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About 30 teens visiting from Israel and Palestine and taking part in the Hands of Peace program work with a group of local teens during a group effort painting canvases promoting peace in Harrison Park on July 25, 2019.

Palestinian, Israeli and Chicago teens paint for peace in Pilsen

July 26, 2019 at 7:59 p.m.

Thursday afternoon in a Pilsen park, a Palestinian girl carefully painted the blue stripes of the Israeli flag, part of a larger canvas mural depicting two different-colored hands holding a...

Participants consisting mostly residents of other Chicago neighborhoods walk North Lawndale during a youth-led tour by My Block, My Hood, My City on July 20, 2019.

‘We’re a family community’: Teens lead tours to show the real North Lawndale

July 27, 2019 at 6:31 p.m.

Under the hot July sun, about 40 people passed around sliced turkey, ham and pastrami hoagies in Douglas Park in North Lawndale. The sandwiches came from Douglas Park Dollar and...

A woman records the scene as rough waves crash along the shore at Ohio Street Beach in Chicago on July 22, 2019.

2 men fishing at Montrose Beach rescued after being swept into Lake Michigan by waves

July 22, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

Rescue crews pulled a man from Lake Michigan after he and another person went into the water Monday morning while fishing at Montrose Beach, authorities said. The Chicago police marine...

Lincoln Street Beach in Evanston on July 12, 2019.

Evanston beaches closed, advisories lifted at North Side beaches as heat sets in

July 19, 2019 at 5:07 p.m.

Hoping to cool off from the heat with a dip in the lake? Before diving in, be sure to check the color of the flag. Multiple Evanston beaches were closed...

Corry Lee cools off his head with water from a fire hydrant faucet outside a fire station on Waveland Avenue, across the street from Wrigley Field on July 17, 2019, in Chicago.

Chicago broils as 2 days of extreme heat set in

July 19, 2019 at 8:01 p.m.

A two-day blast of extreme heat began baking the Chicago area Friday as the temperature overnight fell only to 81 degrees, a possible record for the day. Storms on Thursday...

‘We need everyone to do their part’: Chicago prepares for heat wave

July 19, 2019 at 8:58 a.m.

Many resources are available to help Chicagoans beat the heat over the next two days, including public cooling centers and well-being checks, officials said Thursday. "No one in need of...

A visitor peers upward to view Garfield Park Conservatory's Agave Americana plant on July 16, 2019.

A 60-year-old agave plant at Garfield Park Conservatory is blooming — for the first and last time

July 17, 2019 at 2:36 p.m.

In Aztec culture, the goddess Mayahuel represented fertility and the agave plant, making her a fitting namesake for the majestic, decades-old agave Americana that grows in the center of the...

Maja Lindall, 9, carries in a box containing a portion of the 200,000 signatures for women's equal pay into the U.S. Soccer headquarters in Chicago on July 16, 2019.

Soccer fans, activists rally at U.S. Soccer headquarters for equal pay

July 16, 2019 at 3:42 p.m.

Greta Lindall, 12, has been playing soccer for as long as she can remember. Now entering seventh grade, she plays for her school team at Skinner North Classical School. Wearing...

Joseph Coles, father of missing woman Kierra Coles, right, is joined by activists George "Ben" Ivey, Giles Norris and Norma Peterson as he prepares to speak to the media July 15, 2019, about the continuing search for his daughter.

‘I do believe my daughter is still alive’: Family of missing Chicago postal worker Kierra Coles continues search

July 16, 2019 at 1:33 a.m.

Nearly nine months after Kierra Coles' disappearance, police have run out of leads in the investigation, but her family isn't giving up hope. Joseph Coles, Kierra Coles' father, other family...

Volunteer Alligator Bob paddles on the Humboldt Park Lagoon in Chicago on July 12, 2019. For the past several days, a search has been underway for an alligator that has been seen swimming in the water.

Humboldt Park alligator stays out of sight as effort to capture beast enters 4th day

July 12, 2019 at 5:03 p.m.

The Humboldt Park alligator had gone to ground Friday, with no confirmed sightings of the animal since early the day before as attempts to capture it entered a fourth day....

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