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Are you ready for some racing? NASCAR is gearing up for a more streamlined Chicago Street Race weekend event on July 5-6, with an accelerated setup and breakdown schedule that is likely to reduce the frustration of the city’s drivers.
Here’s what to know about street closings that start this week.
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Following ICE subpoena, Chicago city clerk suspending online municipal ID program portal
The Chicago city clerk is suspending the online application portal to a municipal ID program recently subpoenaed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the latest defense from local officials grappling with the threat of mass deportations under Republican President Donald Trump. Read more here.
More top news stories:
- Feds call R. Kelly’s claim of prison assassination plot ‘repugnant,’ say judge has no jurisdiction
- Chicago weather: Area to see storms before weekend of summer heat
One year in, Wayfair’s first bricks-and-mortar is win-win
After Wayfair’s first and so far only “in real life” store celebrated its first anniversary recently, both company officials and the village of Wilmette say they’re happy with the results. Read more here.
More top business stories:
- Puttshack, opening at Skokie’s Old Orchard mall, features high-tech mini-golf
- St. Louis was a brick ‘epicenter.’ Can it keep its bricks after the tornado?
Fans at Soldier Field doubleheader see Fire and Stars’ potential new homes having an impact on Chicago soccer
The Chicago Fire have announced plans for a new soccer-specific stadium, while the Stars are in planning mode for a move from Bridgeview. Read more here.
More top sports stories:
- Will Venable ejected again — 1st on Mother’s Day, then on Father’s Day — in Chicago White Sox sweep
- Ian Happ’s walk-off hit in 10th allows Chicago Cubs to take 3 of 4 in series despite hitting .189
Route 66: In Albuquerque, a $13 million visitors center and a neighborhood in peril
This probably isn’t the Route 66 that most people imagine. Here, there are no restored 1950s diners or art deco gas stations-turned-gift shops. Here in Albuquerque, homeless encampments occupy an entire city block, and it is not uncommon to see people openly injecting drugs while sitting on a curb. Read more here.
More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories:
- Summer Smash 2025: Best artists and everything you need to know for the 3-day hip-hop festival
- Review: ‘Iraq, But Funny’ at Lookingglass Theatre is a stunning debut in need of an edit
A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. Read more here.
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