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First, the good news out of Chicago: carjackings are down by more than 50% in the city compared to January of this year. Unfortunately, that’s about the  only good news when it comes to crime in the Second City, because in almost every other category, things are getting worse. Much worse, in fact. Statistics included in a news release from the Chicago Police Department reveal that a troubling rise in gun violence this year shows little sign of slowing down. The city had five fewer homicides this April than last April, but the number of shooting victims increased to 299 from 225.

Cable news programming suggestion: Instead of filling every broadcast with the latest presumptive police outrage, try covering the latest drive-by killings. Show us more of what’s really happening on the

DEAR DR. NERDLOVE: So I been married to my wife for 20 years. Our connection was intense! But now I’m wondering: why does my wife tend to touch other men on their arms or shoulders? I have expressed to her it makes me uncomfortable, but she does it anyway! Personally, I try to avoid conversations or being in close proximity to other women. That way, in this day and age nothing can be misconstrued! I especially don’t touch other women anywhere, whether it be a pat on the shoulder or any where! I especially don’t stand close enough to other women to allow them to touch me, friendly or oth...

Today is the 110th day of 2021 and the 32nd day of spring. TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1902, Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium for the first time. In 1946, the League of Nations officially dissolved. In 1999, two gun-wielding students killed 12 fellow students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. In 2010, a gas explosion and fire killed 11 people on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico, beginning an oil spill that would not be capped for several months. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), German dictator; Harold Lloyd (189...

“Two: Don’t hold your breath.” That’s good advice for New York’s governor — except the “at the office” part. At last count, 10 women had accused 63-year-old Gov. Andrew Cuomo of inappropriate behavior, mostly workplace subordinates. It is rare for a young woman and a much older man to be of similar rank in a professional setting, and that imbalance of power is central to Cuomo’s problems. It’s also at the center of the report released last week by the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General regarding James Hendricks, who quietly retired last year as a specia...