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A Chicago suburb is on its way to becoming the first in the country to fund reparations for its black residents with a pledge of $10million over 10 years, but some say it isn’t enough. Evanston’s reparations fund, established in 2019, is focused on housing inequities, using a 3 per cent tax on recreational marijuana … Read more
While the coronavirus pandemic rose to new heights in the U.S., the ‘silent epidemic’ of opioid overdose deaths worsened amid lockdowns, new research suggests. Opioid deaths increased by nearly a quarter in Cook County, Illinois – the county where Chicago is located – during an 11-week stay-at-home order from late March to May, 2020, researchers … Read more
An Illinois woman’s acne caused cysts so bad — and so resistant to medication — that she bled all over her face and grew suicidal, checking into a mental hospital — but a new treatment has saved her live. Isabella Miller, 20, started suffering from severe acne in her early teens, and within months was diagnosed with … Read more
An Illinois woman’s acne caused cysts so bad — and so resistant to medication — that she bled all over her face and grew suicidal, checking into a mental hospital — but a new treatment has saved her live. Isabella Miller, 20, started suffering from severe acne in her early teens, and within months was diagnosed with … Read more
Incredible color photographs capturing the vibrant traditions of ethnic communities in Chicago during the late seventies have been revealed. The series of images were collected during the Chicago Ethnic Arts Project survey in 1977, and capture street artists, Italian bakers and Greek musicians. One picture shows Mary Higeko Hamano teaching the art of Japanese flower … Read more
A golden retriever has found a new purpose working as a laboratory assistant to his disabled neuroscientist owner – and even has to get decked out in full canine PPE for his important job in an Illinois lab. Service dog Sampson is the first canine to ever be granted access to the University of Illinois’ … Read more
A golden retriever has found a new purpose working as a laboratory assistant to his disabled neuroscientist owner – and even has to get decked out in full canine PPE for his important job in an Illinois lab. Service dog Sampson is the first canine to ever be granted access to the University of Illinois’ … Read more
We all know that we should be cleaning our makeup brushes regularly, even if we don’t quite get around to it, but there’s another beauty tool that you’re probably forgetting about – with gruesome effects. TikTok user Jessica Haizman, 26, from Geneva, Illinois, has shared a stomach-churning video reveaing why you should clean your hairbrushes every … Read more
US states are finally picking up the pace of their COVID-19 vaccination programs, so much so that many have already vaccinated so many of their health care workers and elderly residents that they are ready to expand eligibility. At least 28 states and Washington, DC, have begun vaccinating teachers and at least 19 – including … Read more
Downward dog! Hilarious moment hound walks down icy stairs balancing on her two front paws ‘because she doesn’t like to use all four legs’ Four-year-old pointer pooch Maddi filmed by owner Kelly Krutsch, 37, in Illinois The pup has four fully-functioning limbs but prefers to conduct a balancing act She made her way gracefully down … Read more