Meteorologist Tom Skilling prepares for his weather forecast in his office at the WGN Studios on the Northwest side, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. Meteorologist Tom Skilling is retiring after 45 years at WGN.
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WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling attends the unveiling of six snowplows named by Chicagoans, including one named “Skilling It,” through a contest held by the Department of Streets and Sanitation Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.
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Kaotic Drumline member Bonjour Avery plays the cymbals after the Argyle Lunar New Year Parade in Uptown, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024.
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Chicago Public Schools students and organizers who support the removal of school resource officers leave the Chicago Board of Education meeting as members call for a recess after former Chicago Board of Education member Dwayne Truss, who opposes the removal of school resource officers, had a heated monologue at the Chicago Public Schools Headquarters in the Loop, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.
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A young student of St. Nicholas Cathedral School holds out bread and salt to greet guests including U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley during a prayer vigil for Ukraine inside the school’s gymnasium in Ukrainian Village, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024.
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A pro-Palestinian protester shouts during “Chair Chats” at the UIC Isadore and Sadie Dorin Forum, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. University of Illinois Chicago Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda and Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health and former chief medical advisor to Pres. Joe Biden, had a conversation about how Fauci handled the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the HIV and AIDS crisis.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health and former chief medical advisor to Pres. Joe Biden, speaks during “Chair Chats” at the University of Illinois Chicago Isadore and Sadie Dorin Forum, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Fauci answered questions from UIC Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda about how he handled the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the HIV and AIDS crisis.
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Sharon Payton, right, and Alyssa Simmons of Trenz Beauty Academy. The school is one of five nationwide chosen by the Beyonce’s foundation, BeyGOOD Fund, to be eligible for $250,000 in scholarships.
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Gavin Atack, a GeoGuessr content creator on YouTube and Twitch, stands near the intersection of West Irving Park Road, North Lincoln Avenue and North Damen Avenue on Friday.
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A woman pulled the manual door release and jumped from a CTA Green Line train Tuesday. The woman fell 15 to 20 feet into the bed of a good Samaritan’s truck and broke her leg near the Kedzie Green Line station, pictured Thursday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2024.
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Artist and store manager Kristen Williams works on a portrait at Mahalia’s at 735 E. 79th St. in Chatham, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. The store features items made by Chicago’s Black artists and makers.
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Actor Courtney B. Vance, who wrote his memoir “The Invisible Ache” with Dr. Robin L. Smith, looks emotional as he receives a standing ovation after his talk with Janelle R. Goodwill, a Neubauer Family assistant professor at the University of Chicago, during the African American Alumni Committee Symposium at the Edith Abbott Hall at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. Vance talked about his mental health journey, including how he found a therapist and coped following his father’s suicide.
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Ashlyn Aljamal (right), 3, and Hamzah Aljamal, 6, play with paper dragons along West Argyle Street during the Argyle Lunar New Year Parade in Uptown, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024.
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A paradegoer waves at people in attendance during the Lunar New Year Chinatown Parade in Chinatown, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024.
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