Third and fourth grade students watch a solar eclipse at Marquette Elementary School at 6550 S. Richmond St. in Chicago Lawn, Monday, April 8, 2024.
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Janet Lucas West, left, and her daughter Janiyah Bailey look up at the eclipse at the Adler Planetarium Eclipse watch party at Adler Planetarium Monday.
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The 2024 partial solar eclipse seen from Marquette Elementary School at 6550 S. Richmond St. in Chicago Lawn, Monday, April 8, 2024.
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A man watches the solar eclipse through a pinhole projector made from a cereal box at Daley Plaza Monday. | Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times
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Preschool students Chloe Benard, 4, and 3-year-old Amor Diaz look up at a solar eclipse at Marquette Elementary School at 6550 S. Richmond St. in Chicago Lawn, Monday, April 8, 2024.
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Arghavan Mahbou browses produce from Nichols Farm and Orchard at Lincoln Park on Green City Market’s opening day of the season Saturday.
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Nicole Banks, mother of Dexter Reed, raises her arms to calm protesters clashing outside a West Side police station.
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Police reinforcements were called in Tuesday night when community members blocked the intersection of West Harrison Street and South Kedzie Avenue. They were angry over the release of body-worn camera footage showing the killing of Dexter Reed, 26, during a traffic stop in March in Humboldt Park.
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Flanked by family members, attorneys and supporters, Dexter Reed’s sister, Porscha Banks, cries during a news conference outside the headquarters for the Civilian Office of Police Accountability in West Town, Chicago, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Reed, 26, was shot to death on March 21 during a traffic stop by Chicago police.
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Hundreds of Muslims pray during an Eid al-Fitr prayer event at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont Wednesday.
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Kids play with a balloon during an Eid al-Fitr prayer event at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont Wednesday.
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Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters march northbound on at N. Michigan Ave. towards E. Oak St. where President Joe Biden appeared at a fundraiser, Monday, April 8, 2024. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
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Gail and Tom Wise stand beside their 1964 Ford Mustang, the first of its kind ever sold, in Park Ridge Friday.
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People walking with signs and an Israeli flag are reflected on a store window during a solidarity march in Highland Park to raise awareness on the number of hostages held by Hamas in the Hamas and Israeli war in the Middle East Sunday.
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Manager Mario Espinosa stands in Michael’s Original Pizzeria & Tavern at 4091 N. Broadway in Uptown, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. The restaurant is No. 10 on Yelp’s list for best “Chicago-style pizza” in the country.
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Nazareth Wilson, 62, a program specialist at Garfield Park Behavioral Hospital, sings to the audience before giving a talk about how he got involved with Easterseals’ Senior Community Service Employment Program during a training for older adults at Easterseals’ office in the Loop Thursday.
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