Leigh Giangreco
Reporter at Freelance
Pronounced Lee John-Greko. Buffalonian in Chicago. Words in @Washingtonpost @BlockClubChi @Guardian @SouthSideWeekly DM for Signal and find me on Blue🦋
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2 weeks ago |
southsideweekly.com | Leigh Giangreco
Chicago’s police superintendent will not have the power to call snap curfews to address teen gatherings in the city, at least for now. Alderpersons stalled the latest curfew proposal during Wednesday’s City Council meeting, citing concerns over the police department’s ability to unilaterally call the curfew—an earlier version of the ordinance gave that authority to both the police superintendent and the deputy mayor for community safety. Ald.
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4 weeks ago |
airmail.news | Leigh Giangreco
Maia hasn’t visited her aunt, who lives in Germany, since 2015. The last time her 72-year-old mother saw her 68-year-old sister, aside from on their regular FaceTime calls, was 2019. After the pandemic delayed their travel plans, they had hoped to re-unite this summer when Maia’s aunt visited the U.S. for two months. But the family scrapped their plans when Germany issued a travel advisory for visiting the U.S. in March after several German citizens were detained at the border.
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1 month ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Leigh Giangreco
Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, addresses the crowd from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica. Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, addresses the crowd from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica. Photograph: Vatican Pool/Getty ImagesAs white smoke billowed from the Vatican in Rome, yellow papal flags whipped in the crisp Lake Michigan breeze in front of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy on Chicago’s North Side.
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1 month ago |
theguardian.com | Leigh Giangreco
As white smoke billowed from the Vatican in Rome, yellow papal flags whipped in the crisp Lake Michigan breeze in front of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy on Chicago’s North Side. Screams of “Habemus Papam!” echoed throughout the cafeteria at the Catholic school on Thursday afternoon, when news broke that Chicago’s Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo XIV.
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1 month ago |
aol.co.uk | Leigh Giangreco
As white smoke billowed from the Vatican in Rome, yellow papal flags whipped in the crisp Lake Michigan breeze in front of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy on Chicago’s North Side. Screams of “Habemus Papam!” echoed throughout the cafeteria at the Catholic school on Thursday afternoon, when news broke that Chicago’s Robert Prevost had become Pope Leo XIV.
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