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2 weeks ago | 
wbez.org | Nudia Hernandez |Mendy Kong
Sueños Music Festival is Chicago’s unofficial kickoff to summer, and while icons such as Shakira, Peso Pluma and Don Omar bring the heat on stage, fans turn Grant Park into a runway of fuego fits that steal the show. Now in its fourth year, Sueños arrived with perfect festival weather that included sunny skies and a breezy 61 degrees, ideal for any curated outfit.
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Feb 10, 2025 | 
wbez.org | Mary Norkol |Kristen Schorsch |Mendy Kong |Sasha-Ann Simons
If you’re living in Chicago, it may seem like everyone you know is sick. And while it’s not quite everyone, the Chicago area and the nation are facing a serious spike in flu cases. This flu season could be the most intense in 15 years, according to the percentage of doctors’ visits for flu-like symptoms, which can indicate the severity of the virus’ spread.
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Feb 7, 2025 | 
wbez.org | Mendy Kong |Sasha-Ann Simons |Meha Ahmad |Fran Spielman
Bird flu — also known as avian influenza or H5N1 — has been spreading among animals in Illinois. This week, hundreds of ducks were found dead along Lake Michigan. So far, there have been no reported human bird flu cases in Illinois. Across the U.S., there have been 67 human cases and one death reported. Experts told NPR the risk to the general public is low and almost all human cases can be traced to close contact with infected birds or cattle.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
wbez.org | Mary Dixon |Dave McKinney |Mendy Kong |Jon Seidel
The long awaited federal corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and co-defendant Michael McClain gets underway this week with jury selection. Federal law enforcement took a decade to build their case against Madigan, one of the most powerful politicians in Illinois and the longest-serving House speaker in American history. Madigan faces 23 counts related to racketeering, bribery and conspiracy.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
wbez.org | Morgan Ciocca |Mendy Kong
Getting Dressed with Vocalo is a new video series highlighting Chicago musicians who have standout personal styles. Get ready with us. Chicago singer Manasseh gets dressed every day without a full-body mirror — he just lays his clothes out on the bed. “I just trust myself,” he said.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
wbez.org | Mary Dixon |Alden Loury |Mendy Kong
Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump faced off in their first presidential debate Tuesday night. Their exchanges helped make clear their stances on abortion, gun policy and the crisis in Gaza, but some topics, like education, remain unaddressed. WBEZ Morning Edition host Mary Dixon and WBEZ Data Editor/Chicago Sun-Times columnist Alden Loury took calls from listeners across the Chicago area to hear opinions on the debate.
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May 31, 2024 | 
wbez.org | Mendy Kong |Amy Qin
Northwestern University president Michael Schill was grilled by House Republicans last week on his decision to strike a deal with student organizers of a pro-Palestinian encampment.
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May 31, 2024 | 
wbez.org | Mendy Kong |Amy Qin |Sasha-Ann Simons |Max Lubbers
Mendy is a multimedia artist with a passion for Asian and Asian American music and pop culture. Before WBEZ, Mendy interned at LAist Studios and record label/production studio Audiotree. They love to do photography (live event & editorial), video, graphic design, 3D modeling, and anything else they can get their grubby hands on. Mendy is a proud Chicagoan. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and Digital Media Studies from the University of Southern California.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
wbez.org | Sasha-Ann Simons |Micah Yason |Ethan Schwabe |Mendy Kong
WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter. Click the red listen button to hear the full conversation with WBEZ’s Reset and Laufey. Laufey is many things – a jazz icon to some, a breakout pop star to others. But as she writes in the song “Goddess,” she’s also just a normal girl. That’s a little hard to believe, since the Icelandic-Chinese singer has had an impressive year.
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Feb 19, 2024 | 
wbez.org | Mendy Kong
WBEZ brings you fact-based news and information. Sign up for our newsletters to stay up to date on the stories that matter. Finding that first job out of college has long been a rite of passage but for Gen Z’s formative years defined by a pandemic, it seems to be complicated. Not all young people have recovered or made their way into the workforce – especially Black and Latino teens and young adults in Chicago, where youth unemployment has been consistently higher than the national average.
