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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Every Peoria-area tennis player to advanced to the IHSA boys state finals

Journal Star - Peoria 19 May 2024
Dunlap qualified both of its doubles teams plus two singles players Saturday for the IHSA boys tennis state finals next week in the Chicago area. Dunlap won its own Class 1A sectional for the seventh consecutive season and eighth time overall under coach Pat Gornik ... Here is a look at the Peoria-area state tennis qualifiers.Class 1A Dunlap Sectional....
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Man dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan near 31st Street Beach: CPD

Chicago Sun-Times 19 May 2024
<img class="Image" alt="A Chicago police vehicle." ... Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file. A 34-year-old man has died after rescue crews pulled him from Lake Michigan Saturday evening off 31st Street Beach on the South Side, according to Chicago police ... and recovered the man, who was taken by ambulance to the University of Chicago Medical Center ... .......
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Lincoln Roscoe Art & Craft Fair kicks off Chicago's street fest season

Chicago Sun-Times 19 May 2024
<img class="Image" alt="Brittany Walczak shows a ... Things to do in Chicago May 16-22 ... <img class="Image" alt="A part of “Chicago Reflected,” an illustrated book by Ryan Chester, is displayed during the Lincoln Roscoe Art and Craft Fair in Lake View, Saturday, May 18, 2024....
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Road forward for working class debated at Labor Notes meeting

The Militant 18 May 2024
CHICAGO — The increased mood of resistance in the working class was reflected in the Labor Notes 2024 conference, which took place here April 19-21 ... “We need to build a labor party, based on the unions, that could organize the whole working class to fight for our own class interests ... Stakes for the International Working Class....
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Pro-Palestinian protesters take over University of Chicago Institute of Politics building

Chicago Sun-Times 18 May 2024
<img class="Image" alt="Students climbed out of the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics second-story window during a pro-Palestinian protest Friday, May 17 ... <img class="Image" alt="A banner carried by protesters outside the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago on Friday."...
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'Autonomous' alumni group occupies University of Chicago building

Chicago Sun-Times 18 May 2024
<img class="Image" alt="Students occupy the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics during a pro-Palestinian protest on Friday." ... Students occupy the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics during a pro-Palestinian protest Friday ... I'm at the University of Chicago ......
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Summit seeks solutions for housing insecurity

Chicago Sun-Times 18 May 2024
<img class="Image" alt="Row of Old Homes with Grass in the North Center Neighborhood of Chicago" ......
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Chatham Glenwood girls track star Katelyn Lehnen recaptures state glory with gold in 3A

The State Journal-Register 18 May 2024
Katelyn Lehnen raced back to the summit. The Chatham Glenwood junior won the Class 3A 100-meter dash in 11.69 seconds ahead of Chicago Whitney Young's Angelena Bullocks' 11.76 at the girls track and field state meet in Charleston ... ...
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