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A nationally known landscape architectural firm has opened an office in Denver for what is a homecoming for the director of the new location. The process of adding Denver to the offices that Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates has in Cambridge, Mass., and Brooklyn, N.Y., happened organically during the COVID-19 pandemic, said Scott Streeb, an associate principal and the director in Denver. “I originally moved here in 2018 to be closer to my family. Michael was supportive of me working remotely,” said Streeb, who grew up in…

FBG Cash was reportedly shot and killed early Friday morning in Chicago.Per a report from regional outlet WLS-TV, a 31-year-old man was fatally shot while inside a vehicle in the 1600 block of West 81st Street. A woman who was also inside the vehicle at the time was shot as well, with the report stating she was transported to a nearby hospital in serious condition.The man, per the report, was later identified by Cook County officials as Tristian Hamilton, a.k.a. FBG Cash. He was pronounced dead after being taken to the…

It is a grim coincidence that the same week that HBO premieres the The Janes — a documentary about the young women who established an underground network to provide women with affordable and safe abortion care in the years before Roe v. Wade — the current Supreme Court may actually overturn that very decision that rendered the Janes services largely unnecessary nearly 50 years ago. The Janes, which debuts on Wed., June 8, has the colorful characters, quick pacing, and twists and turns of a heist film. The directors,…

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Many renters believe that a cost-of-living crisis is brewing in America's major cities.New York City is showing up as a hotspot of rent inflation. The average rent for 1-bedroom apartments in Manhattan rose to $3,995 a month in May 2022 — a 41% increase from one year ago, according to Zumper.Sudden, double-digit rent spikes are hitting other hubs, including Chicago, Los Angeles, and Austin, Texas. Zumper data shows that growth is particularly strong in Sun Belt cities such as Miami, where rents have risen to $2,700 a…

The personal information of more than half a million Chicago Public Schools students and staff was compromised in a ransomware attack last December, but the vendor didn't report it to the district until last month, officials said. The data breach occurred Dec. 1 and…

Article content The civilian oversight agency of the Chicago police is investigating an officer’s shooting of an unarmed 13-year-old boy who was suspected of having taken part in a carjacking. Article content The boy is in serious but stable condition at a local hospital. Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown said at a Thursday news conference that his department was fully cooperating with the city’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA). Brown provided few details of the incident. All…

Baby-formula manufacturers and retailers say they are working to address a long-running shortage in products on store shelves but the hardships facing U.S. families may take months to abate. Abbott Laboratories, ABT 1.59% producer of Similac baby formula, said it is bringing products from its factory in Ireland to the U.S. as it continues talks with the Food and Drug Administration to restart production at its factory in Michigan. However, the company has said it would…

Percent of Chicago households with Internet access, by community area. Data sources: American Community Survey (2015–2019) and City of Chicago Data Portal. Credit: University of Chicago Data Science InstituteIn an effort to reduce disparities, the <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>University of Chicago</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Founded in 1890, the University of Chicago (UChicago, U of C, or Chicago) is a…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research led by Northwestern University can help officials identify hidden networks of officers engaging in misconduct and criminal behavior within police organizations. The study shows that police misconduct is a group phenomenon that contributes to a disproportionate number of arrests in minority communities.…