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Family, friends and Chicago police officers shared emotional tributes at the funeral Mass for Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso today, who was shot and killed on March 1 while responding to a domestic 911 call. The mourners paid their respects to Vásquez Lasso with the solemn rituals of a police funeral.

Meanwhile a little boy has died, a day after he and his mother and two young siblings were injured during a fire that broke out at a firefighter’s home in the Montclare neighborhood. Police said the accidental fire began in a kitchen and the victims, a mother and her children, were taken to various hospitals in critical condition.

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The Bell Bowl Prairie, near Chicago Rockford International Airport in Rockford on March 8, 2023. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

An emergency motion for a stay filed by the Natural Land Institute to keep the airport from starting construction was denied Wednesday by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Read more here.

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Chelle Crotinger near Berlin nightclub, March 8, 2023, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)

Berlin workers said they hope their union would inspire other nightlife workers in Northalsted and Chicago to organize. Read more here.

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A view of signage during the Big Ten Tournament at United Center on March 10, 2023, in Chicago. (Michael Reaves / Getty Images)

The Big Ten Tournament is underway and the early returns suggest everything is status quo. Read more here.

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Kyle Abraham's "Are You in Your Feelings?" is performed by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. — Kyle Abraham’s “Are You in Your Feelings?” is performed by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. (Paul Kolnik / HANDOUT)

This is the New York-based company’s annual pilgrimage to Chicago, a tradition that goes back 55 years. Chicago is woven into its fabric. Read more here.

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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters following a closed-door policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 28, 2023. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell suffered a concussion after a fall at a local hotel and remains hospitalized “for a few days of observation and treatment,” a spokesman said. Read more here.

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