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13-year-old charged in Calumet Heights carjackings buff.ly/3bAHN85

I'm honored and stunned to share that the wonderful Marin Scott (she/her) and I won an SPJ Region 5 award for in-depth reporting! I would like to thank Amy Merrick, cam rodriguez 🔎 and the 14 East Magazine team for all of their multimedia and editing support. 💙

Congratulations to our 14 East Magazine winners and finalists in today's SPJ Region 5 Mark of Excellence awards for student journalism! The magazine was a finalist for Best Independent Online Student Publication DePaul Journalism Program fourteeneastmag.com

So honored to announce that Meredith Melland and I were awarded the SPJ Region 5 Mark of Excellence Award for Online In-Depth Reporting! Thank you to Amy Merrick, Marissa Nelson (she/her) 🪩 and everyone at 14 East Magazine for supporting us in this investigation!

Derek Chauvin's lawyer is suggesting that bystanders' pleas for Chauvin not to use lethal force caused him to use lethal force. And that pisses me off.

“I don’t want her growing up thinking racism is normal, like I did.” Next week will mark one year since George Floyd was murdered. Chicago Tribune writers are checking in with the activists and leaders we profiled in the wake of his death. chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-…

How do you feel about the city and state making Juneteenth an official holiday?

I want to live in a country where "Mall of Louisiana" can trend on Twitter and everyone doesn't assume it's a mass shooting.

UPDATE: The shooting happened shortly before 6 a.m. as the police officer and two federal agents were in one vehicle, getting onto the northbound lanes of Interstate 57 near 119th Street, police said. They were all working undercover. bit.ly/3AzXEhV

Buttigieg and the Biden admin pushing hard today on the economic recovery in part to rebut supply chain/inflation narratives. Here’s me and Natasha Korecki in March on their challenge: there’s a danger in being too bullish when not everyone feels a rebound politico.com/news/2021/03/1…

At least 18 people have died a day after torrential rains swept through villages and flooded roads in the southern Indian state of Kerala. trib.al/2HJDT0q

The CEO of the gambling corporation selling Arlington International Racecourse to the Chicago Bears said Thursday he expects the team to build "a world-class stadium" at the storied northwest suburban site. bit.ly/311XGle

There is so much beauty and healing in this story. Gregory Royal Pratt chicagotribune.com/people/ct-dad-…

For The Paramount Theatre’s production of “Groundhog Day: The Musical,” copying Bill Murray’s portrayal was the furthest thing from anyone’s mind. trib.al/4mxfi9e

IRS officials are already warning filers that “in many areas, we are unable to deliver the amount of service and enforcement that our taxpayers and tax system deserves and needs.” trib.al/XQRtkZV