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Kennedy-King College market offers students fresh food for free in an area with limited grocery options

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Jamie Kalven: As the Krystal Rivera case shows, transparency in Chicago is a work in progress

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Andrew S. Boutros and Christopher C. Amon: The new dawn of federal anti-violence initiatives in Chicago

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Marimar Martinez testifies at Illinois commission: 'I just acted like any human being'

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Chicago progressive leaders remember organizer Amisha Patel

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Review: Brendan Hunt shares his loves of The Beatles and much of himself in an only-in-Chicago story

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United Arab Emirates will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel

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Oak Lawn Trustee Timothy Desmond resigns to develop housing with village

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Chicago Tribune staff wins prestigious Batten Medal for Operation Midway Blitz coverage

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Chicagoans overwhelmingly oppose federal immigration raids and fear agents at polling places, Suffolk-Tribune poll finds

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Crime and Public Safety

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Driver killed in shooting involving Warrenville officer on I-88 in DeKalb County after police chase, state police says

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Man arrested for firing shot at man at gas station outside Aberdeen

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Ex-Dyer seminary school VP gets 15 years for child porn

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Moraine Valley Community College kicks off sustainability effort by planting 61 trees

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Earth Day volunteers plant shrubs, clear brush at Orland Grassland

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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This is your guide to Chicago's daily food specials

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Chicago's Tomato Man on the impacts of erratic spring temperatures on his beloved heirlooms

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Today in Chicago History: Foie gras banned by City Council. Sacré bleu!

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Hundreds march in Pilsen, demand answers in unsolved fatal hit-and-run

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A 69-hour-workday? City of Chicago paid head-scratching legal bills

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Court battles hit taxpayer wallets

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