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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Nichole Shaw

Staff Reporter
TLC members Chilli (left) and T-Boz (right) sit in classic 90s fits with a futuristic twist to promote their 2021 national tour, which celebrates their hit sophomore album “CrazySexyCool.” TLC headlines the Chicago Hollywood Amphitheater on Sep. 15.
Music
TLC makes every ‘CrazySexyCool’ show feel like ‘a big old backyard boogie’
T-Boz and Chilli come to Tinley Park as part of a national tour to commemorate their hit sophomore album, which touted messages of female empowerment and safe sex and was certified diamond.
By Nichole Shaw
 
The State and Lake elevated CTA station, Wednesday, June 9, 2021.
Transportation
CTA to require all employees get fully vaccinated against COVID-19
All CTA employees are required to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 25 unless they have a religious or medical exemption.
By Nichole Shaw
 
NASA astronauts Megan MacArthur (left) and Mark Vande Hei (right) speak with REACH podcast hosts Wednesday morning aboard the International Space Station on Expedition 65.
Education
Space podcast for kids connects with NASA astronauts
“REACH: A Space Podcast for Kids” met live with NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Expedition 65 and discussed the ethics of space exploration.
By Nichole Shaw
 
Mark McKenna tours his refurbished apartment for the first time.
News
Another formerly homeless vet gets help furnishing his home
Mark McKenna, who was discharged from the Navy in 1986, entered his refurbished apartment for the first time Friday. His apartment is the 406th home to be furnished by the nonprofit Humble Design since the Chicago chapter was founded in 2017.
By Nichole Shaw
 
Abbott Laboratories headquarters in Abbott Park, Illinois.
Business
Ex-manager who sued Abbott Laboratories for discrimination loses court case
Jacinta “Jay” Downing, the former Midwest sales region manager for the North Shore company, had claimed she was denied promotions and retaliated against even before she was let go in 2015.
By Nichole Shaw
 
Community activists and faith leaders get signatures for a “get well soon” card for Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife, Jacqueline, 77, before a prayer vigil and news conference outside Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Monday morning, Aug. 23, 2021. The Jacksons were admitted Saturday to Northwestern after testing positive for COVID-19.
Chicago
Faith leaders pray for Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline
The Jacksons were hospitalized Saturday after testing positive for COVID-19.
By Nichole Shaw
 
Mikva Challenge citywide youth council members meet with experts and city officials to help inform their policy recommendations. In July, students met with Sen. Robert Peters (D-13th) pictured in the middle of the top row.
Metro/State
Chicago youth offer public policy suggestions to city leaders through Mikva Challenge
Mikva Challenge youth members made public policy recommendations to Chicago officials about issues of inequity affecting youth. Approved recommendations will begin implementation in the fall.
By Nichole Shaw
 
Monty the piping plover seen Aug. 13 on Montrose Beach before his long flight to Galveston, Texas.
News
Snowbirds Monty and Rose leave Montrose Beach; piping plover pair go south for winter
Monty and Rose, Chicago’s famous piping plovers, have migrated. Monty is in Texas while Rose flew to Florida. Their chicks remain in the Great Lakes area.
By Nichole Shaw
 
Mother of Adam Toledo who was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer, Betty Toledo, tears up while speaking at a Potosi, Wisconsin, town hall meeting about Adam’s Place on Aug. 11 at the Potosi High School Livens Auditorium.
La Voz Chicago
La familia de Adam Toledo elige una granja en Wisconsin para un refugio de jóvenes
Adam’s Place se construirá en una granja de 70 acres cerca de Potosi, Wisconsin.
By Nichole Shaw