Commentary: Deafness didn’t stop my mother from learning the piano.
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Two men were killed in separate Garfield Park shootings in the early morning hours Saturday, police said.
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The musical lineup has been announced for the first-time Evanston Folk Festival in September, including Sierra Ferrell, Patty Griffin, Hiss Golden Messenger, Sarah Jarosz and Bonnie “Prince” Billy.
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Crucial witnesses took the stand in the second week of testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial, including a California lawyer who negotiated deals at the center of the case and a longtime adviser to the former president.

Here are the highlights:
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From the Editorial Board:

There is no artificial intelligence without the fruits of human inquiry.

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Illinois politicians are faced with the Chicago Bears’ request to build a new, publicly owned $3.2 billion enclosed stadium on Chicago’s lakefront.

So what exactly is proposed, what else is at stake, and how will this play out? Here are a few highlights:
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Review: “The Fall Guy,” starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, comes perilously close to sidelining its own headliners in favor of bone-crunching mayhem. Still, it’s entertaining enough for all normal moviegoing purposes.
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Representatives of the Northern Illinois American Muslim Alliance will ask the Waukegan City Council to consider a resolution supporting a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, something the city's mayor does not see as appropriate for a local government.
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Third baseman Bryan Ramos was promoted to the major leagues Friday, joining the Chicago White Sox before Saturday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.
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Four Kent State students were killed and nine others were injured when the National Guard fired into a crowd of anti-war protestors on May 4, 1970.

The watershed moment has taken on fresh relevance, with student demonstrations against another far-off war.
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Commentary: Mayor Brandon Johnson has a proposal that may actually do something about Chicago's housing prices.
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Friday Morning Swim Club no more? The weekly summer outing that drew thousands to the waters of Lake Michigan has been canceled this year due to high permit costs, organizers say.
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If Larry Demeritte is looking for a positive sign heading into his first Kentucky Derby as a trainer, it’s right where his horse is assigned. trib.al/SPxD3hb

As the federal government signals a shift in marijuana classification, area Indiana legislators have little faith it will influence the state to take action toward legalizing marijuana in some form.
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Letter to the Editor:

The invasive increase of plastics over the decades is overwhelming, and more important is the public failing to deal with it.
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After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA.
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“Star Wars” creator George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, are planning a $33.5 million condo that will be the highest priced in Chicago history.
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The legislation comes as complaints have mounted over the Chicago Transit Authority’s struggles to provide frequent, reliable and safe service, and days after Gov. J.B. Pritzker called for “an evolution of the leadership” at the CTA. trib.al/qw8LxML

Is there a new path to the top of the NBA?

That’s the question Ben Kaplan and Danny Parkins aimed to answer with their book “Pipeline to the Pros,” which dives into the growing connection between Division III college programs and top positions in the NBA.
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The law firm retained by several families of children at the center of a probe into an Arlington Heights school nurse’s alleged ”misuse” of the kids’ medications is calling for the principal to be removed, pending the outcome of the investigation. trib.al/t6kVytX