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BUENA PARK — After nearly four decades in the restaurant industry — and one last, unlikely run of viral success — Alfio Sciacca has decided it’s time to step away from the kitchen. The owner of Amici Chicago, the small Buena Park arancini shop that drew lines out the door after a visit from TikTok f
HUMBOLDT PARK — The Park District hopes to add a symbol of Puerto Rican pride and resilience to Humboldt Park with a sculpture of Pedro Albizu Campos. The proposed statue, which would be at the northern intersection of Luis Muñoz Marín Drive and Humboldt Drive, is part of the district’s Sculpt
A temporary restraining order on Texas rules effectively banning the manufacture and sale of consumable hemp products in the state is due to expire Friday. A district court in Travis County will hear evidence on Thursday as it considers whether to enjoin the rules until a legal challenge comes to tr
Behind the gate of a waterfront restaurant, a rusted ferry wobbles on the waves of the East River. It’s become a familiar eyesore for residents of Long Island City, Queens since it was first moored to the Anable Basin in 2012 and has floated there since, a forgotten lump of metal — until now. The ab
ASHBURN — A former Cicero Avenue motel will soon become the area’s newest permanent shelter for those experiencing homelessness. BEDS Plus broke ground Friday on its $14 million project to convert the former Aloha Motel, 8515 S. Cicero Ave., into a transitional housing facility. Once completed
An MTA bus operator tests a new high-tech training simulator at the Zerega facility in the Bronx. The new simulators mimic real buses, traffic and weather to train more than 4,000 operators a year. [ more › ]
BRONZEVILLE — Though they’re frequent collaborators while on the job, Chicago’s police officers and firefighters faced off in the ring and traded mostly friendly jabs in the annual Battle of the Badges on Friday. The 24th annual Chicago Battle of the Badges took place Friday at De La Sal
WEST GARFIELD PARK — A $10,000 reward is being offered for information in a Friday mass shooting that left three people dead and another man critically wounded on the West Side. About 4:50 p.m. Friday, three men and one woman were standing on the sidewalk in the 4000 block of West Maypole Avenue whe
WEST RIDGE — Trader Joe’s is planning to open a store in North Park, fulfilling a long-held desire among Far North Side neighbors, according to the area’s alderman. The uber popular grocery store is planning to open in the Lincoln Village Shopping Center, 6199 N. Lincoln Ave., on the bor
Thierry Henry at a match in December 2024 The soccer legend and former Red Bulls star once sparked international outrage with a controversial handball that helped France to the 2010 World Cup. [ more › ]
As the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament moves to a bigger space in Philadelphia, Pasco says the puzzle has never been more popular. [ more › ]
BEVERLY VIEW — The city’s health department has temporary shuttered a Beverly View grocery store Friday over what health officials called a “serious asbestos risk.” The Chicago Department of Public Health said Friday evening that it issued emergency cease and desist and abatement orders to the owner
Labor and other allies of Mayor Zohran Mamdani are urging him to veto one of two City Council bills aimed at restricting protests around educational facilities, saying the “radical overreach” of the bill limits free speech and endangers New Yorkers. The two “buffer zone” bills passed March 26 with t
Families in the first tier of the lottery -- low- and middle-income students with disabilities -- may be notified as early as next week if they’ve qualified for voucher funds, according to a spokesperson for the program, who says the majority of applicants will end up on a waitlist.
Lorinda Bocardo, 43, is accused of making sexual contact with a minor enrolled at the Houston-area school where she worked.
For the entirety of the Artemis II mission, the use of a space toilet caught the public eye, both when it worked properly and when it didn’t. NASA may have to make some changes to the system for future missions.
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. CHICAGO — School will be in session on May 1 in Chicago, but Chicago Public Schools and its teachers union reached an agreement Thursday
The family explained in a statement released by Sioux City officials that he had visited the Iowa city in 1988, and often recalled the sense of peace he experienced there.
Houston City Council member Abbie Kamin, an orchestrator of a controversial city ordinance regarding police coordination with federal immigration agents, was appointed Thursday as interim county attorney.
The union representing more than 34,000 luxury residential building doormen and porters said it reached a tentative agreement with a prominent landlord group on Friday, averting a strike. The union, 32BJ SEIU, and the Realty Advisory Board, the consortium representing landlords at some of the
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