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Esther Castillejo

<small><strong>Anderson’s background as an athlete who has competed in the Invictus and Wounded Warrior games helped him qualify for the ReWalk program. | Provided photo</strong></small>
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The remarkable robotic exoskeleton that’s helping a paralyzed Army vet walk again
<p>Roosevelt “R.J.” Anderson has dreamed of getting back on his feet for years.</p>
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Epworth United Methodist Church is a Safe Haven center this week. | Esther Castillejo/Sun-Times
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Safe Haven program teaching a lesson in finances
<p>Finances, interest rates and spending are usually grown-up business, but children in the Chicago Public Schools Safe Haven program this spring
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Teen Reach afterschool program to shut down after state grant suspended
<p>Parents, children and instructors packed a room at Teen Reach’s Midway center Thursday to say goodbye to their beloved afterschool
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<small><strong>The public is asked to vote on slogans to be used on tollway signs. | Illinois Tollway illustration</strong></small>
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Motorists get to vote on tollway safety messages
<p>Illinois residents have the chance to make their voices heard in yet another place: state tollways signs.</p>
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Lane Tech students get sample of summer coding workshop
<p>Flying drones and learning how to build websites and apps are just a few of the things Chicago teenagers could learn this summer.</p>
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<small><strong>A portrait of Cardinal Francis George was displayed during masses Sunday at Holy Name Cathedral. | Brian Jackson/For The Sun-Times</strong></small>
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Parishioners, visitors recall Cardinal George
<p>The mood was somber and quiet as parishioners walked out of Holy Name Cathedral on Sunday, two days after Cardinal Francis George died after a long
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<small><strong>Hancock counselor Crystal Gerner said she is not surprised by Stephanie Ruizesparza’s scholarship award. | Esther Castillejo/For the Sun-Times</strong></small>
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Local student awarded Gates scholarship
<p>Stephanie Ruizesparza knows about rejection — she was turned down by almost all the scholarships she needed to make her dream of going to college
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<small><strong>Art Smith polished up a couple of his past James Beard awards to bring to last year’s announcement that the awards gala was being held in Chicago for the next three years. | Sun-Times File Photo</strong></small>
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City banking on tourism boost from James Beard Awards gala
<p>The James Beard Awards will be held in Chicago for the first time on Monday, and the city is ready to show off its culinary scene and cash in on
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Two Chicago-area teens among 13 coding scholarship winners
<p>Charbel Bourjas doesn’t have to try to teach himself how to write computer code anymore.</p>
By Esther Castillejo