Good afternoon, Chicago.
As the Democratic National Convention draws closer, leaders of the Chicago Police Department and United States Secret Service again today sought to highlight their preparation efforts ahead of the August convention that’s sure to attract thousands of protesters.
“With two months left until the convention, we’re finalizing plans and making sure all of our operations are safe,” CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling told reporters ahead of a meeting with Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. “Make no mistake, we are ready. The partnership, collaboration and open communication between everyone involved is why we are ready.”
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Jeremiah Smith inside his truck on May 31, 2024, near Bartelme Park in Chicago. The truck has digital screens meant to raise awareness for Israelis taken hostage by Hamas last year. Smith was inspired to join the campaign to raise awareness because a friend, Hersh Polin-Goldberg, is among the hostages. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune)
Chicago truck driver raises awareness for childhood friend held hostage in Gaza
Twelve hours a day, six days a week, Jeremiah Smith drives a truck through the Chicago area, raising awareness for the scores of Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas. But the man on the screen, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, is more than a distant figure. Read more here.
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A worker removes asphalt from a piece of land on South Corliss Avenue near 111th Street in Chicago on May 30, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
Pullman continues push to revive retail sector by bringing in new Chick-fil-A
A partnership between the nonprofits Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives and the Hope Center Foundation has broken ground on the new restaurant, the anchor tenant of Pullman Gateway, an 8-acre commercial center. Read more here.
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Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese celebrates a basket with Michaela Onyenwere against the Indiana Fever during the third quarter at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on June 1, 2024. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
Column: The latest WNBA discourse is downright messy — and it’s not about basketball
Through no fault of her own, the constant coverage of Caitlin Clark’s college career and the beginning of her rookie season has meant every single aspect of every game she is in is under a microscope — including the actions of her opponents. Read more here.
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Singer Paul Robeson confers with accompanist Helen Thierry before singing in Spanish, Russian and English to the delegates of the Congress of Partisans of Peace at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, April 20, 1949. (Jean-Jacques Levy/AP)
‘Man of the People’ celebrates the larger-than-life story of Paul Robeson
The lofty term “Renaissance man” seems wildly insufficient. But Robeson’s international activism made him a target. Read more here.
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President Joe Biden talks with the U.S. Border Patrol and local officials, as he looks over the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Rio Grande. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden rolls out migration order that aims to shut down asylum requests, after months of anticipation
The White House detailed the long-anticipated presidential proclamation signed by Biden, which would bar migrants from being granted asylum when U.S. officials deem that the southern border is overwhelmed. Read more here.
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President Biden’s brother, son’s widow among witnesses expected at Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial
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