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Val and Ryan talk Friday the 13th, social media breaks

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2 years ago

May 13, 2022

Val and Ryan talk Friday the 13th, social media breaks

CHICAGO (WLS) — It is Friday the thirteenth! This week on Windy Metropolis Weekend, Ryan and Val talk about whether or not or not today brings dangerous luck.

Plus, 60% of staff are hiding one thing from their jobs. New research say taking a one-week break from social media can enhance your psychological well being.

And what are some unwritten guidelines that imply share? Ryan breaks down “man code.”

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3 Little Pigs

Relating to the Candy & Bitter Hen Sandwich at 3 Little Pigs Chi, illustration issues.

“This sandwich is greater than only a sandwich to me. It form of symbolizes who I’m,” mentioned Henry Cai, the chef and proprietor of three Little Pigs Chi.

3 Little Pigs Chi operates as a ghost kitchen in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood.

“3 Little Pigs is a Chinese language-American delicacies targeted on ribs, barbecued pork, rooster sandwiches, (and) fried rice,” Cai mentioned.

Cai, 34, grew up in Chinatown. Steeped in Chinese language tradition and delicacies, he did not attempt actually American dishes till he entered highschool.

“My first style of mayonnaise was throughout faculty lunch,” Cai mentioned. “I began dipping it in pizza and I used to be like, ‘Dude, what is that this sauce?!’”

Mayonnaise is now Cai’s favourite condiment, and he created a walnut shrimp-inspired model of it for his Salt & Pepper Hen Sandwich, which additionally contains jalapenos and fried garlic.

“I am only a man who desires to cook dinner meals for folks and hopefully they take pleasure in it,” he mentioned.

Cai says he initially wished to start out a brick-and-mortar restaurant, however the COVID-19 disaster compelled him to assume exterior the field.

“I began posting (footage) on Instagram and other people simply began messaging me,” Cai mentioned. “I’d simply do orders for my buddies after which they’d inform their buddies.”

Now 3 Little Pigs recurrently seems on listicles for blogs and different meals web sites. Cai says that regardless of some pushback that his Chinese language meals is untraditional in type, he is humbled by the suggestions and publicity.

“I am not a Michelin chef,” Cai mentioned. “I simply need to cook dinner good meals.”

To order 3 Little Pigs rooster sandwiches or different choices, go to www.3lpchi.com.

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2 women found dead in Englewood home after fire, Chicago fire officials say

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2 years ago

November 22, 2022

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2 women found dead in Englewood home after fire, Chicago fire officials say

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022 3:26AM

FILE photograph: View of the Chicago Hearth Division, the third largest municipal hearth division in america of America, within the Chinatown neighborhood on Sept. 24, 2014.
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CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago hearth officers mentioned two ladies have been discovered lifeless in an Englewood house after a home hearth.

The fireplace broke out Tuesday night at a home within the 7200-block of South Wolcott, Chicago hearth officers mentioned.

The fireplace was struck out at about 9:10 p.m., CFD mentioned.

After the fireplace was out, firefighters discovered two grownup feminine victims lifeless within the wreckage.

It was not instantly clear if the ladies died within the hearth or earlier than the fireplace. No additional particulars have been launched.

The Chicago Hearth Division has not but commented on any potential causes for the fireplace or mentioned in the event that they consider it was suspicious.

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3 women united by Highland Park shooting now lobby for assault weapon ban

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2 years ago

November 22, 2022

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3 women united by Highland Park shooting now lobby for assault weapon ban

HIGHLAND PARK, Ailing. (WLS) — Three ladies and their households had been good strangers up till the second tragedy introduced them collectively within the aftermath of Highland Park’s July 4th parade.

As Thanksgiving approaches, they’re united in goal and in gratitude for probably the most primary of all issues: life.

“I believed I used to be going to die,” Highland Park capturing survivor Liz Turnipseed mentioned. “That I used to be going to put there and I used to be going to bleed out and I used to be going to die.”

WATCH | Highland Park capturing survivor tells her story

“I used to be on the parade with my three grownup kids, my son-in-law and my 2-year-old grand child,” mentioned Debra Baum, with the Highland Park Gun Violence Mission. “Our complete household may have been worn out.”

“July third I had 70 folks at my home and the following day our life bought flipped the other way up,” capturing survivor Lindsay Hartman mentioned. “So I simply know for me, I am attempting to take pleasure in it and never spend an excessive amount of time previously.”

SEE ALSO | Highland Park parade capturing short-term memorial opens subsequent to metropolis corridor

For Lindsay, not spending an excessive amount of time previously means internet hosting Thanksgiving for 30. Liz, who was one of many almost 50 folks injured that day, nonetheless wants a cane to get round, so she’ll be catering the meal and having her complete household fly in. Debra shall be coming along with the identical household she was with on July 4.

“There are numerous households in Highland Park that do not have folks with them this Thanksgiving due to what occurred,” Baum mentioned. “It is a very weighty realization.”

However there’s additionally gratitude for random issues and other people, like for the proper strangers who took in Liz’s 3-year-old daughter for a few hours after she was shot. And the neighbor she’d by no means met earlier than who lent her a step stool for her mattress.

Turning ache into goal is what unites these ladies now as they foyer for an assault weapons ban in Congress. As a result of whereas life for them won’t ever be the identical, it does transfer on.

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Biden to extend student loan repayment freeze as relief program is tied up in courts

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2 years ago

November 22, 2022

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Biden to extend student loan repayment freeze as relief program is tied up in courts

Tuesday, November 22, 2022 8:52PM

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Biden administration is but once more extending the pause on federal scholar mortgage funds, a profit that started in March 2020 to assist individuals who have been struggling financially because of the Covid-19 pandemic, a supply conversant in the plan mentioned.

The Division of Training will announce it’s extending the freeze one other six months with the primary funds due two months after June 30, the supply mentioned, until a Supreme Courtroom resolution on the president’s scholar mortgage aid program comes first.

The administration had beforehand mentioned the latest extension could be the final, and funds have been scheduled to restart in January.

However the administration had additionally meant for its scholar mortgage forgiveness program to start canceling as much as $20,000 in debt for low- and middle-income debtors earlier than January. This system has but to be carried out because it faces a number of authorized challenges.

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