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No firefighters were injured after a big rig caught fire in a shopping center on March 25 in west Houston. The truck exploded as crews worked to put out the flames.

The man was taken to Stroger Hospital with blunt force trauma to his body and was pronounced dead, police said.

A 26-year-old man was pronounced dead after he was struck in a hit-and-run accident while attempting to cross the street early Saturday morning in the West Loop neighborhood, Chicago police said.

A driver ran a stop sign and struck a man in a fatal hit-and-run early Saturday in the West Loop, police said.

A Lakeview, Chicago hit-and-run crash left a man killed and another critically hurt on DuSable Lake Shore Drive, the police department said.

If you're traveling to League City, Webster, and Galveston Island, be aware of the closure on I-45 between FM 528 and State Highway 96 on Friday.

Malort cocktails are popping up in Chicago — try them for National Cocktail Day at Mother's Ruin, Osito's Tap, The Wieners Circle and more.

A shy boy with a severe stutter in the Roseland neighborhood, Paul Vallas grew up to lead school districts in Chicago, Philadelphia, Louisiana, Haiti and Chile. He also ran a string of failed bids for elected office. “Paul gravitates towards big challenges,” said Ald. Brendan Reilly.

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A group of 35 Democrats across nine states penned a letter to President Joe Biden on Wednesday, urging the president to choose the blue city as the location for the prominent convention, which serves as the meeting place for party leaders to select their presidential nominee.