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Heather Cherone | July 30, 2021 2:54 pm A push to examine whether — and how — the city should pay reparations to Chicagoans who are the descendants of enslaved African Americans has been derailed, and advocates and aldermen blame Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Thanks to our sponsors: More than a year after it was formed, the City Council’s Subcommittee on Reparations has met only once, and that meeting was sidetracked by a series of speakers who demanded that aldermen ban pet stores from selling dogs, cats and rabbits at a profit to restrict the operations of breeders. Ald. Stephanie Coleman (...

"I believe that we've talked about - we meaning myself and [Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady] - that we hope to get to fully open by Fourth of July. We will see what happens by June 11," Lightfoot said Wednesday. "We're definitely trending in the right direction, but the minute I say that I worry because we've been here before. But our cases are going down, our percent positivity is going down, hospitalizations, ICU - all the metrics that we follow on a daily basis are all trending in the right direction, but we've got to keep getting people vaccinated. But ...

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images After stumbling to an 0-5 start in 2020, the Connecticut Sun have started the 2021 WNBA season 5-0. Can they extended their season-opening unbeaten streak to 6-0? Tuesday night, they complete the final leg of their three-game west coast road trip, meeting the Seattle Storm at Angel of the Winds Arena at 10 p.m. ET (CBS Sports Network). Even though the Sun are missing their engine in Alyssa Thomas, head coach Curt Miller has the Sun machine humming, powered by its starting five of Jonquel Jones, DeWanna Bonner, Brionna Jones, Jasmine Thomas and Natisha Hiede...

Dust off those cheesehead hats or bear claws, the NFL's 2021 schedule is out. Maybe, just maybe, we can finally gather together for the longest-running rivalry in professional football. Preseason for the NFL kicks off on August 5 and throughout those weeks four weeks, our favorite teams will prep for the season. Will Aaron Rodgers be suited up for Green Bay? Will Chicago rotate between Andy Dalton and Justin Fields? Those questions remain unanswered but one thing is certain, get ready for smack talk between fans of Da Bears and Packer backers. Fans in the Stands? Roger Goodell, the commission...