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Two people have finally claimed a $1.337 billion Mega Millions jackpot after a single ticket to the July 29 drawing was sold in Des Plaines. The Illinois Lottery said the prize for the drawing, which was the nation’s third-largest lottery prize, was claimed by two individuals who had agreed to split the prize if they won.

And city building inspectors have examined and helped stabilize a damaged portion of an Austin apartment building that suddenly exploded on Tuesday, partially collapsing the roof and critically injuring three of the eight people sent to area hospitals.

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From left, Women in Need Recovery founder Bethany Britton Little; Willette Benford, director of re-entry for the city of Chicago; and Colette Payne, director of the Women's Justice Institute's Reclamation Project, participate in a panel discussion and conversation between women affected by the criminal legal system and experts with the American Probation and Parole Association, part of the APPA's 47th Annual Training Institute, Aug. 30, 2022, at WJI's Reclamation Project center in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.
From left, Women in Need Recovery founder Bethany Britton Little; Willette Benford, director of re-entry for the city of Chicago; and Colette Payne, director of the Women’s Justice Institute’s Reclamation Project, participate in a panel discussion and conversation between women affected by the criminal legal system and experts with the American Probation and Parole Association, part of the APPA’s 47th Annual Training Institute, Aug. 30, 2022, at WJI’s Reclamation Project center in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.

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Janet Yarboi, squeezes some lemon into a pesto as Dr. Ed McDonald looks on during the Healthy Cooking Class hosted by the Garfield Park Rite to Wellness Collaborative and Good Food is Good Medicine at The Hatchery, in Chicago, Aug. 18, 2022.
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