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  1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Finnegan Belleau

    More than 175,000 people have visited the Obama Presidential Center since its June opening (opens the original)

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    More than 175,000 people have visited the Obama Presidential Center since its opening, with visitors coming from 50 U.S. states and 39 countries. Nearly a third were from Illinois. The statistics come from data released Saturday in a statement by the Obama Foundation commemorating 100 days since the presidential center first opened June 19. Just under 4,000 were active military personnel. There were four known marriage proposals, three bald eagle sightings and about 11,000 “Obama Burgers” eaten

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Finnegan Belleau

    Dolphin that was part of international effort to transfer beluga whales from Canada dies in Spain (opens the original)

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    A dolphin that was part of an international rescue effort to transfer 30 whales and four dolphins from a Canadian marine park has died at an aquarium in Spain, according to a statement. Four beluga whales also have died since the moves began in July, including one at the Spanish facility and three at the Shedd Aquarium. A fifth beluga that had been living at the Shedd since 2014 also died in recent weeks. Experts have said some of the whales were suffering from preexisting medical conditions. Bu

  3. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Finnegan Belleau

    Multiple belugas have died at Shedd Aquarium since dramatic rescue from Canada. Activists say the transfers happened too quickly. (opens the original)

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    More than three weeks have passed since the last beluga whales were transported from a shuttered marine park in Canada to Shedd Aquarium and other facilities across the U.S. and Spain. The dramatic rescues involved lifting the whales with cranes and flying them across international borders. But since then, five belugas have died: Three who arrived at Shedd from Canada, one already living at the Chicago aquarium and another in Spain. Advocates for animal well-being say a rushed transfer process m

  4. Article · Sep 21, 2026 · Finnegan Belleau

    Parts of Chicago set a September rainfall record, weather service says (opens the original)

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    After a weekend that brought more September rain to parts of Chicago than had been seen in seven years, residents can expect light rain and cloudy skies over the next few days, weather officials said. Forecasters expected Monday to be drizzly, according to Gino Izzi, senior meteorologist at the National Weather Service. Izzi also said the rain Saturday and Sunday was the most O’Hare International Airport has reported in two days during September since 2019. Saturday rainfall was 0.86 inches, and

  5. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Finnegan Belleau

    School bus aide granted release after 12-year-old student fired gun near Bridgeport school (opens the original)

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    A Cook County judge Wednesday ordered the pretrial release of a school bus aide, in relation to an incident this week in which a 12-year-old student fired a loaded gun allegedly left on a school bus. Steven Dixon, 22, faces a felony charge for possessing a firearm at a school, three misdemeanor counts of child endangerment and one misdemeanor count for reckless conduct, according to court records. On Monday afternoon, a child shot a loaded gun allegedly left by Dixon on the school bus, shatterin

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