Egypt and Israel held high-level talks in both countries Sunday to shore up a fragile truce between Israel and the Hamas militant group and rebuild the Gaza Strip after a punishing 11-day war that left parts of the seaside enclave in ruins. Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukry received his Israeli counterpart, Gabi Ashkenazi, in Cairo. …
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Continuing its effort to increase COVID-19 vaccinations among Chicagoans, the city’s Department of Public Health has planned Memorial Day vaccination clinics at two city beaches. The clinics at North Avenue Beach and 31st Street Beach will run from 1 to 4 p.m. Doses of both the Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines will be available, …
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Illinois is closer to making Juneteenth a state holiday. Legislation making June 19 a paid day off for all state employees and a school holiday was unanimously approved by the Illinois House last week and by the state Senate last month. It states that if June 19 falls on a Saturday or Sunday the holiday …
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One of Wisconsin’s major tourist attractions is making do during Memorial Day weekend with fewer workers, hoping that more will arrive during the summer. Tom Diehl is the president of the Attractions Association and Tommy Bartlett Inc. in Wisconsin Dells. He said they’re ready to welcome visitors but labor is a problem. “We don’t have …
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Cubs Observations: Reds get to Arrieta early, avoid sweep originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Cubs’ six-game winning streak ended Sunday with a 5-1 loss to the Reds, dropping them to 29-23 this season. Here are 10 observations from the game. 1. It took 18 2/3 innings, but the Reds took their first lead of …
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As Claudia Sandoval looked to the sky Sunday afternoon, she saw not one cloud – just sunshine. The sunny skies, Sandoval said, were because of her mother, Teresa, who died in a crash Saturday morning when a wrong-way driver struck the car she was riding in on the Dan Ryan Expressway. The wrong-way driver, Douglas …
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Officers with the Chicago Police Department’s Marine Unit rescued a woman from Lake Michigan Sunday afternoon, police officials said. At approximately 2:26 p.m., police responded to a call of a person in the water in the 700 block of South Lake Shore Drive. CPD tweeted photos of Marine Unit officers assisting the woman onto a …
A former ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he would seek to form a coalition government with the Israeli leader’s opponents, taking a major step toward ending the rule of the longtime premier. The dramatic announcement by Naftali Bennett, leader of the small hardline Yamina party, set the stage for a series …
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The Carolina Panthers have released a series of videos detailing their war room’s actions during the NFL Draft and in NFL free agency, and in one video, they revealed that one of the Chicago Bears’ divisional rivals tried to trade up for quarterback Justin Fields before the Monsters of the Midway snagged him. In the …
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More than half of Illinois adults have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, public health officials announced Sunday. Overall 11.2 million vaccines have been administered in the state, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Health officials said about 67% of all adults have received at least one vaccine dose. The news comes as the …
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