Good afternoon, Chicago.
At least three people were reported dead, and three others were critically injured overnight in an extra-alarm fire on the North Side in the West Ridge neighborhood, fire officials said.
Shortly before 2 a.m., police and firefighters responded to a fire at an apartment complex in the 7000 block of North Rockwell Street where a fire broke out in the rear of a four-story apartment building, officials said.
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National Guard ‘employed’ in the greater Chicago area, including Broadview
A spokesman for U.S. Northern Command, overseeing the National Guard deployments, would not say this morning whether the troops have actually been deployed to the streets in view of the general public. Read more here.
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- Kristi Noem says Homeland Security ‘purchasing more buildings in Chicago’
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From rubble to revival, Detroiters hope new Hudson’s development can help reshape the city
Before the arrival of sprawling suburban malls featuring amusement park rides and stores peddling anything from jeans to jelly beans, there was Hudson’s in downtown Detroit. Read more here.
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- St. John ends annexation efforts for Cedar Lake parcel linked to Donald Trump Jr.
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Matthew Boyd will start Game 4 for Chicago Cubs tonight at Wrigley Field: ‘We fight to the end’
Cubs lefty Matthew Boyd fully expects better results this time. Boyd will start in Game 4 of the National League Division Series tonight against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field after failing to get through the first inning in Game 1. Read more here.
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- Meet Chicago Cubs diehard fan Sam Bernero, whose candid Wrigley Field photos help connect players and fans
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Column: Special Consensus celebrates its half century of unlikely bluegrass glory
Life can sometimes turn on a tune and it was a tune from singer and guitarist Lester Flatt and banjo player Earl Scruggs that propelled a young man named Greg Cahill away from his guitar and job as a social worker and put him on a bluegrass path that would lead to the formation of a band named Special Consensus. Read more here.
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- Funny is Female Comedy Festival puts women comics in the spotlight in Oak Park
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Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to a pause in the war in Gaza
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners — a breakthrough greeted with joy and relief today but also caution. Read more here.
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