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3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kade Heather

When asked for a word to describe his father, Daniel Polikoff lands on “selfless.”His father, Alexander Polikoff, was a lawyer and author who devoted his life to fighting for social justice. The pinnacle of his career was the more than five decades of work he performed as lead attorney in the long-running court case of Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority — one of the most important public housing desegregation cases in the country’s history that went to the U.S. Supreme Court.

3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Tom Schuba |Kade Heather

A Chicago police officer was seriously wounded in a shooting Thursday night in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side, according to law enforcement sources. The officer, assigned to the Gresham District tactical team, was shot near 82nd Street and Drexel Avenue, the sources said. The circumstances of the shooting and the officer’s condition weren’t immediately known. Officers attempting to rush her for treatment crashed, and their car caught fire, the sources said.

3 weeks ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Kade Heather |Mary Norkol

White Sox fans welcomed the news Thursday that team chairman Jerry Reinsdorf has reached a long-term agreement that sets a framework for minority investor Justin Ishbia to eventually take controlling interest in the team. Reinsdorf, 89, has owned the franchise since 1981 when he and Eddie Einhorn led a group to purchase the Sox from Bill Veeck. Since then, the Sox have won one World Series in 2005 and have reached the playoffs six other times. “We need something new in this city.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Violet Miller |Pat Nabong |Kade Heather

Now(CNN) – Karine Jean-Pierre, who served as White House press secretary under former President Joe Biden, has switched her party affiliation to independent, according to a publishing company’s description of her forthcoming book. Jean-Pierre, who has worked in Democratic politics for decades, is set …

3 weeks ago | wbez.org | Violet Miller |Pat Nabong |Kade Heather

URBANA, Ill. — Agus came to the U.S. from Indonesia in August to study computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The 20-year-old, who is one of more than 100 Indonesian students enrolled at UIUC, chose the central Illinois school for its highly rated programs and connections to companies for which he dreams of working. He chose to remain downstate between semesters to live in the area’s welcoming community.