Elvia Malagon

4 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Elvia Malagon

Cornelia Tischmacher had always longed to become a mother. Then at 40 years old, she gave birth to twins, Leo and Lucie. But within a year of their births, doctors in her native Germany diagnosed her with lung cancer despite not having any significant history of smoking. “This is the one thing that just cannot happen,” Tischmacher recalled thinking as she recounted her ordeal recently from a Northwestern Memorial Hospital exam room.

1 week ago | wbez.org | Elvia Malagon

“Breathe in and out.”Those are the instructions from Amy Landolt as the licensed acupuncturist inserts five small orange needles into the upper part of a person’s ear at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Center in Evanston. One needle is for stress, another puts the body at rest, and a third is used to heal internal organs and process fear, she explains. A fourth needle is inserted for irritability, and the fifth one is for “letting go of things that no longer serve you,” she says.

2 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Elvia Malagon

“Breathe in and out.”Those are the instructions from Amy Landolt as the licensed acupuncturist inserts five small orange needles into the upper part of a person’s ear at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Center in Evanston. One needle is for stress, another puts the body at rest and a third is used to heal internal organs and process fear, she explains. A fourth needle is inserted for irritability and the fifth one is for “letting go of things that no longer serve you,” she says.

4 weeks ago | wbez.org | Elvia Malagon |Patrick Smith

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement accused Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration of hiring a company to film immigration arrests to discipline any Chicago police officers involved in the enforcement efforts, but Johnson’s office denies the claim and says there’s no evidence to support the federal agency’s allegation. The claim was part of a declaration filed by the agency Monday in U.S. District Court.

1 month ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Adriana Cardona-Maguigad |Elvia Malagon

El mejor lugar para cobertura de noticias y cultura latina en Chicago. | The place for coverage of Latino news and culture in Chicago. Cuando Ashbey Beasley, activista por la seguridad con las armas de Highland Park, escuchó que agentes federales patrullaban el cercano suburbio de Highwood el jueves por la mañana, se subió a su auto y salió a buscarlos. No tardó mucho en ver a un grupo de agentes frente a la casa de un residente. “Me di cuenta de que había varios autos y varios agentes.