Chicago police officers keep watch outside Guaranteed Rate Field after a shooting took place inside the stadium during the Chicago White Sox game against the Oakland Athletics, Friday, Aug. 25.
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Delilah Bennem, 1, laughs with her mom Endia Williams, who works as an eligibility specialist at The Lactation Network and as a doula on the side, while Bennem’s dad, Joseph Bennem, watches during Latch and Stroll, a resource fair organized by the Chicago South Side Birthing Center in honor of Black Breastfeeding Week at Russell Square Park in South Chicago, Saturday, Aug. 26. The event, which featured vendors, workshops and children’s activities, aims to shed light on the “disparities of breastfeeding rates in Black communities and to uplift the people and organizations providing resources and support to families and their little ones,” according to a press release.
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Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields takes the snap during the first quarter against the Buffalo Bills in a preseason game at Soldier Field, Saturday, Aug. 26.
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Educators with the Chicago High School of the Arts picket outside the school after they announced a strike deadline, Wednesday, Aug. 30.
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Ang Gardner, a walkie production assistant at Chicago P.D., sits at Wicker Park, Friday, Aug. 25. Gardner is among staff set production assistants who have been unemployed due to the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes and received $1,500 in donations in August from actors and other production crew members who pitched in.
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Athletes compete in the bike leg of the 2023 Chicago Triathlon, Sunday, Aug. 27.
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Chicago Fire Department and Chicago Police Department personnel salute the ambulance delivering CFD Lt. Kevin Ward’s body to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, Tuesday, Aug. 29. Ward, 59, died at Loyola Medical Center, where he was taken from the fire on Aug. 11 in the 8300 block of West Balmoral Avenue.
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Doris Lewis attempts to shout down a speaker during an emergency community meeting, about using the Lakeshore Hotel as a migrant shelter, at The Promontory in Hyde Park, Wednesday, Aug. 30.
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Bella Garcia (right), froSkate’s merchandise and programming manager, and Sam Chuprevich skate on a pump track during froSkate’s meetup at Big Marsh Park, Saturday, Aug. 26. The group, which “exists to provide inclusive experiences, resources and equity for the BIPOC, non-traditional skateboarding community” and centers trans, queer, gender non-conforming and non-binary folks, according to their website, hosts monthly meet-ups in the summer. “Falling is easier with friends,” said Trina Rager, who manages the group’s social media and said that it instills a sense of community.
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Chicago police officers take a look at a silver Hyundai sedan after two people were shot, including a 4-year-old boy, in the 6500 block of South Blackstone Avenue in Woodlawn, Thursday, Aug. 31.
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Chicago Bears fullback Robert Burns scores a 5-yard touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Buffalo Bills in a preseason game at Soldier Field, Saturday, Aug. 26.
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Chicago Bears fullback Robert Burns celebrates with teammates after scoring a 5-yard touchdown during the fourth quarter against the Buffalo Bills in a preseason game at Soldier Field, Saturday, Aug. 26.
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A person works inside the new Amazon SIL 4 facility in Humboldt Park during a media tour, Wednesday, Aug. 23. The new facility, which is set to open in September, is for sub same-day orders.
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(From left) Sisters Matasha, Lashana and Nicole Lewis speak to reporters in the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse following a hearing at which Alexander Villa was sentenced to life in prison for the 2011 murder of their brother, Chicago police officer Clifton Lewis Monday, Aug. 28.
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Sisters Lashana and Nicole Lewis hold hands as they speak to reporters in the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Courthouse following a hearing at which Alexander Villa was sentenced to life in prison for the 2011 murder of their brother, Chicago police officer Clifton Lewis Monday, Aug. 28.
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Waclaw Kalata, 63, watches floors move by as he manually operates an elevator in the Fine Arts Building on South Michigan Avenue, Monday, Aug. 28.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson walks in front of Gov. J.B. Pritzker during a press conference in the Loop, where officials and business leaders called on the Biden administration to expand work authorizations for new and old immigrants in hopes of addressing the labor shortage in Illinois and other states experiencing workforce shortages, Wednesday, Aug. 30.
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First lady Jill Biden greets members of the Chicago Federation of Labor and supporters at McCormick Place in an event aimed to highlight the Biden administration’s support of organized labor, Wednesday, Aug. 30.
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Family members who lost loved ones from overdosing listen as State Rep. La Shawn Ford speaks at an End Overdose Now Illinois rally and resource fair at Federal Plaza, Monday, Aug. 28.
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Mayor Brandon Johnson walks through the Logan Square Farmers Market with Nilda Esparza, of the Logan Square Chamber of Commerce, Sunday, Aug. 27. Esparza, concerned about the safety of vendors and shoppers, had planned to cancel the market, having failed to secure a city permit to shut Logan Boulevard down. With Johnson’s help the permit was approved.
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