Good afternoon, Chicago.Are you ready for some racing? NASCAR is gearing up for a more streamlined
Chicago Street Race weekend event on July 5-6, with an accelerated setup and breakdown schedule that is likely to reduce the frustration of the city’s drivers.
Here’s what to know about street closings that start this week.And here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit
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The Chicago city clerk is suspending the online application portal to a municipal ID program recently subpoenaed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the latest defense from local officials grappling with the threat of mass deportations under Republican President Donald Trump.
Read more here.After Wayfair’s first and so far only “in real life” store celebrated its first anniversary recently, both company officials and the village of Wilmette say they’re happy with the results.
Read more here.The Chicago Fire have announced plans for a new soccer-specific stadium, while the Stars are in planning mode for a move from Bridgeview.
Read more here.This probably isn’t the Route 66 that most people imagine. Here, there are no restored 1950s diners or art deco gas stations-turned-gift shops. Here in Albuquerque, homeless encampments occupy an entire city block, and it is not uncommon to see people openly injecting drugs while sitting on a curb.
Read more here.It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries.
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