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A 30 mph street sign on South Paulina Street near West Taylor Street on the Near West Side, Thursday, April 11, 2024. City officials discussed lowering Chicago’s default speed limit from 30 mph to 25 mph during a subject matter hearing last week. If drivers slowed down by just a bit it could reduce traffic fatalities, some said at meeting.

President Joe Biden’s campaign has rolled out a massive operation in battleground Wisconsin, with 46 offices and more than 80 staffers on the ground. Biden barely beat former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin in 2020.

Moon Alert

Avoid shopping or important decisions from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Taurus into Gemini.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Today holds wonderful financial opportunities for you; however, you have to be careful. If you play your cards right, you can increase your wealth, increase your earnings or increase your assets, even by buying something that pleases you. However, you must do this before the moon alert begins.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MAY 07: Shota Imanaga #18 of the Chicago Cubs delivers a pitch in the third inning against the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field on May 07, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MAY 07: Michael Busch #29 of the Chicago Cubs rounds the bases after hitting a walk-off solo home run in the ninth inning against the San Diego Padres at Wrigley Field on May 07, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.

Angel Reese finished with 13 points, five rebounds and two steals in the Sky’s win over the Liberty Tuesday.

Antoinette Briley’s newborn twin sons were found by a Waste Management employee in a trash receptacle in unincorporated Stickney Township in June 2003.

The former Sears, Roebuck and Co. Administration Building at 3333 W. Arthington St., is one of three Chicago-area buildings added to Landmarks Illinois’ list of structures considered most endangered.

The Boy Scouts of America is rebranding as Scouting America.

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IRVING, Texas — The Boy Scouts of America is changing its name for the first time in its 114-year history and will become Scouting America. It’s a significant shift as the organization emerges from bankruptcy following a flood of sexual abuse claims and seeks to focus on inclusion.

The organization steeped in tradition has made seismic changes after decades of turmoil... Читать дальше...

Eamonn Walker stars as Chief Wallace Boden in this scene from Season 4 of “Chicago Fire.”

Chef Danny Bullock is the owner of Bull Young Bourbon, which is aged in barrels for nearly five years. “It’s definitely a gate-kept industry,” the entrepreneur says. “Before I found a distillery, 300 distilleries said no.”

Renderings of the proposed new Bears stadium. shown looking south from the Field Museum (foreground).

The Blackhawks officially own the No. 2 pick in the 2024 NHL draft.

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The Blackhawks entered Tuesday touting the second-highest odds in the NHL draft lottery and exited the lottery holding the corresponding No. 2 pick.

The probability of that outcome was actually just 14.1%, however, so Hawks general manager Kyle Davidson felt pleased about another stroke of relative good luck.

"The way we see this draft...No. Читать дальше...

Chicago Cubs’ Cody Bellinger runs the bases after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Chicago. He late left that game with fractured ribs.

Dylan Cease of the White Sox reacts after giving up two runs to the Baltimore Orioles in the first inning at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on August 30, 2023 in Baltimore. (Getty Images)

Abortion rights supporters yell at a counterprotester (in blue shirt) at an abortion rights rally in 2021.