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Illinois’ medical licensing agency said it will perform an internal review of how it handled allegations against Chicago plastic surgeon Dr. Ayoub Sayeg after a Tribune investigation found the state has yet to discipline him despite eight patient deaths.
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation also said it plans to pursue changes to state laws to help accelerate the disciplinary process in similar cases. The agency has been investigating Sayeg since 2020, and at least three patients have died while that process was pending, the Tribune reported.
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CPS engineer invents a device to lower lead levels in drinking fountains. But can it scale for a citywide crisis?
Michael Ramos attended evening classes to become a home inspector and spent months tinkering on a palm-size invention he believed could solve the lead contamination of Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center high school’s water fountains. Read more here.
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- 13-year-old charged in Grand Boulevard shooting that injured 4 boys
- Ransomware attack shuts down Evanston Township High School
Billionaire couple Lester and Renee Crown sell Water Tower Place condo for $5.5M
Lester Crown, 101, and his wife, Renee, 97, have been well-known for their philanthropy, including as stalwart supporters of Israel and Jewish causes and institutions. Read more here.
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- Robbins Mayor Darren Bryant seeks to attract data center at dormant trash incinerator site
- Munster mulling data center exception at former Lansing Country Club
Column: Chicago White Sox limp home from 2-4 road trip looking for renewed energy at Rate Field
After a 2-4 road trip to Minnesota and Philadelphia, the White Sox have an off day today before a big six-game homestand against the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers. Read more here.
More top sports stories:
- Chicago Cubs lose starter Jameson Taillon early and the game late in a 2-1 extra-innings defeat
- Logan Jones is the Chicago Bears’ center of the future. So how soon will he be the starter?
NeoCon and Fulton Market Design Days fill out Chicago Design Week
Both NeoCon, North America’s largest design show at Merchandise Mart, and Fulton Market Design Days, a parallel design show in Fulton Market, take place this week. Read more here.
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- A Stoppard whisperer is directing ‘Leopoldstadt’ at Writers Theatre
- Several Pride Month events are coming to Aurora this weekend
Once underwater, Colorado River canyon country reemerges as drought-stricken Lake Powell’s levels drop
Scattered throughout the canyon, an ecologist, bug scientists, birders and advocates for Glen Canyon were working to document the ecosystems emerging as Lake Powell’s water levels have dropped after decades of drought and water overuse. Read more here.
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