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‘The Etsy for flowers’ raises $5.5 million

By Sun-Times Wire

BloomNation, an online marketplace that calls itself “the Etsy for flowers,” closed on a $5.55 million financing round with backing from the likes of Andreessen Horowitz, Chicago Ventures, CrunchFund and A Capital founded by Ronny Conway.

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Connor Bedard learned more lessons in the Blackhawks’ preseason game Tuesday.

Connor Bedard learning not to do too much as Blackhawks’ preseason rolls on

With patience, Bedard’s chances and points will come, as was the case Tuesday. He tallied three points in a 4-2 Hawks win. But in the meantime, Luke Richardson is teaching him that “everything doesn’t have to be a highlight.”

By Ben Pope

Nation/World

Multiple people have been shot on campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore, police say

A police spokesperson said 4 people were shot at the historically Black university, possibly in a residence hall, in an active-shooter situation. A shelter in place order has been issued.

By Associated Press

New York Mayor Eric Adams is facing a crisis, as the city has received almost 120,000 migrants over the last year. “We want to give an honest assessment of what we are experiencing here in this city,” he said of his upcoming four-day Latin America trip. “We are at capacity.”

Nation/World

New York City mayor heads to Latin America with message for asylum-seekers: ‘We are at capacity’

New York’s Eric Adams will travel to Mexico, Ecuador and Colombia in a four-day trip this week. Chicago is sending a delegation to Mexico to warn migrants of the city’s winters.

By Anthony Izaguirre | Associated Press

Law enforcement officers watching the home of Charlotte Sena saw someone drop a note in the mailbox early Monday. Fingerprints on the note led investigators to Craig Nelson Ross Jr.

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9-year-old who vanished from New York state park found safe and man linked to ransom note arrested

Charlotte Sena disappeared at a park north of Albany on Saturday. She was found Monday in a home and a suspect taken into custody.

By Michael Hill | Associated Press and LISA BAUMANN

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Man found shot dead in Douglas

Officers found the man, 33, with a gunshot wound to the head about 7 p.m. in the 100 block of East 36th Street.

By Sun-Times Wire