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The latest chapter in an ongoing legal battle between Abbott Laboratories and parents of babies born prematurely is slated to play out in Chicago this week — with the beginning of a trial that could have implications for the company and families across the country.
North suburban-based Abbott has been entangled in litigation with parents for years over whether its specialized, cow’s milk-based formulas for infants born prematurely cause a life-threatening intestinal disease called necrotizing enterocolitis.
Now, for the first time in Cook County Circuit Court, cases over the matter are scheduled to go to trial, with jury selection set to start today.
Read the full story from the Tribune’s Lisa Schencker.
Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day, including questions mounting in Congress over Iran war’s costs, how Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson are keeping up Bears stadium pitches and the latest on the trial that could lead to the breakup of Ticketmaster’s parent company.
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Questions mount in Congress over Iran war’s costs, risks and exit plan
Tensions flared as questions mounted at the U.S. Capitol yesterday over the Trump administration’s shifting rationale for war with Iran as lawmakers demand answers over the strategy, exit plan and costs to Americans in lives and dollars in what is quickly becoming a widening Middle East conflict.
- Israel targets Iran’s security forces and leadership as Iran presses attacks across the region
- President Trump says ‘someone from within’ Iranian regime might be best choice to lead once war ends
Lawyers for woman accused of killing abusive ex-boyfriend call for case to be dropped
Lawyers and advocates for a woman charged with killing her abusive ex-boyfriend railed against prosecutors’ offer of a plea deal and probation and renewed their calls for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office to drop the charges altogether.
ChiArts families, teachers protest proposed changes to conservatory model
ChiArts is known for its conservatory model, which allows students to dedicate three hours each afternoon to their chosen arts discipline. But next year, Chicago Public Schools will assume management of the Humboldt Park contract school — and its current 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. schedule will likely change.
Trial begins for man accused of killing woman, putting her in duffel bag in Logan Square
After Brittany Battaglia had been missing for several days, Chicago police officers made a gruesome discovery at the the Logan Square apartment of her boyfriend, Genesis Silva, on June 5, 2023, prosecutors said yesterday. Her body was found in a duffel bag, nearly decapitated, police said.
Gov. JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson keep up Bears stadium pitches
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Gov. JB Pritzker yesterday continued mounting their public pitches for where the Chicago Bears should build their next stadium in Illinois, even as the NFL franchise keeps up its flirtation with a move to Indiana.
‘Stacking days together’: Chicago White Sox’s Shane Smith, Anthony Kay and Davis Martin assess recent starts
Shane Smith, Anthony Kay and Davis Martin are among the Sox pitchers to recently make their second starts this spring.
As the trio continues to build up for the upcoming season, here’s how each assessed their most recent outings.
Chicago Cubs opening day roster projection: Bullpen and bench spots up for grabs
For a group that returns the majority of its 92-win squad from last year, the Cubs have the necessary pieces to replicate another playoff season. There aren’t many question marks surrounding the Cubs’ opening-day roster three weeks before they are back in Chicago to begin the season.
But there are a couple of roster battles in camp for the bullpen and bench that are starting to take shape, giving a little clarity on the direction the Cubs could go to put their 26-man roster together.
Controversial Elon Musk-funded mural of slain Ukrainian refugee vandalized in North Center
Splatters of paint now dot the mural of Iryna Zarutska, the slain Ukrainian refugee, after an unknown vandal defaced the building at the corner of North Western and West Montrose avenues.
Trial that could lead to the breakup of Ticketmaster’s parent company gets underway
A high-stakes antitrust trial that could lead to the possible breakup of Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, got underway yesterday in a case over whether the entertainment giant’s dominance of the concert industry amounts to an illegal monopoly.
In 2013, CPS tried to ban a book. It didn’t go well. A new graphic novel tells the tale.
Thirteen years ago, at Lane Tech College Prep High School on Addison Street, a school administrator approached an English teacher and told her that he needed all of her copies of “Persepolis,” the widely beloved, best-selling 2000 graphic novel from Marjane Satrapi about her childhood under the oppressive regime in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Turns out, as often happens with a case of book banning, a single person had a problem with a single page in a book — in this case, a drawing of the torture of political prisoners.
Thirteen years later, Jarrett Dapier turned the Lane Tech controversy into “Wake Now in the Fire: A Story of Censorship, Action, Love and Hope,” a sweeping 463-page graphic novel with art by A.J. Dungo.
