Chicago

Chicago (i/ʃˈkɑːɡ/ or /ʃˈkɔːɡ/) is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago is the seat of Cook County.

Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation: O'Hare International Airport is the busiest airport in the world when measured by aircraft traffic; it also has the largest number of U.S. highways and rail road freight. In 2012, Chicago was listed as an alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranked seventh in the world in the 2014 Global Cities Index.As of 2014, Chicago had the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States at US$610.5 billion.

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Isolated Chicago communities secure money for a coveted transit project before Trump takes office

The Journal Durango 22 Dec 2024
CHICAGO (AP) — Adella Bass dropped her in-person college classes because it was just too hard to get there from the far South Side of Chicago, where the city's famous elevated train doesn't run. And i... ....
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‘Home Alone’ airport scene reenacted in hilarious holiday PSA — as 1 in 4 admit ...

New York Post 22 Dec 2024
Passenger furious over being forced to give up first class Delta seat — for a dog ... PSA that reenacts the holiday film’s famous last-minute rush through Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Passenger furious over being forced to give up first class Delta seat — for a dog....
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Chicago outdoors: Suburban sandhills and meat-eating ground squirrels hunting in California

Chicago Sun-Times 21 Dec 2024
Notes come from around Chicago outdoors and beyond ... The master list of outdoors shows, classes, swap meets and major ice fishing events is listed at https.//chicago.suntimes.com/outdoors/2024/11/28/outdoors-shows-master-list-for-2025-around-chicago-and-beyond....
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Iowa, Illinois high school polls

Daily Gate City 20 Dec 2024
BOYS. Class 4A ... 1 ... 2 ... 2 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... 7 ... 18, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 1. Class 3A ... Chicago Mt ... 11, Chicago (Perspectives Charter/Leadership) 5 ... Class 2A ... Chicago Dyett (7-1) 26 7 ... 13, Chicago (Christ the King) 8 ... Class 1A ... Chicago (Fenger) (8-1) 40 9 ... Class 4A ... Class 3A ... Chicago Heights Marian (9-1) 14 NR ... Class 2A ... Class 1A ... Class 5A ... Class 4A ... Class 3A ... Class 2A ... Class 1A....
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A glimpse at Pedro Martinez’ history with Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Tribune 20 Dec 2024
The firing of Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer Pedro Martinez has been top of mind for months now, the fallout of a long fight between leaders of the teachers union aligned with the mayor and leaders of a district facing serious budget headwinds ... (Antonio Perez/ Chicago Tribune) ... (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)....
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California milk output down 9% in November on bird flu outbreak

The Spokesman-Review 20 Dec 2024
California’s milk production in November plummeted as a bird flu outbreak spreads rapidly among herds in the country’s biggest dairy state ... Class III milk futures traded in Chicago rose as much as 1.9% on Friday ... ....
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Opioid overdoses in Chicago, other cities have been killing the same generation of Black men ...

Chicago Sun-Times 20 Dec 2024
In Chicago and other U.S ... That’s true in Chicago ... Despite this longstanding risk to this group, government and private agencies in Chicago, in the rest of Cook County and across Illinois have done little to target these particular men for help, the Sun-Times found ... In Chicago, as in many other U.S ... La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago....
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San Diego FC selects UC Santa Barbara midfielder Manu Duah with the first overall pick ...

CBS Sports 20 Dec 2024
23. "First and foremost Manu fits the profile of the club," Varas said ... First round picks ... 1. San Diego. Manu Duah ... University of California Santa Barbara (Generation adidas Class). 2 ... 3. Chicago ... University of Wisconsin (Generation adidas Class) ... Cornell University (Generation adidas Class) ... University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (Generation adidas Class) ... ....
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High school basketball polls

Fort Madison Daily Democrat 19 Dec 2024
Class 4A ... 18, Chicago Heights (Bloom Twp.) 1. Class 3A ... Chicago Mt ... 11, Chicago (Perspectives Charter/Leadership) 5 ... Class 2A ... Chicago Dyett (7-1) ... 13, Chicago (Christ the King) 8 ... Class 1A ... Chicago (Fenger) (8-1) ... Class 4A ... Class 3A ... Chicago Heights Marian Catholic (9-1) ... Class 2A ... Class 1A ... Chicago Morgan Park Academy (8-0) ... Class 5A ... Class 4A ... Class 3A ... Class 2A....
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Columbia College Chicago students, faculty consider options amid program cuts, impending layoffs

Journal Gazette 19 Dec 2024
REBECCA JOHNSON Chicago Tribune. CHICAGO — In her sign language class, Anya Tapley learned to express metaphors and create poetry through a language “that’s more than just a language.” The instructor taught her how to think outside the box, a skill she said she’ll use in her future career....
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Illinois high school basketball state rankings: Peoria-area schools in third poll

Journal Star - Peoria 18 Dec 2024
1 team in Class 2A, while Washington remains the top-rated Class 3A team, but now sharing that distinction with Dixon ... Other top-ranked boys teams include Lanark Eastland (Class 1A), Chicago DePaul College Prep (Class 3A) and Chicago Kenwood (Class 4A)....
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Final day to file claims in class-action lawsuit alleging tuition overcharging by top universities

Chicago Tribune 18 Dec 2024
Northwestern University and the University of Chicago are among the ten universities that settled a 2022 class-action anti-trust lawsuit filed in federal court alleging they illegally overcharged students for tuition and conspired to limit their financial aid packages ... Locally, the University of Chicago agreed to pay $13.5 million to settle in 2023....

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