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Kocoy Malagon, 48, works in her store at the Little Village Discount Mall, Feb. 14, 2023, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

Vendors from Little Village Discount Mall are upset over the new owner’s plan to close one side of the mall, which would leave out nearly half of the center’s merchants. Read more here.

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The Illinois Supreme Court in Springfield on Nov. 9, 2022. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

The Illinois Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated opinion on the state’s biometric privacy law Friday, leaving the door open for massive damages when companies are found to violate residents’ privacy rights but suggesting lawmakers revisit the issue. Read more here.

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Chicago White Sox pitchers Kendall Graveman and Joe Kelly (17) arrive for a spring training practice, Feb. 15, 2023, in Phoenix. (Matt York / AP)

Normalcy returned to Chicago White Sox camp on Day Two of spring training, or whatever passes for normalcy these days at Camelback Ranch, writes Paul Sullivan. Read more here.

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Ukrainian supporters protest outside the Lyric Opera for the opening of Joffrey Ballet's "Anna Karenina" on Feb. 15, 2023, in Chicago. — Ukrainian supporters protest outside the Lyric Opera for the opening of Joffrey Ballet’s “Anna Karenina” on Feb. 15, 2023, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

On arriving at the Lyric Opera House, Joffrey Ballet audiences encountered about 50 protesters standing beneath the Lyric’s portico on Wednesday, forming a circle around the lobby doors. Read more here.

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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., walks to a motorcade vehicle after stepping off Air Force One behind President Joe Biden, Feb. 3, 2023, at Philadelphia International Airport. (Patrick Semansky/AP)

Fetterman’s public struggle is extraordinary in a building where few talk about their own mental health, even while members of both parties have legislation to expand aid for it. Read more here.

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