Fire players take part in training at Soldier Field on Friday | Chicago Fire FC The Fire open the MLS regular season against an old foe For the first time in 19 months, Chicago Fire fans will be in the stands tonight to watch their team play a home match.The Fire host the New England Revolution at Soldier Field (7:30 p.m. CT, WGN-TV, CFFC Live). It won’t be a packed … [Read more...] about Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution: Gameday Guide and How to Watch
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Column: As pandemic pace slows, hospital chaplain sees COVID-19 workers begin to process trauma. ‘All of us up here were fighting a war.’
Mark "Chaps" Schimmelpfennig, a combat veteran, uses his PTSD experience and expertise to help health care workers at Rush recover from the pandemic. … [Read more...] about Column: As pandemic pace slows, hospital chaplain sees COVID-19 workers begin to process trauma. ‘All of us up here were fighting a war.’
Daywatch: Little Village mourns as Adam Toledo video emerges, CPS-CTU reach tentative deal to reopen high schools and a look at legal weed’s first year in Chicago
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day. … [Read more...] about Daywatch: Little Village mourns as Adam Toledo video emerges, CPS-CTU reach tentative deal to reopen high schools and a look at legal weed’s first year in Chicago
Column: When police kill a child like Adam Toledo, all of us bear the shame and the blame
Adam Toledo did everything the officer told him to do, but it couldn’t save him, Dahleen Glanton writes. … [Read more...] about Column: When police kill a child like Adam Toledo, all of us bear the shame and the blame
Basement fire in Back of the Yards kills two people
Two people are dead after an early morning fire in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, according to police and fire authorities. … [Read more...] about Basement fire in Back of the Yards kills two people
Trump appointees blocked EPA from investigating ethylene oxide polluters and prevented staff from warning Americans about the cancer-causing gas, report says
A handful of career staffers at the Chicago office helped bring local impacts to light by deploying air monitoring equipment outside an agency warehouse that happened to be next door to Sterigenics, one of the nation’s largest sources of ethylene oxide. … [Read more...] about Trump appointees blocked EPA from investigating ethylene oxide polluters and prevented staff from warning Americans about the cancer-causing gas, report says
One will get a COVID-19 vaccine. The other will not. How do couples navigate vaccine hesitancy?
For couples where one person might be hesitant or resistant to vaccines, it can create a difficult space to navigate. … [Read more...] about One will get a COVID-19 vaccine. The other will not. How do couples navigate vaccine hesitancy?
3 Chicagoans arrested in Georgia police pursuit caught on video
Three Chicago men were arrested in a small city in Georgia northeast of Atlanta this week following a police pursuit caught on video that showed deputies ramming the car the men and another passenger were in after police saw the driver using a cell phone without a handsfree device, according to police. … [Read more...] about 3 Chicagoans arrested in Georgia police pursuit caught on video
Column: A cop killed Adam Toledo. There aren’t two sides to this story. It’s simply unacceptable.
Adam Toledo was a kid and a Chicago cop shot him to death while his hands were up. There aren’t two sides to this story. It’s simply unacceptable. … [Read more...] about Column: A cop killed Adam Toledo. There aren’t two sides to this story. It’s simply unacceptable.