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A Chicago City Council ordinance to transfer a chunk of Englewood’s roads to Norfolk Southern Railway was blocked today by the presiding alderman — the latest twist in the freight company’s multiyear plan to double the size of one of its rail yards despite pushback from local residents.

Meanwhile, Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s campaign spent twice as much money as she raised in the final three months of 2022 as she launched expensive television ads aimed at rebuilding momentum in her bid for reelection.

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Garden area and seating on the rooftop of Chicago’s old main post office, 433 W. Van Buren St., as seen on Aug. 3, 2022. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)

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Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields sits on the bench in the fourth quarter of a game against Northwestern at Ryan Field in Evanston, on Oct. 18, 2019. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)

New Chicago Bears President Kevin Warren said there’s no animosity lingering from 2020, when he and Justin Fields disagreed on how to handle Big Ten football at the height of the pandemic. Read more here.

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Mick Fansler and Jen Marshall of The Curls have a show in Chicago at the Golden Dagger on Jan. 20.
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The process of getting from musical isolation to a brand-new record had a number of bumps along the way. Read more here.

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An emergency services crew works at the scene where a helicopter crashed into a building in Brovary, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 18, 2023. (Daniel Cole/AP)

Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, who oversaw Ukraine’s police and emergency services, is the most senior official to die since Russia invaded nearly 11 months ago. Read more here.

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