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Breaking: Bears owner Virginia McCaskey has died

Breaking: Bears owner Virginia McCaskey has died

Virginia McCaskey, who inherited the Chicago Bears from her father, George Halas, but avoided the spotlight during four-plus decades as principal owner, has died. She was 102. McCaskey’s family announced through the team that she died Thursday. She had owned the Bears since her father’s death on Oct. 31, 1983. “While we are sad, we…

RFK Jr. one step closer to confirmation as Health and Human Services Secretary

RFK Jr. one step closer to confirmation as Health and Human Services Secretary

A Senate panel divided starkly along partisan lines voted on Tuesday to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the controversial environmental lawyer turned public health critic, sending his bid to oversee the $1.7 trillion U.S. Health and Human Services agency to the Senate floor. Fourteen Republicans voted together to advance Kennedy’s nomination, with…

Breaking: The White House reverses course on a freeze on  financial assistance

Breaking: The White House reverses course on a freeze on financial assistance

A two-sentence memo from the Office of Management Budget canceled a previous memo issued two days before that had directed federal agencies to “temporarily pause all activities related to obligations or disbursement of all federal financial assistance.” The move comes amid opposition from Democrats and advocates and lawsuits that have already been filed to oppose…

Police continue to investigate after a shooting in Northern Indiana leaves three dead

Police continue to investigate after a shooting in Northern Indiana leaves three dead

A shooting at a grocery store in northern Indiana on Monday left three people dead, including the suspected shooter, and two police officers wounded, officials said. Police received a 911 call at about 5:30 p.m. about a shooting at Martin’s Super Market in Elkhart, the city police department said in a social media post. When…

Restaurant week in Chicago begins tomorrow

Restaurant week in Chicago begins tomorrow

Over 500 restaurants are taking part as restaurant week celebrates its 18th year beginning Friday. The restaurants are located in 35 Chicago neighborhoods along with 56 suburban restaurants. One hundred three establishments are making their restaurant week debut and 158 are women or minority owned. The three course menus run 30 dollars for lunch and…