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>> lauren jiggetts: people are enjoying these last few moments of summer. chicago beaches are set to close for the season at 07:00pm. all right. let's go to julian crews is live at 31st street beach with a last hurrah. julian. hey, guys, heart broken families coming. >> julian crews: off of... Read more
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>> chicago police officer is being praised for the way they responded to the protests during the dnc and wgn's angelica sanchez is at city hall where chicago officials celebrating the way it handled hosting the major political event. >> chicago mayor brandon johnson superintendent larry snelling... Read more
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Just a couple minutes. >> our top story this hour. hundreds will pack downtown chicago and little village as mexican independence. celebrations continue. this comes after a night of rolling street closures downtown. judy is downtown with more details. they judy. >> judy wang: good morning.... Read more
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>> tahman bradley: mexican independence celebrations downtown. tonight, festive atmosphere while chicago police worked to ease traffic concerns. wgn's julian crews is live downtown with the top story. >> jackie and tahman chicago police shutting down the eastbound ohio feeder ramp. city officials... Read more
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>> patrick elwood: thousands of people attended and livestreamed a funeral today for a slain hostage in gaza with ties to chicago. he was one of 6 hostages fanned dead over the weekend. wgn's courtney spinelli has the latest. >> gaynor hall: yeah. good morning. the whales of funeral goers... Read more
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10:00pm. >> ana belaval: all right. thank you, ok, chicagoans looking for any way they can beat the record. breaking heat. wgn's julian crews is live now with more on that. hi, julian. >> julian crews: hey, guys. well, as you heard, alyssa say this excessive heat warning last until 10 o'clock... Read more
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Is in custody. anyone with information is asked to come forward. >> sarah jindra: mexican flags waving throughout little village today as thousands of people lined the streets for the mexican independence day parade. today. celebration comes one day ahead of the holiday and coincides with... Read more
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Israel's military has now recovered the bodies of 6 hostages in gaza, including an israeli-american with ties here to chicago. christine flores latest. >> has the latest now from the newsroom. good morning, christine. good morning, sean. families who fear time was running out to save their... Read more
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The world trade center towers. >> ben bradley: vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump shaking hands for the second time in 2 days. >> micah materre: the nominees joined president biden and former mayor of new york michael bloomberg at a 9.11 remembrance ceremony at... Read more
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>> the chicago triathlon is this week and today the kids get their time to shine. joining us now live from foster beaches, paris olympic silver medalist sets right here this morning said good morning. how are you guys to know why? congratulations, first of all, what was that like going to... Read more
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Shooting. it. >> appalachian high school wgn shannon halligan has more chan yet 14 year-old cold gray has been charged as an adult with murder in the shootings yesterday. according to reports, the jackson county sheriff investigated great following a threat posted on social media last year... Read more
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>> judy wang: a hearing to delay the largest grocery store merger in u.s.. history got underway in portland, oregon today. the federal trade commission and several states sued to stop the 24 billion dollar merger between albertsons and kroger. the ftc claims the deal would eliminate competition... Read more