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6 people killed, man critically wounded in police-involved shooting, 37 others hurt in weekend shootings in Chicago

In one of the fatal attacks, two men were killed and two others were wounded in a drive-by shooting Saturday night in West Englewood on the South Side.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 24, 2022

CPD’s growing use of cameras that read license plates leads to worries about data misuse

“The numbers of licenses scanned demonstrates the broad reach to surveil and see where someone is,” a spokesman for the American Civil Liberties Union said about the 200 million plates logged last year. “It’s a lot of power.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 20, 2022

Commentary: Homicides near universities are a crisis that needs immediate action and long-term solutions

On Nov. 9, University of Chicago graduate student Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng was fatally shot during a robbery that occurred near the campus. Just three weeks later, Temple University senior Samuel Collington suffered the same tragic fate just two blocks from campus. Days later, Columbia University graduate student Davide Giri was…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 20, 2022

Former President Barack Obama warns Chicago audience of ‘anger-based’ journalism and social media cashing in on conflict

The former president said he believes platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube “appear to have some insight into what’s more likely to prompt insurrectionists, white supremacists, misogynist behavior and internet bullying.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 7, 2022

A Chicago ER doctor wrote ‘Emergency’ about COVID’s first year — and the time his own hospital failed his mother

CHICAGO — Thomas Fisher figured he would end up in the very place he works, in the emergency room. Eventually, everyone passes through. Two springs ago, at the onset of the pandemic, he thought he might die of the thing he was treating in others. He updated his will, removed…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 6, 2022

Why Darwin-hating Christians are hunting for a “living dinosaur” in the Congo

Young Earth Creationists believe that man and dinosaur once walked the Earth together — and they are determined to prove it. In doing so, they hope to destroy Darwin's theory of evolution.

Inverse · Apr 4, 2022

Korngold Festival celebrates ‘forgotten’ composer’s Oscar-winning film work, ‘worthy’ opera

The festival’s centerpiece will be the semi-staged American debut of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s opera “Die Kathrin,” featuring a 64-piece orchestra and 30-voice chorus.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 30, 2022

Poverty rose but income inequality fell

There are signs that this pandemic has not followed the usual script — of the poor bearing the brunt of the pain

The Hindu · Mar 27, 2022

Genetically altered skin grafts hold promise as addiction treatment, University of Chicago scientists say

CHICAGO — Scientists at the University of Chicago have come up with an intriguing potential treatment to combat cocaine and alcohol addictions — a skin graft genetically altered to release molecules that curb the craving for those substances.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 16, 2022

4 killed, 8 wounded in shootings in Chicago Tuesday

Two young teens were fatally shot, one in Bronzeville and the other near the University of Chicago campus.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 9, 2022