Sophie Sherry

GA Reporter
A man broke through a glass door to the Downtown Islamic Center before the nightly prayers for Ramadan Sunday night. “It really ties into — from our side of the looking glass — to the situation in Gaza,” Abdullah Mitchell, executive director of the Council Of Islamic Organizations Of Greater Chicago said Monday.
Officials have struggled to explain why Crosetti Brand, 37, was released from the Stateville Correctional Center on Tuesday — a day before the attack — after he had been sent back to prison earlier this year for menacing the woman while on parole.
The suspect, 37, has a long criminal history that dates back to at least 2004 in Cook County. He has been convicted of domestic battery and violating orders of protection in several cases.
The Orange Tent Project worked with architecture students to design a small, secure wooden structure they believed wouldn’t require permits. Last week, days after construction began, the city issued a work stoppage order.
“007 Science: Inventing the World of James Bond,” opens Thursday at the Museum of Science and Industry and features 13 vehicles and more than 90 additional artifacts from the Bond films.
“The guy was loved,” Damian Dunning’s brother told the Sun-Times. “He was a great kid … I say kid because he’s my little brother. He didn’t have any run-ins with anyone. He didn’t have an enemy on this planet.”
Early voting sites include one in each Chicago ward and at 53 village halls, courthouses, community centers and other suburban venues.
Chicago fell one degree short of the all-time daily record high for February on Tuesday, reaching 74 degrees at O’Hare Airport.
Residents reported tornadoes touching down in Sugar Grove, Hinckley and Waterman. Chicago hit 74 degrees, missing the record by one degree.