold cases

By DON BABWIN - Associated Press

In this May 22, 2019 photo, a makeshift cross marking the spot where Zachary Stoner was killed on May 30, 2018, in a drive-by shooting in downtown Chicago. One year later, the slaying of the pioneer in a genre of gangland journalism remains unsolved despite multiple potential witnesses before and during the shooting on a street lined with surveillance cameras. That police have made no arrests in Stoner's slaying highlights a troubling statistic about homicides in Chicago: around 80 percent go unsolved within the year they occur. (AP Photo/Michael Tarm)

Police struggle to solve gangland reporter’s killing, others

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Rep. Robert Rita D-Blue Island, discusses his plan to expand casino gambling Monday, May 27, 2019 photo, after a committee gave Rita permission to proceed. (John O'Connor/The Associated Press).

Religious leaders want slowdown in push for Chicago casino

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Chicago White Sox's Jose Abreu, left, splashes teammate Yolmer Sanchez after Sanchez's RBI-single off Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Kevin McCarthy won the contest in the ninth inning of a baseball game that was suspended due to rain the previous day, in Chicago, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. The White Sox won 2-1. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Giolito, White Sox post 2nd win of day, beat Royals 4-3

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Chicago White Sox's Yolmer Sanchez, right, is safe at second base as Kansas City Royals' Nicky Lopez drops the ball during the fifth inning of a baseball game in the rain Monday, May 27, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jim Young)

Royals, White Sox game suspended in 5th for rain, tied at 1

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Heavy rains, hail sweep through Chicago area on Memorial Day

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Chicago mayor joins veterans, others at Memorial Day event

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Minnesota Twins pitcher Jake Odorizzi throws against the Chicago White Sox in the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Odorizzi, two more homers give Twins 7-0 win over White Sox

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Cincinnati Reds' Yasiel Puig hits an RBI single against the Chicago Cubs during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, May 24, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Suárez hits 2-run homer in 9th, Reds rally past Cubs 6-5

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FILE - In this May 26, 1979 file photo, investigators view the wreckage of the ill-fated American Airlines Flight 191 to Los Angeles, which crashed on take off from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Decades later, the crash, moments after it took off, remains the deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history. The DC-10 was destined for Los Angeles when it lost one of its engines May 25, 1979, killing what investigators later determined were 273 people _ all 271 people aboard the jetliner and two people on the ground. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell File)

AP WAS THERE: 1979 Chicago American Airlines crash kills 273

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2 struck, killed by commuter train in suburban Chicago

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Chicago White Sox catcher James McCann, left, celebrates with starting pitcher Lucas Giolito after the team's baseball game against the Houston Astros Thursday, May 23, 2019, in Houston. Giolito threw a four-hitter as the White Sox won 4-0. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Giolito spins 4-hit gem, White Sox blank Astros 4-0

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In this June 28, 2012 photo, Stephen M. Calk, Chairman and Chief Financial Official of The Federal Savings Bank speaks as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel listens during an announcement about job growth and economic development and a corporate headquarters relocation by the Federal Savings Bank to Chicago. Calk, who prosecutors say tried to buy himself a senior post in President Donald Trump's administration by making risky loans to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, was arrested Thursday, May 23, 2019, on a financial institution bribery charge. (Al Podgorski/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

The Latest: Stephen Calk pleads not guilty in loan scheme

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