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Lori Wainwright, de 63 años, camina por el sótano inundado de la casa de su amiga, la Sra. Ball, de 62 años, después de que cayeran casi 9 pulgadas de lluvia el domingo en tres horas el 19 de septiembre de 2023 en Calumet City. “Me devastó, no podía descansar”, dijo Wainwright. La Sra. Ball dijo que no podía pagar los $1,200 que costaría sacar el agua de su sótano, por lo que Wainwright y Ball alquilaron una bomba en un Home Depot de Chicago y comenzaron a sacar el agua ellas mismas. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

A medida que la política de justicia ambiental del Condado de Cook toma forma, las comunidades expresan sus prioridades y preocupaciones

February 6, 2025 at 11:33 a.m.

Planes para abordar las deficiencias en la inversión comunitaria y apoyar a quienes históricamente se han visto sobrecargados por la contaminación y las inclemencias meteorológicas

As Cook County’s environmental justice policy takes shape, communities voice priorities and concerns

February 5, 2025 at 7:56 p.m.

Plan to address gaps in community investment and support those historically overburdened by pollution and severe weather.

A dead merganser near Oak Street Beach on Feb. 2, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

More than 100 dead birds found along lakefront beaches; avian flu suspected

February 3, 2025 at 7:26 p.m.

As it mutates, the bird flu has seemingly been able to infect other bird species, pets, other kinds of animals and, on rare occasions, humans.

A shoreline dump site at the mouth of the Calumet River along Lake Michigan on the Southeast Side on July 18, 2024. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Illinois EPA opposes proposed toxic waste dump expansion on Southeast Side lakefront

January 28, 2025 at 10:47 a.m.

Army Corps wants to raise the dump 25 feet to hold an additional 1 million cubic yards of toxic sediment over the next 20 years.

3 teens shot, 1 fatally, in Riverdale home

January 26, 2025 at 7:54 p.m.

16-year-old suffered nine gunshot wounds in Far South Side shooting.

State Sen. Graciela Guzmán, left, talks with a woman outside a home where a man was detained by federal immigration officers earlier in the day on the 4300 block of West Dickens Avenue in the Hermosa neighborhood on Jan. 26, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

‘We are terrified’: ICE begins long-promised immigration blitz in Chicago

January 27, 2025 at 2:34 p.m.

With two top Trump administration officials in Chicago, federal law enforcement began a "targeted" immigration blitz Sunday, according to a spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A storm rolls in at Ohio Street Beach after a day of the heat index at triple digits on Aug. 27, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Illinois affected by a record number of billion-dollar climate disasters in 2024, mostly severe storms

January 20, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

12 events cost the state a total of nearly $4 billion in damages — 9 were severe storms with tornadoes, hail and high winds.

Steve Hernan, a veteran open water swimmer, emerges from Lake Michigan on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, with temperatures in the single digits around sunrise. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Frigid subzero weather grips Chicago on 40-year anniversary of record low

January 20, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The National Weather Service issued two advisories from 6 p.m. Sunday to noon Monday, and from 9 p.m. Monday to noon Tuesday.

Allie, a pregnant 37-year-old bottlenose dolphin, is fed by Heather Downing, the lead animal care specialist, at the Brookfield Zoo on Jan. 14, 2025. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Brookfield Zoo expecting first bottlenose dolphin birth in a decade

January 15, 2025 at 3:12 p.m.

This summer the Brookfield Zoo's bottlenose dolphin habitat will reverberate with the chatty whistles and playful leaps of a new calf — the first expected to be born there in...

Rescatan a un coyote de los refrigeradores de Aldi en Humboldt Park

January 15, 2025 at 6:28 a.m.

El animal parecía ileso, pero será sometido a una evaluación para confirmar su estado antes de ser liberado nuevamente.

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