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  • by david hall
These NYC libraries will resume Sunday service starting July 14

The return of Sunday service comes after the City Council and Mayor Eric Adams agreed to reverse budget cuts for the three library systems.

the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
Outlaws biker gang 'enforcer' admits grisly killings in failed bid to get out of prison

Seeking a compassionate release, Randall "Madman" Miller acknowledges committing three killings cited in his 1997 racketeering case, including Morris and Ruth Gauger in McHenry County. "I was surprised that he took the blame finally," says son Gregg Gauger.

the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
Ex-Ald. Edward M. Burke used Catholic card in bid to soften sentence in corruption case

It's unclear whether Catholic figures appealing for leniency in letters to the judge affected the two-year sentence given to Burke. But priests, nuns and lay church leaders went to bat heavy for him — after years of the ex-alderman funneling campaign cash to Catholic causes.

obituaries
  • by david hall
Don De Grazia, 'American Skin' author, Columbia College Chicago teacher, dead at 56

His acclaimed novel was published when he was 30, and he'd been guiding young writers ever since. He collapsed during a softball game and died.