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  3.  <title>Chicago Sun-Times -  All</title>
  4.  <updated>2019-06-04T13:02:44-05:00</updated>
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  8.    <published>2019-06-04T13:02:44-05:00</published>
  9.    <updated>2019-06-04T13:02:44-05:00</updated>
  10.    <title>Ald. Edward Burke pleads not guilty on political corruption charges</title>
  11.    <content type="html">  
  12.    &lt;img alt="Ald. Ed Burke (14th) walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Tuesday." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/VKNb20wC9zvPYXnu4dWZor2jAB0=/0x0:4217x3163/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63944838/BURKE_060519_09_copy.14.jpg" /&gt;
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  16.  &lt;p&gt;Burke and his top political aide, Peter J. Andrews, as well as a developer, made a brief court appearance Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="2y2SCQ"&gt;Ald. Edward M. Burke pleaded not guilty to sweeping corruption charges in what turned out to be a short, perfunctory hearing Tuesday at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. &lt;/p&gt;
  17. &lt;p id="43nga0"&gt;Joining Burke in his not guilty plea were Peter J. Andrews — the alderman’s longtime political operative — and Charles Cui, a developer caught up in the feds’ blockbuster investigation of City Hall. &lt;/p&gt;
  18. &lt;p id="GqtguG"&gt;The men spent less than five minutes standing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey Cole in a hearing that added little more than a public spectacle to last week’s 59-page indictment accusing Burke of racketeering and bribery. &lt;/p&gt;
  19. &lt;p id="40BW46"&gt;Burke, dressed in a dark suit and a green striped tie, let his lawyers do the talking during the hearing. Earlier, as he walked into the courtroom on the 17&lt;sup&gt;th &lt;/sup&gt;floor of the Loop courthouse, he appeared to smile at a row of reporters waiting to take a seat. &lt;/p&gt;
  20. &lt;p id="d5YBXr"&gt;When it ended, the recently reelected 14&lt;sup&gt;th &lt;/sup&gt;Ward alderman climbed into a waiting SUV on South Dearborn Street and left the courthouse without commenting. He previously called the charges “unfounded” and predicted a jury would vindicate him.&lt;/p&gt;
  21. &lt;p id="i7nl4K"&gt;His lawyers are due back in court for a status hearing July 2.&lt;/p&gt;
  22. &lt;p id="I06esU"&gt;Cui and Andrews also left the courthouse without speaking to reporters. Though Cui has previously pleaded not guilty to earlier charges, Tuesday’s arraignment forced Andrews out into the open for the first time. He has served Burke for decades and helped circulate petitions for the alderman’s successful reelection campaign. &lt;/p&gt;
  23. &lt;p id="PZJIfN"&gt;He is a retired Chicago Park District plumber with an annual pension of $88,637.&lt;/p&gt;
  24. &lt;p id="UpdWnC"&gt;Last week’s indictment accused Burke of using his powerful aldermanic seat to steer business toward his private tax law firm amid schemes that involved the Old Main Post Office, a Burger King at 41&lt;sup&gt;st &lt;/sup&gt;Street and Pulaski Road, and a redevelopment project on the Northwest Side. Andrews and Cui are implicated in the Burger King and redevelopment project schemes, respectively. &lt;/p&gt;
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  27.        &lt;img alt="With his attorney Tinos Diamantatos (right), developer Charles Cui walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Tuesday morning, June 4, 2019." data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/QyII19_Ufm0nyK7TkVxN9S6plgI=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16319182/BURKE_060519_13.jpg"&gt;
  28.      &lt;cite&gt;Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times&lt;/cite&gt;
  29.      &lt;figcaption&gt;Developer Charles Cui (left) and his lawyer leave the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Tuesday.&lt;/figcaption&gt;
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  32. &lt;div class="c-image-grid__item"&gt;  &lt;figure class="e-image"&gt;
  33.        &lt;img alt="Ald. Ed Burke’s top political aide, Peter J. Andrews (left), walks with his defense attorney Patrick W. Blegen out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Tuesday morning, June 4, 2019." data-mask-text="false" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/pGfj754di_zqp2x1KRL0_cCvpNU=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/16319303/BURKE_060519_16.jpg"&gt;
  34.      &lt;cite&gt;Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times&lt;/cite&gt;
  35.      &lt;figcaption&gt;Peter J. Andrews (left) and his attorney leave the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Tuesday.&lt;/figcaption&gt;
  36.  &lt;/figure&gt;
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  38. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  39. &lt;p id="xU3Trm"&gt;Burke is also accused of trying to block an admission fee hike at the Field Museum, all because he wasn’t getting an answer about a museum internship for the daughter of former Ald. Terry Gabinski.&lt;/p&gt;
  40. &lt;p id="b0236h"&gt;The indictment further lifted the curtain on the breadth of a federal investigation that has gone on for years at City Hall. It showcased the undercover work of &lt;a href="http://chicago.suntimes.com/e/18133400"&gt;former Ald. Danny Solis, who wore a wire as a secret federal informant&lt;/a&gt;. And it revealed that, by August 2018, authorities had recorded more than 62,000 of Burke’s phone calls.&lt;/p&gt;
  41. &lt;p id="bLY6VW"&gt;Amid the Post Office scheme, the feds allegedly caught Burke uttering unforgettable lines like, “the cash register has not rung yet” and “did we land … the tuna?”&lt;/p&gt;
  42. &lt;p id="OgyfGk"&gt;Mayor Lori Lightfoot &lt;a href="http://chicago.suntimes.com/e/18411405"&gt;quickly called on Burke to resign&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
  43. &lt;p id="PSPDf4"&gt;Burke, 75, lost control of the City Council’s Finance Committee after prosecutors charged him with attempted extortion in early January. Now he is charged with one count of racketeering, two counts of federal program bribery, two counts of attempted extortion, one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, and eight counts of using interstate commerce to facilitate unlawful activity.&lt;/p&gt;
  44. &lt;p id="FYFyeo"&gt;Stunningly, the indictment also alleges that Burke used the city of Chicago as a criminal “enterprise” as part of the racketeering charge — a law first devised decades ago to combat mobsters and organized crime.&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  45. &lt;p id="yKjpox"&gt;Andrews, 69, is charged with one count of attempted extortion, one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, two counts of using interstate commerce to facilitate unlawful activity and one count of lying to the FBI. &lt;/p&gt;
  46. &lt;p id="uF3KHu"&gt;Cui, 48, of Lake Forest, is charged with one count of federal program bribery, three counts of using interstate commerce to facilitate unlawful activity and one count of lying to the FBI.&lt;/p&gt;
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  51.    <author>
  52.      <name>Jon Seidel</name>
  53.    </author>
  54.  </entry>
  55.  <entry>
  56.    <published>2019-06-04T13:00:38-05:00</published>
  57.    <updated>2019-06-04T13:00:38-05:00</updated>
  58.    <title>You’ll feel exhausted just watching this Zach LaVine sand workout</title>
  59.    <content type="html">  
  60.    &lt;img alt="Zach LaVine is already back at it this offseason." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/SGa-cEbX2LRDRo1234Dwc75mK5M=/5x0:916x683/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63947442/bx069_700b_9.0.jpg" /&gt;
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  64.  &lt;p&gt;This probably isn’t for everyone. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="6uKNHO"&gt;Not that you needed any reminders that it’s difficult being a professional athlete, but Bulls guard Zach LaVine’s latest workout does a solid job showing what it takes to stay in shape during the offseason. &lt;/p&gt;
  65. &lt;p id="gI4Ccb"&gt;As posted by Bleacher Report (several days after a highly edited version came out on the Bulls’ official Twitter), LaVine and his father have taken to a sand-covered area to practice layups as part of one offseason workout.&lt;/p&gt;
  66. &lt;div id="gUGac8"&gt;
  67. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  68. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;“Get your ass in shape and stop f--king around”&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLaVine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@ZachLaVine&lt;/a&gt; and his dad playing no games this offseason &lt;a href="https://t.co/4V7RdYD2Mk"&gt;pic.twitter.com/4V7RdYD2Mk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1135944010026164224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;June 4, 2019&lt;/a&gt;
  69. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  70. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  71. &lt;/div&gt;
  72. &lt;p id="BWV54q"&gt;Whew. &lt;/p&gt;
  73. &lt;p id="XjYBet"&gt;As anyone who’s ever done anyone athletic at a beach can attest to, it takes a lot more exertion to do anything on sand compared to, say, hardwood. Even basic jogging can be a lot more demanding, so running back and forth while jumping for layups would likely leave most people exhausted quickly.&lt;/p&gt;
  74. &lt;p id="oN76Te"&gt;For LaVine, it’s potentially a way to maximize his explosiveness and endurance upon returning to the court next season. &lt;/p&gt;
  75. &lt;p id="94bCOF"&gt;Here’s the video originally posted by the Bulls last week:&lt;/p&gt;
  76. &lt;div id="A2n9lF"&gt;
  77. &lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;
  78. &lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;This man is different.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLaVine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@ZachLaVine&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/ipsQE3p7JK"&gt;pic.twitter.com/ipsQE3p7JK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/chicagobulls/status/1133825813164503040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;May 29, 2019&lt;/a&gt;
  79. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
  80. &lt;script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  81. &lt;/div&gt;
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  84.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bulls/2019/6/4/18652430/zach-lavine-bulls-workout-sand-offseason"/>
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  86.    <author>
  87.      <name>Satchel Price</name>
  88.    </author>
  89.  </entry>
  90.  <entry>
  91.    <published>2019-06-04T12:54:47-05:00</published>
  92.    <updated>2019-06-04T12:54:47-05:00</updated>
  93.    <title>Illinois keeps relying on the failed trickle-down theory of government spending </title>
  94.    <content type="html">  
  95.    &lt;img alt=" Gov. J.B. Pritzker, left, discusses the House action to put a constitutional amendment on the proposed graduated income tax on the November 2020 ballot." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/1AKFMXrwnFaK3YEAkAywipirwwo=/42x0:2613x1928/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63947362/Illinois_Graduated_Income_Tax.0.jpg" /&gt;
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  99.  &lt;p&gt;The Democratic Party’s theory seems to be if you give the politicians more money, some of it will eventually trickle down to the government programs that actually&amp;nbsp;benefit taxpayers.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="baVHvZ"&gt;Illinois is a strange place to live. &lt;/p&gt;
  100. &lt;p id="2ZyG4s"&gt;Baseball teams deliberately lose games and their fans enthusiastically support that strategy. Elected officials get indicted by federal grand juries, but get re-elected. The state (as a financial strategy) fails to make its pension payments, generates billions of dollars in debt and then passes tax hikes so it can spend more money.&lt;/p&gt;
  101. &lt;p id="cSpmpa"&gt;People who don’t live here don’t understand it. &lt;/p&gt;
  102. &lt;p id="iJQtwK"&gt;Heck, people who do live here can’t explain it. &lt;/p&gt;
  103. &lt;p id="Ni8AFO"&gt;Elected officials don’t even try.&lt;/p&gt;
  104. &lt;p id="WKVNKT"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OPINION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  105. &lt;p id="MbRSmm"&gt;I’m one of the many folks who have said for years that &lt;a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/5/7/18621887/a-graduated-income-tax-makes-sense-but-illinois-has-failed-taxpayers-for-years"&gt;Illinois needs to raise its income tax&lt;/a&gt;. I have also said I favor a graduated income tax structure, like the one the federal government has, instead of the flat tax rate that has been employed by this state.&lt;/p&gt;
  106. &lt;p id="tiSPMM"&gt;The flat tax is unfair. &lt;/p&gt;
  107. &lt;p id="DH3p6V"&gt;So is the state’s property tax system. &lt;/p&gt;
  108. &lt;p id="IYWhSN"&gt;And this year, under new Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Illinois set out to reform all that stuff and more.&lt;/p&gt;
  109. &lt;p id="GVxtWy"&gt;It passed a&lt;a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/3/18651480/heres-where-legal-weed-illinois-chicago-pot-cannibis-marijuana-recreational"&gt; law legalizing recreational marijuana&lt;/a&gt;, which will raise millions of dollars in new tax revenue. It approved a law legalizing sports gambling and increasing the number of casinos in the state.&lt;/p&gt;
  110. &lt;p id="423kx6"&gt;As for property tax reform, the state will create a task force to study the issue.&lt;/p&gt;
  111. &lt;p id="ZJ8pqF"&gt;Oh, and &lt;a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/3/18651159/illinois-gas-tax-19-cent-jb-pritzker-drivers-summer"&gt;gas taxes&lt;/a&gt; in Illinois will double from 19 cents to 38 cents a gallon. License plate fees will also increase.&lt;/p&gt;
  112. &lt;p id="odiiD5"&gt;We need the state to come up with more money for public education. Because this state has failed to adequately support public schools, property taxes are among the highest in the nation.&lt;/p&gt;
  113. &lt;p id="mKP8W3"&gt;We need to &lt;a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/5/13/18626905/editorial-before-one-more-bridge-crumbles-illinois-better-budget-for-repairs"&gt;repair roads &lt;/a&gt;and bridges and spend more on public transportation.&lt;/p&gt;
  114. &lt;p id="bP2sEa"&gt;We have to do something to address that growing pension debt.&lt;/p&gt;
  115. &lt;p id="tnm1ya"&gt;But I understand why so many people in this state are angry, disappointed and frustrated.&lt;/p&gt;
  116. &lt;p id="VGYoiO"&gt;Nationally, Republicans talk about the trickle-down theory of economics, which basically contends that if the richest folks in the country make more money, some of that will trickle down to working class people.&lt;/p&gt;
  117. &lt;p id="mRhE6B"&gt;In Illinois, the Democratic Party theory seems to be if you give the politicians more money, some of it will eventually trickle down to the government programs that actually benefit taxpayers.&lt;/p&gt;
  118. &lt;p id="TRrXfn"&gt;We’ve had two governors in recent history go to prison, but somehow that doesn’t seem enough.&lt;/p&gt;
  119. &lt;p id="JlEHRY"&gt;No one has ever been held accountable for the massive &lt;a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/2/18649476/jb-pritzker-illinois-legislature-mike-madigan-springfield-editorial-jim-durkin-gambling-bipartisan"&gt;pension debt&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
  120. &lt;p id="fnEj5z"&gt;No one in state government has ever been held accountable for failing to adequately fund the public schools.&lt;/p&gt;
  121. &lt;p id="Lvnvem"&gt;Michael Madigan, the state Democratic Party leader, has been re-elected Illinois House speaker a record number of times by members of his party. The state’s financial failure spells success for him.&lt;/p&gt;
  122. &lt;p id="U8eGBF"&gt;The graduated income tax plan will require the approval of voters. And good government people are already clamoring for its passage. &lt;/p&gt;
  123. &lt;p id="5FNLBi"&gt;It’s fair. It’s best for the state. It has to be done to pay the bills.&lt;/p&gt;
  124. &lt;p id="gjU0W2"&gt;As for reform, well, take a look at the measure backed by Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi. Kaegi was elected because the system for assessing property taxes was found to be politically corrupt and inexplicable. He asked the state legislature this year to reform the way property taxes are assessed on corporations and big businesses in Cook County.&lt;/p&gt;
  125. &lt;p id="mM7jDv"&gt;That plan died in the Illinois House. &lt;/p&gt;
  126. &lt;p id="5s89F1"&gt;That’s where Mike Madigan, whose law firm makes money by getting property tax breaks for those businesses, sits as speaker. Madigan recused himself on the reform legislation, we are told.&lt;/p&gt;
  127. &lt;p id="KcO3q5"&gt;The state desperately needs more money. Some of it will ultimately trickle down to public schools and maybe the state will actually hire a couple of new people to investigate claims of child abuse.&lt;/p&gt;
  128. &lt;p id="zWx9ZM"&gt;Billions of dollars will go to road construction and hopefully those roads last more than a year before they fall apart.&lt;/p&gt;
  129. &lt;p id="eKsG3b"&gt;Maybe, in the end, if the graduated income tax is passed, some money will trickle down to pay the pension debt.&lt;/p&gt;
  130. &lt;p id="WWYhm7"&gt;If not, it won’t matter. No one is ever held accountable for spending tax money in Illinois. &lt;/p&gt;
  131. &lt;p id="DNEgfM"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Send letters to: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:letters@suntimes.com"&gt;&lt;em&gt;letters@suntimes.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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  136.    <author>
  137.      <name>Phil Kadner</name>
  138.    </author>
  139.  </entry>
  140.  <entry>
  141.    <published>2019-06-04T12:30:25-05:00</published>
  142.    <updated>2019-06-04T12:30:25-05:00</updated>
  143.    <title>2-year-old critical after fall from second-story window on Lower West Side</title>
  144.    <content type="html">  
  145.    &lt;img alt="" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/pAleUJd4WZYTYSUnAaFNZHugFLQ=/16x0:241x169/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63947125/ambulance.0.jpg" /&gt;
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  149.  &lt;p&gt;The boy fell from a window in the 2000 block of West 21st Street.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="0VgmRG"&gt;A child was critically injured after falling from a second-story window Tuesday in Heart of Chicago on the Lower West Side.&lt;/p&gt;
  150. &lt;p id="sl5Ewg"&gt;The 2-year-old boy fell from the window about 10:15 a.m. in the 2000 block of West 21st Street, Chicago police said.&lt;/p&gt;
  151. &lt;p id="e7n9KJ"&gt;He was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, according to police.&lt;/p&gt;
  152. &lt;p id="DxFSnI"&gt;Additional information was not immediately available.&lt;/p&gt;
  153.  
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  155.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/4/18652455/child-falls-from-window-heart-of-chicago"/>
  156.    <id>https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/4/18652455/child-falls-from-window-heart-of-chicago</id>
  157.    <author>
  158.      <name>David Struett</name>
  159.    </author>
  160.  </entry>
  161.  <entry>
  162.    <published>2019-06-04T12:20:13-05:00</published>
  163.    <updated>2019-06-04T12:20:13-05:00</updated>
  164.    <title>Today on ‘Ellen’: Lin-Manuel Miranda gives presidential whiz kid a tour of Chicago’s ‘Hamilton’ exhibition</title>
  165.    <content type="html">  
  166.    &lt;img alt="Lin-Manuel Miranda and Macey Hensley get ready to enter “Hamilton: The Exhibition” at Northerly Island." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/KRvwekQj0jweN7AY7wxVbIhB6us=/0x319:1536x1471/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63946997/IMG_0003.0.jpg" /&gt;
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  170.  &lt;p&gt;The 9-year-old drops some historical knowledge on the musical’s creator and former star.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="VnZzGC"&gt;A special visitor to Chicago’s “Hamilton” exhibition has an extra-special tour guide during a sequence on today’s “Ellen” show.&lt;/p&gt;
  171. &lt;p id="4nlrDF"&gt;Macey Hensley, a 9-year-old expert on presidents and a favorite of host Ellen DeGeneres, gets shown around the historical attraction by none other than Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator and original star of the blockbuster “Hamilton” musical.&lt;/p&gt;
  172. &lt;p id="9WytFL"&gt;“I didn’t know any of those things you’ve just taught me today,” Miranda says after Macey, from Council Grove, Kansas, bombards him with facts about King George III, a character in his show. Later, the girl solos alongside Miranda in a snippet from the “Hamilton” song “The Schuyler Sisters.”&lt;/p&gt;
  173. &lt;div id="3NPsy7"&gt;&lt;div style="left: 0; width: 100%; height: 0; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.3478%;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="https://share.ellentube.com/video/lin-manuel-miranda-gives-macey-a-vip-tour-of-hamilton-the-exhibition.html" style="border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;" allowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  174. &lt;p id="kTj1lr"&gt;The museumlike exhibition — a multimedia overview of the life of Alexander Hamilton, a Founding Father and a Treasury Secretary but never a president — is a spinoff of the “Hamilton” Broadway musical, which has been playing since 2016 at Chicago’s CIBC Theatre, mostly to sold-out houses.&lt;/p&gt;
  175. &lt;p id="0XZlHp"&gt;The exhibition opened in April and is scheduled to run until Sept. 8 on Northerly Island. “Ellen” airs at 3 p.m. on WMAQ-Channel 5.&lt;/p&gt;
  176.  
  177. </content>
  178.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/4/18652356/lin-manuel-miranda-hamilton-exhibition-ellen-degeneres-macey-hensley-presidential-expert-chicago"/>
  179.    <id>https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/4/18652356/lin-manuel-miranda-hamilton-exhibition-ellen-degeneres-macey-hensley-presidential-expert-chicago</id>
  180.    <author>
  181.      <name>Darel Jevens</name>
  182.    </author>
  183.  </entry>
  184.  <entry>
  185.    <published>2019-06-04T12:13:54-05:00</published>
  186.    <updated>2019-06-04T12:13:54-05:00</updated>
  187.    <title>Tracking all White Sox picks on Day 2 of the 2019 MLB Draft</title>
  188.    <content type="html">  
  189.    &lt;img alt="White Sox GM Rick Hahn" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/DgIsv09m9yFD1RMgwn1ruX4nHKk=/0x0:3984x2988/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63946936/White_Sox_Hahn_Baseball.0.jpg" /&gt;
  190.  
  191.  
  192.  
  193.  &lt;p&gt;The South Siders have eight picks to make on Day 2, starting with No. 81 overall. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="U2S5IP"&gt;The White Sox hop back on the saddle for Day 2 of the 2019 MLB Draft on Tuesday afternoon. The team will make eight picks on the day, which will include Rounds 3-10 before Wednesday’s rapid fire conference call for Rounds 11-40.&lt;/p&gt;
  194. &lt;p id="3GprXS"&gt;The action will start quickly for the Sox with the third pick – No. 81 overall – in the third round. Top names available entering the day include prep pitchers Matthew Allen and Maurice Hampton, prep shortstop Brooks Lee and prep third baseman Tyler Callihan. &lt;/p&gt;
  195. &lt;p id="CUWJs7"&gt;If the team wants to focus on college talent, Florida State third baseman Drew Mendoza, Stanford left-hander Erik Miller and Auburn shortstop Will Holland are available. &lt;/p&gt;
  196. &lt;p id="58JBAr"&gt;The White Sox opened their latest draft by taking the best bat available, Cal first baseman Andrew Vaughn, with the No. 3 overall pick. In the second round, they scooped up Texas prep right-hander Matthew Thompson.&lt;/p&gt;
  197. &lt;p id="q5YC31"&gt;The second day of the 2019 MLB Draft starts at 12 p.m. CT. &lt;a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/best-players-available-on-day-2-of-mlb-draft"&gt;You can watch a live stream of draft coverage on MLB.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
  198. &lt;h2 id="XE60XH"&gt;2019 MLB Draft, White Sox picks&lt;/h2&gt;
  199. &lt;p id="0wsMaM"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Overall selection in parentheses)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  200. &lt;p id="FXqmrd"&gt;Round 1 (3) – &lt;strong&gt;Cal first baseman Andrew Vaughn&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Round 2 (45) – &lt;strong&gt;Texas HS right-hander Matthew Thompson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Round 3 (81) – &lt;strong&gt;California HS right-hander Andrew Dalquist&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Round 4 (110) – &lt;strong&gt;Mississippi HS center fielder James Beard&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Round 5 (140) –&lt;br&gt;Round 6 (170) –&lt;br&gt;Round 7 (200) –&lt;br&gt;Round 8 (230) –&lt;br&gt;Round 9 (260) –&lt;br&gt;Round 10 (290) –&lt;/p&gt;
  201.  
  202. </content>
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  204.    <id>https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2019/6/4/18652296/mlb-draft-2019-results-white-sox-picks-day-2</id>
  205.    <author>
  206.      <name>Satchel Price</name>
  207.    </author>
  208.  </entry>
  209.  <entry>
  210.    <published>2019-06-04T11:39:29-05:00</published>
  211.    <updated>2019-06-04T11:39:29-05:00</updated>
  212.    <title>Mayochup translates to something not so, uhm, tasty, in Cree language</title>
  213.    <content type="html">  
  214.    &lt;img alt="The Heinz mashup of mayonnaise and ketchup, branded as Mayochup, was launched in 2018. " src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/2vcqfjfDBXluaTp-KrXE8fMzsfg=/60x0:420x270/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63946699/heinz_mayochup_equation.0.jpg" /&gt;
  215.  
  216.  
  217.  
  218.  &lt;p&gt;The Heinz mashup of mayonnaise and ketchup, means something decidedly&amp;nbsp;less tasteful in a dialect of the&amp;nbsp;language spoken by the Cree, a large First Nations group.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="bYobeA"&gt;If you get a raised eyebrow or a sideways glance in some corners when you ask for Heinz’s new condiment Mayochup, you can hardly blame folks. &lt;/p&gt;
  219. &lt;p id="YToYKA"&gt;Mayochup, a portmanteau of mayonnaise and ketchup, means something decidedly less tasty, or tasteful for that matter, in a dialect of the language spoken by the Cree, a large First Nations group.&lt;/p&gt;
  220. &lt;p id="aZ9OfU"&gt;Oh, Canada!&lt;/p&gt;
  221. &lt;p id="KvUODD"&gt;As many as 200,000 Cree live in Canada, though not all of them speak a dialect of the language, according to Arok Wolvengrey, professor of Algonquian languages and linguistics at First Nations University of Canada in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Cree also live in the north-central part of the U.S., though no American Cree have been vocal so far about the Mayochup misstep.&lt;/p&gt;
  222. &lt;p id="C6X8XW"&gt;“The Cree have a wonderful sense of humor, and they’re known for it,” he said. “They find it very amusing that anyone would name their product that. ... You’re going to run into words perfectly innocuous in one language and happen to sound very bizarre in another. This time, it happened to be in Cree.”&lt;/p&gt;
  223. &lt;p id="8dWYAz"&gt;Wolvengrey explained ”mêyiwi”, pronounced MAY-yo or MAY-yoo, means ”pertaining to excrement” while “câp,” pronounced CHAHP, means “eye(s)” or “face,” depending on whether it’s the Plains Cree or Swampy Cree dialect.&lt;/p&gt;
  224. &lt;p id="MKYJG1"&gt;The Mayochup mishap was initially flagged by Grand Chief Jonathan Solomon, of the Mushkegowuk Council of Cree First Nations in the James Bay region of northern Ontario.&lt;/p&gt;
  225. &lt;p id="naya64"&gt;It doesn’t appear that people at Heinz headquarters are muttering “mêyiwi” under their breath, though.&lt;/p&gt;
  226. &lt;p id="tY5rZC"&gt;“We have heard about the unfortunate translation of Mayochup in Cree, and the only thing we want our consumers, whichever dialect of Cree they speak, to have on their faces this summer is our newest condiment mash-up,” the company said in an e-mailed statement.&lt;/p&gt;
  227. &lt;p id="mFU1vK"&gt;Heinz initially launched its ketchup-mayo mixture in the U.S. in April 2018. A year later, the company followed up with Mayocue and Mayomust, which mix mayonnaise with barbecue sauce and mustard, respectively.&lt;/p&gt;
  228.  
  229. </content>
  230.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/taste/2019/6/4/18652349/mayochup-heinz-mayonnaize-ketchup-translates-to-something-not-so-tasty-in-canada"/>
  231.    <id>https://chicago.suntimes.com/taste/2019/6/4/18652349/mayochup-heinz-mayonnaize-ketchup-translates-to-something-not-so-tasty-in-canada</id>
  232.    <author>
  233.      <name>USA TODAY</name>
  234.    </author>
  235.  </entry>
  236.  <entry>
  237.    <published>2019-06-04T11:00:13-05:00</published>
  238.    <updated>2019-06-04T11:00:13-05:00</updated>
  239.    <title>City population grows by one</title>
  240.    <content type="html">  
  241.    &lt;img alt="Frank Robert Schneider Sennett, enjoying his first bit of publicity. " src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/JZxX8OZnDsZc-WAfCTD79ngyDXY=/167x0:2834x2000/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63946441/image1.0.jpeg" /&gt;
  242.  
  243.  
  244.  
  245.  &lt;p&gt;Chicago welcomes arrival of Frank Robert Schneider Sennett &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="9XSswi"&gt;Congratulations to proud parents&lt;strong&gt; Denise Schneider&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Frank Sennett&lt;/strong&gt;, who welcomed baby boy &lt;strong&gt;Frank Robert Schneider Sennett&lt;/strong&gt; on Sunday, May 19, 2019 at 3:54 a.m. Frankie weighed 6 pounds, 7 oz., and measured 20 inches long. All are doing well.&lt;/p&gt;
  246. &lt;p id="wrzdMW"&gt;And if you’re wondering what they’re doing at the top of the column, well, I originally intended to tag the happy news discreetly at the bottom. Why? Blame nostalgia. Not so long ago the paper boasted all sorts of bold-faced columns: &lt;strong&gt;Irv Kupcinet&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Bill Zwecker&lt;/strong&gt;, and of course &lt;strong&gt;Mike Sneed&lt;/strong&gt;, who still runs on Sundays.&lt;/p&gt;
  247. &lt;p id="tWK2QO"&gt;There was a vigorous cosmopolitan swirl to those bold-faced columns. We weren’t a city of anonymous nobodies, hog-butchering and clock-watching unheralded and alone, but a  glittering array of celebrities and quasi-celebrities and the connected powerful. Folks who counted. &lt;/p&gt;
  248. &lt;p id="7TvtFR"&gt;Those days are gone, replaced by ... whatever the heck it is we have now. The top Chicago “influencer” is .... a 26-year-old make-up artist named &lt;strong&gt;Alexys Fleming&lt;/strong&gt;, with 2.6 million followers on YouTube and 700,000 on Instagram. Not to take anything away from her. She seems good at what she does, and if the public is far, far, &lt;em&gt;far&lt;/em&gt; more interested in learning how to transform into the Night King from Game of Thrones than in reading semi-witty critiques, the fault is not hers. (There’s actually more to Fleming than that; a diabetic, her &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2tzeWp_rvk"&gt;”Dumb Things People Say to Diabetics”&lt;/a&gt; video is funny and should be required viewing for anyone grappling with the ailment). &lt;/p&gt;
  249. &lt;p id="1Yq15g"&gt;But I digress. To tuck the news of little Frankie’s arrival at the bottom and let it sit there, to be honest, looked strange. And demanded explanation. And the more I explained, the longer it got and I realized that ... one of my favorite expressions when it comes to writing is a line from &lt;strong&gt;Napoleon&lt;/strong&gt;: If you start to take Vienna, take Vienna. No half-measures, no shilly-shallying. &lt;/p&gt;
  250. &lt;p id="41OaWE"&gt;So if we’re going to have a birth announcement, let’s do it up. &lt;/p&gt;
  251. &lt;p id="lMOnkb"&gt;On to the crux. Who are &lt;strong&gt;Denise Schneide&lt;/strong&gt;r and &lt;strong&gt;Frank&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Sennett&lt;/strong&gt;? Funny you should ask. Frank is director of digital strategy and custom media at Crain’s Chicago Business. I’ve known him for years; but he isn’t the reason you’re reading this. As usual, it is mom who does the heavy lifting.&lt;/p&gt;
  252. &lt;p id="AlnvIU"&gt;Denise is the director of communications at the Goodman Theatre. Part of her job is to wrangle the press. &lt;/p&gt;
  253. &lt;p id="5dB0Vb"&gt;Such as when I showed up last month at the Goodman with the lucky winners of the Sun-Times contest to see Robert Falls’ production of Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale.” &lt;/p&gt;
  254. &lt;p id="NcFqdl"&gt;We settled in our seats. I looked around at the audience and thought, with a degree of self-pity, how disconnected I am. It wasn’t the opening, so no &lt;strong&gt;Chris Jones&lt;/strong&gt;, the Tribune’s erudite theater critic, to trade wry observations with; no &lt;strong&gt;Hedy Weiss&lt;/strong&gt;, the former Sun-Times critic, to puzzle over from a safe distance. &lt;/p&gt;
  255. &lt;p id="yzU4Ns"&gt;Suddenly, there was Denise, standing in front of us, big as a house. This was May 16, three, count ‘em, three days before the blessed event. &lt;/p&gt;
  256. &lt;p id="x7yaXv"&gt;There is an old rule that a gentleman should never remark upon a woman’s pregnancy unless he actually sees the baby emerging. &lt;/p&gt;
  257. &lt;p id="sg4HpV"&gt;But I’ve known Denise for many years, conspiring to ballyhoo many Goodman productions, which have added no little savor to my life in the city. It was Denise who, when I took my older boy to the theater for his 15th birthday, contrived to have the PR staff sing “Happy Birthday” to him. That kind of thing builds loyalty in a doting dad.&lt;/p&gt;
  258. &lt;p id="jvbCpK"&gt;We spoke of matters dramatic. The Goodman is putting on “The Music Man,” opening at the end of the month, and I, always eager to contextualize art, observed that the classical musical about a fraud who cons a gullible small town is practically ripped from the headlines, given our current parlous national state. Denise, undeterred by her condition, discussed and strategized and flattered as well as anybody could, and when conversation rolled around to her bun in the oven, I volunteered that I would be honored to put the joyful arrival in my column.&lt;/p&gt;
  259. &lt;p id="czvPIW"&gt;And so I have. Welcome to the world, Frankie. It is, as Hemingway said and you will discover, a fine place, and worth the fighting for.&lt;/p&gt;
  260.  
  261. </content>
  262.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/6/4/18652122/frank-robert-schneider-sennett-birth-goodman-theatre-alexys-fleming-steinberg"/>
  263.    <id>https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/6/4/18652122/frank-robert-schneider-sennett-birth-goodman-theatre-alexys-fleming-steinberg</id>
  264.    <author>
  265.      <name>Neil Steinberg</name>
  266.    </author>
  267.  </entry>
  268.  <entry>
  269.    <published>2019-06-04T10:51:48-05:00</published>
  270.    <updated>2019-06-04T10:51:48-05:00</updated>
  271.    <title>Man killed in South Barrington motorcycle crash</title>
  272.    <content type="html">  
  273.    &lt;img alt="A motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a van June 3 in South Barrington." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/wytgWvm3lvpI8Wn_DW3oydaFyMg=/0x0:4909x3682/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63946345/ER_sign_2.0.jpeg" /&gt;
  274.  
  275.  
  276.  
  277.  &lt;p&gt;David Domin, 49, was driving a 2014 Harley-Davidson when it was involved in a crash with a 2006 Chevrolet van on Illinois Route 59 near Arboretum Drive.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="cnwh3C"&gt;A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Monday in northwest suburban South Barrington.&lt;/p&gt;
  278. &lt;p id="v9AsaD"&gt;David Domin, 49, was driving a 2014 Harley-Davidson at 12:25 p.m. when it was involved in a crash with a 2006 Chevrolet van on Illinois Route 59 near Arboretum Drive, according to a statement from South Barrington police.&lt;/p&gt;
  279. &lt;p id="jTZCR5"&gt;Domin, who lived in Bartlett, was taken to St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, where he was pronounced dead at 2:43 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. &lt;/p&gt;
  280. &lt;p id="9NKWpd"&gt;The 33-year-old Aurora man driving the van was not hurt and neither vehicle had any passengers, police said.&lt;/p&gt;
  281. &lt;p id="xT8PWl"&gt;Route 59 was closed between Higgins and Penny roads until 9 p.m., police said.&lt;/p&gt;
  282. &lt;p id="IZn8WH"&gt;The crash remains under investigation by South Barrington police and the Major Case Assistance Team’s Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction Team.&lt;/p&gt;
  283.  
  284. </content>
  285.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/4/18652272/david-domin-killed-south-barrington-motorcycle-crash"/>
  286.    <id>https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/4/18652272/david-domin-killed-south-barrington-motorcycle-crash</id>
  287.    <author>
  288.      <name>Sun-Times Wire</name>
  289.    </author>
  290.  </entry>
  291.  <entry>
  292.    <published>2019-06-04T10:26:32-05:00</published>
  293.    <updated>2019-06-04T10:26:32-05:00</updated>
  294.    <title>Lightfoot: Optimism in city high even as economy uncertain</title>
  295.    <content type="html">  
  296.    &lt;img alt="Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday she will be creating a Chicago Council of Economic Advisors." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Bvqk9gj7_Ur2G7wQbP9yMHNP6j4=/193x0:4052x2894/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/63946197/LIGHTFOOT_060119_01.0.jpg" /&gt;
  297.  
  298.  
  299.  
  300.  &lt;p&gt;Lightfoot said that in the next few weeks, she plans to create the ‘Chicago Council of Economic Advisers.’&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="gkAEvA"&gt;Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday that optimism in the city is at an “all-time high,” even as parts of the economy are “spiraling toward oblivion.”&lt;/p&gt;
  301. &lt;p id="fDb9Lq"&gt;Speaking at the annual meeting of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce downtown, Lightfoot said that in the next few weeks, she plans to create the Chicago Council of Economic Advisers — “to help us find non-partisan solutions to our economic challenges.”&lt;/p&gt;
  302. &lt;p id="Batumm"&gt;Lightfoot highlighted the poverty-driven violence during the Memorial Day weekend.&lt;/p&gt;
  303. &lt;p id="YaItF6"&gt;“Between the parades and the street festivals were swaths of our city, deserted — street after street, block after block,” she said. “Unless we bring meaningful investment to these neighborhoods, they will be lost and our city with it.”&lt;/p&gt;
  304. &lt;p id="VMmPLR"&gt;Noting the city has lost residents four years in a row, Lightfoot said: “You need only look at our declining population to see that the strategy of focusing exclusively on the downtown while ignoring the neighborhoods is not working.”&lt;/p&gt;
  305. &lt;p id="mG2gIH"&gt;She praised last weekend’s passage in Springfield of a major infrastructure bill.&lt;/p&gt;
  306. &lt;p id="CpsY8y"&gt;“For the first time in over a decade, we can leverage tens of billions of dollars in state funding to refresh our infrastructure — the foundation of our shared growth,” she said.&lt;/p&gt;
  307. &lt;p id="Tnda8U"&gt;In April, &lt;a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/4/22/18620662/blackhawks-owner-unloads-on-rahm-emanuel-in-transition-memo-to-lightfoot"&gt;Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz had suggested&lt;/a&gt; Lightfoot hold one breakfast meeting a month with no more than 10 business leaders at a time to “engage in structured discussions around concerns” on both sides.&lt;/p&gt;
  308. &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li id="SLY0Ta"&gt;Lightfoot on Tuesday also announced that Juan Carlos Linares will be chief engagement officer in the Office of Public Engagement.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
  309. &lt;p id="T4sSsi"&gt;In a news release, the mayor’s office said Linares will “lead her administration’s efforts in improving outcomes of all Chicago’s communities.”&lt;/p&gt;
  310. &lt;p id="GWFbk3"&gt;Linares is executive director of LUCHA, a Chicago-based agency affordable housing development agency.&lt;/p&gt;
  311. &lt;p id="tYx7Ft"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Contributing: Fran Spielman&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
  312.  
  313. </content>
  314.    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/6/4/18652182/lightfoot-economy-chicago-chamber-commerce-mayor"/>
  315.    <id>https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/6/4/18652182/lightfoot-economy-chicago-chamber-commerce-mayor</id>
  316.    <author>
  317.      <name>Stefano Esposito</name>
  318.    </author>
  319.  </entry>
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