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Organizations are trying to help Chicago migrants, as winter weather bears down on the area.

The chill of winter is taking hold, and no one is more aware of the bite in the air than children and adults who have no coats. Nonprofit One Warm Coat is helping take some of the edge off, having directed 8 million previously worn coats to people in need while diverting 19 million pounds of textiles from landfill.

Politicians in New York City and Chicago face mounting challenges as temperatures drop and asylum seekers struggle to access shelter.

From moving migrants into housing or helping them register for city ID, learn about nonprofits actions to help deal with this situation

Chicago's resettlement workers say the way nonprofits, government officials and private citizens have come together should be an example to other cities.

By Press Association 2021 Demonstrators raise their hand as they attend a peace walk honouring the life of police shooting victim 13-year-old Adam Toledo Several gatherings have been held in Chicago to remember a 13-year-old boy fatally shot by a police officer and to call for changes in policing and an end to gun violence. They followed the release of body-camera footage showing Chicago police Officer Eric Stillman shooting Adam Toledo le...

Several gatherings have been held in Chicago to remember a 13-year-old boy fatally shot by a police officer and to call for changes in policing and an end to gun violence. They followed the release of body-camera footage showing Chicago police Officer Eric Stillman shooting Adam Toledo less than a second after the boy dropped a gun, turned toward the officer and began raising his hands. Mr Stillman chased the boy down a dark alley on March 29 after responding to a call of gunshots. A “peac...