An aerial view of Waukegan’s shoreline, which is full of environmental hazards, including a coal-power plant, nearby coal ash ponds, four toxic-waste sites and other sources of industrial pollution. A report released Wednesday warns that rising lake levels, strong wind gusts and high waves are inching closer to flooding hazardous spots in northern Illinois, including coal, nuclear and Superfund sites.
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![Maya-Camille Broussard, creator of Justice of the Pies, makes a pecan pie in a prep kitchen in East Garfield Park on the West Side, Friday afternoon, June 10, 2022.](https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3560617/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/840x560!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fthumbor%2Fat8tPcWiRpfSjsERDgJYYhS8suc%3D%2F0x0%3A6000x4000%2F6000x4000%2Ffilters%3Afocal%283000x2000%3A3001x2001%29%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fuploads%2Fchorus_asset%2Ffile%2F23630878%2FJUSTICEOFTHEPIES_061022_1.jpg)
Maya-Camille Broussard, creator of Justice of the Pies, makes a pecan pie in a prep kitchen in East Garfield Park on the West Side, Friday afternoon, June 10, 2022.
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A person tours what is left of the former Pilgrim Baptist Church, which will be transformed into the National Museum of Gospel Music, in the Bronzeville neighborhood, Thursday morning, June 16, 2022. Leadership of the National Museum of Gospel Music is working to turn the remnants of the former Pilgrim Baptist Church into the National Museum of Gospel Music, an estimated $30 million project, according to a press release.
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![People run and play in Lake Michigan at Montrose Beach on the North Side, as temperatures in the Chicago area reach 100 degrees for the first time in a decade, Tuesday afternoon, June 14, 2022.](https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/20accd0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1986x1323+0+0/resize/840x560!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fthumbor%2FC8RcZoEuLVh2QMB4JO22h2qpcA8%3D%2F0x0%3A1986x1323%2F1986x1323%2Ffilters%3Afocal%28993x662%3A994x663%29%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fuploads%2Fchorus_asset%2Ffile%2F23633225%2FWEATHER_061522_11a.jpg)
People run and play in Lake Michigan at Montrose Beach on the North Side, as temperatures in the Chicago area reach 100 degrees for the first time in a decade, Tuesday afternoon, June 14, 2022.
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Michael Cotey, 36, an artistic producer at #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence, holds his 2-year-old son, Jackson, during a March for Our Lives rally where hundreds gathered to demand gun control at Federal Plaza in the Loop, Saturday afternoon, June 11, 2022. Cotey said he never had to think about gun violence when he was younger, but as a father, he has to worry about his son’s safety.
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Minnie Robinson, 72, of Rogers Park, early votes in the June 28 primary at Warren Park in the West Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side, Monday morning, June 13, 2022. Monday was the first day of in-person early voting in Chicago’s 50 wards.
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Illinois State Police investigators work the scene of a crash in the 700 block of South Wabash Avenue in the South Loop neighborhood, Saturday night, June 11, 2022. Police said three people were hurt in the crash, including a boy who led law enforcement on a chase with a stolen SUV.
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![Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues perform at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion during the Chicago’s Blues Festival in Millennium Park, Friday evening, June 10, 2022.](https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/55b465d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1996+0+0/resize/840x559!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fthumbor%2FVfGc9ACd1o7A4VJCVUN2czJlGQQ%3D%2F0x0%3A3000x1996%2F3000x1996%2Ffilters%3Afocal%281500x998%3A1501x999%29%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fuploads%2Fchorus_asset%2Ffile%2F23632765%2FBLUESFEST_061122_27.jpg)
Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues perform at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion during the Chicago’s Blues Festival in Millennium Park, Friday evening, June 10, 2022.
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![Workers with the Conservation of Sculpture and Objects Studio remove the Art Institute of Chicago’s lions, bronze sculptures made in 1893 by Edward Kemeys, from the front steps of the museum’s Michigan Avenue entrance for conservation treatment, Tuesday morning, June 14, 2022.](https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1b4931e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5566x3711+0+0/resize/840x560!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fthumbor%2FHvHXw6-vqvtSgOmFVmWm0oZrkjw%3D%2F0x0%3A5566x3711%2F5566x3711%2Ffilters%3Afocal%282783x1856%3A2784x1857%29%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fuploads%2Fchorus_asset%2Ffile%2F23632768%2FLIONS_061522_03_copy.jpg)
Workers with the Conservation of Sculpture and Objects Studio remove the Art Institute of Chicago’s lions, bronze sculptures made in 1893 by Edward Kemeys, from the front steps of the museum’s Michigan Avenue entrance for conservation treatment, Tuesday morning, June 14, 2022.
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![A family takes a dip in Lake Michigan at Montrose Beach as temperatures in the Chicago area rise to 95 degrees, Wednesday afternoon, June 15, 2022.](https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5bdbe78/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3580x2387+0+0/resize/840x560!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fthumbor%2Fjd0QPlvSiaeHrvlg3ZQTsHqcpAM%3D%2F0x0%3A3580x2387%2F3580x2387%2Ffilters%3Afocal%281790x1194%3A1791x1195%29%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fuploads%2Fchorus_asset%2Ffile%2F23632679%2FWHUMBOLDT_061622_12.jpg)
A family takes a dip in Lake Michigan at Montrose Beach as Chicago set a new heat record after another day of sweltering temperatures, Wednesday afternoon, June 15, 2022. O’Hare Airport reached 96 degrees around 3 p.m. Wednesday, breaking the record high of 95 degrees for June 15 set in 1994, according to the National Weather Service.
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![Chicago police investigate in the 4200 block of West Madison Street, where officials said a 48-year-old man suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head and body while standing on the West Garfield Park neighborhood sidewalk on the West Side, Sunday night, June 12, 2022.](https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/305caba/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1996+0+0/resize/840x559!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fthumbor%2FYYotHeo_GjH2rfYmn84T-v7gB10%3D%2F0x0%3A3000x1996%2F3000x1996%2Ffilters%3Afocal%281500x998%3A1501x999%29%2Fcdn.vox-cdn.com%2Fuploads%2Fchorus_asset%2Ffile%2F23633438%2FMADISONSHOOTING_061322_3.jpg)
Chicago police investigate in the 4200 block of West Madison Street, where officials said a 48-year-old man suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the head and body while standing on the West Garfield Park neighborhood sidewalk on the West Side, Sunday night, June 12, 2022.
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Senator Bernie Sanders listens to speakers as he awaits his turn at the podium during a rally at the Teamsters Local 705 at 1645 West Jackson Boulevard in Near West Town, Thursday, June 16, 2022.
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CreatiVets participant Carlos Espinosaroldon, a veteran who lives in Texas, works on sheets of metal that he is designing into feathers for a show, at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s 280 Building in the Loop, Thursday morning, June 9, 2022. Veterans from across the country participated in a three-week program through CreatiVets, an organization that partnered with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to help veterans process what they have been through using their chosen art medium.
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