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Nearly seven months after federal troops were preparing to deploy to Chicago during Operation Midway Blitz, a federal judge today granted a motion to dismiss the state’s lawsuit over the mobilization amid assurances that the presidential orders have been rescinded.
In making her ruling, U.S. District Judge April Perry said that even though President Donald Trump had threatened on social media to “come back” to Chicago with troops eventually, she cannot issue “advisory opinions” about hypothetical orders might happen in the future.
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Families seek answers and closure at Medical Examiner’s Missing Persons Day
A dozen families talked to police on Saturday during the sixth Missing Persons Day event hosted by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Read more here.
More top news stories:
- ‘ComEd Four’: The case that once rocked Illinois politics now on shaky ground
- After a car crashed through its storefront, City News Cafe rallied to reopen
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American Airlines rejects talk of megamerger with United
American Airlines says it is not interested in a merger with United Airlines, putting the kibosh on an idea aviation and antitrust experts already saw as a long shot. Read more here.
More top business stories:
- Oil prices jump and Wall Street slides with US, Iran clashing in the Strait of Hormuz
- Oswego Village Board OKs annexation, special use for drive-thru Dutch Bros Coffee
Column: Sniffing out baseball’s early-season trends on a chilly day at Wrigley Field
Sure, it’s early, but the season is starting to take shape and it’s been an interesting one to watch, whether it’s ABS strategy or the New York Mets’ skid or the proliferation of long-term contracts given to highly-touted young players who’ve barely had a cup of coffee in the majors. Read more here.
More top sports stories:
- Chicago Cubs’ extra-inning 2-1 win marks 5th straight — with help from some unlikely sources
- 3 takeaways from Chicago White Sox’s series win, including Noah Schultz’s win and Munetaka Murakami’s grand slam
Wine and cheese? Tips on how to make more imaginative pairings.
Jerk-spiced cheese paired with mango soda isn’t what most people picture when they think of a cheese pairing. But for Alisha Norris Jones, a Chicago-based cheesemonger and founder of Immortal Milk, the underground cheese board concept that hosts classes, events and pop-ups, it all makes perfect sense. Read more here.
More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories:
- Porchlight will move into the Victory Gardens Biograph for its next season
- Review: ‘Safronia’ funks up the Lyric Opera in a potent premiere by avery r. young
- Review: The new family drama ‘BOTH’ is a thriller of the best kind
Did Pope Leo find his voice in Africa? Or did America and the world finally hear him?
There is a case to be made that Pope Leo XIV, the careful, reserved, Midwestern Augustinian, found his voice on his epic trip through Africa, blasting the “handful of tyrants” and “chains of corruption” that have held the continent hostage for centuries. Read more here.
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