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My worst moment: Kyra Sedgwick, with lots and LOTS of police and a wild movie night at Tom Cruise’s house
On the new ABC sitcom, “Call Your Mother,” Kyra Sedgwick stars as a “very emotional, very devoted mom who is coming to terms with her empty nest in Iowa,” Sedgwick said. Her solution? Relocate to be closer to her two adult children, both in their 20s and living in L.A. “At this point in her life, she’s trying to figure out who she is if she’s not mothering her kids. If you do your job well, they move out and say goodbye and don’t look back that much. This is a slightly different story, of someone who manages to insinuate herself into her kids’ lives, but they need each other. They lost their f...
Chicago Tribune
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Midwest suffered $11 billion in damage from last summer’s derecho
CHICAGO — The summer derecho that rattled windows and ripped down trees across the Midwest caused an estimated $11 billion in damage, becoming the costliest storm event to occur in less than 24 hours in at least four decades. That’s according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which this month released its annual report detailing the billion-dollar-plus weather and climate disasters to strike the United States. A record-breaking 22 disasters caused $95 billion in damage in 2020. Last year was the sixth in a row to have 10 or more separate billion-dollar disaster events, sa...
Chicago Tribune
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Dahleen Glanton: As first lady, Melania Trump always stood by her man
Melania Trump never found her voice as first lady. For four years, she could not distinguish herself as anything other than Donald Trump’s wife. Like her husband, she didn’t care for White House traditions. She performed her duties, including decorating for Christmas, begrudgingly. She promoted her own initiative, “Be Best,” halfheartedly and ineffectively. Prior to leaving the White House on Wednesday, she again broke protocol by refusing to meet with the incoming first lady. The unofficial obligation has long been considered a ritual of the peaceful transfer of power from one administration ...
Chicago Tribune
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Point: Look to history to define President Trump's legacy
President Donald Trump left the White House with a clear, early verdict on his presidency: a devastating low 29% approval rating. Plummeting popularity and the Jan. 6 insurrection freed the greater public, pundits and the press to excoriate the president as he left office. Though journalists often pen the first draft of history, their collective wisdom seldom endures. Derided as a corrupt, out-of-his-depth bumpkin, Harry Truman’s approval ratings were mired at 32% when he left office. A generation later, historians reconsidered the conventional wisdom and turned Truman into a national folk her...
Tribune News Service
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Commentary: What does unity mean? Joe Biden is demanding something that's as elusive as it is unnecessary
The theme of Joe Biden’s inaugural address was that we must bring America together as a prerequisite to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, revive the economy, confront climate change, move toward racial justice and accomplish so many other big things. “This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge,” said Biden. “And unity is the path forward.” Unity is indeed a calming notion, especially after a rapid mob of thousands stormed the Capitol, and as millions more subscribe to the notion that the election was stolen, that the news media is made up of enemies of the people and that we’re effectivel...
New York Daily News
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On Gardening: Superbells coral sun offers the garden flaming color
Just saying the word coral sun warms the spirit and makes one forget the impending split of the polar vortex and plunge into a deep winter. Yes, coral sun conjures up a vision of a South Pacific sunset, sitting on a beach with an adult fruit drink with one of those tiny umbrellas. Let me assure you that name also gives you the promise of flaming flowers of color falling out of baskets and containers on your patio or deck. Coral sun is the newest color of Superbells calibrachoa, bringing the total to a whopping 42. This remarkable calibrachoa features hot coral petals and what is described as a...
Tribune News Service
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Michigan toddler kills 5-year-old cousin with father's gun they found in house
DETROIT — Police in Detroit said an 18-month-old boy “got hold of a firearm ... and while playing with it, accidentally fired it, striking a 5-year-old male inside the house.” The 5-year-old was pronounced dead at a local hospital shortly after the shooting at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Detroit police said. The 27-year-old father of the victim, thought to be the owner of the handgun involved, has been arrested, Detroit police said. The incident occurred in the 2400 block of Sturtevant, south of Davison and west of the Lodge Freeway. "It's a sad day in the city today," Detroit police 10th Precinct Co...
Detroit Free Press
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Miami mayor's tech Twitter campaign caught Elon Musk's attention. What's next?
Less than 72 hours after a brief online exchange with the world's wealthiest tech mogul, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez was still crowing about the moment Wednesday morning. "When you're tweeting with Elon Musk at 4 o'clock in the morning — and you have the county mayor getting involved as well — you know that something special is going on," a black-masked Suarez said from the back of the Miami-Dade Commission chambers after endorsing a resolution promoting the recruitment of technology firms to the county. "Amazing things can happen." The last several weeks saw Suarez emerge as a new favorite of ...
Miami Herald
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Tribune Publishing sued for $4.8 million in missed rent payments as it exits Prudential Plaza
As the Chicago Tribune prepares to move from Prudential Plaza, the owner of the downtown office complex has sued the newspaper’s parent company for $4.8 million in unpaid rent. Property owner Sterling Bay filed the lawsuit against Tribune Publishing Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court. The Chicago-based newspaper chain hasn’t paid rent since March, and the company’s letter of credit ran out of funds earlier this month, the suit alleges. The letter of credit was created when the lease was signed in October 2017, according to the complaint. A letter of credit establishes cash reserves that can ...
Chicago Tribune
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Trump’s order to halt deportations to Venezuela – a ‘gift’ or ‘cop out’? Experts weigh in
MIAMI — Madeleine Leon‘s eyes went wide, her jaw, ajar. The news that during his last night as president Tuesday, Donald Trump issued an executive order suspending the deportation of Venezuelans in the U.S. left her “sweaty, confused and pleasantly surprised.” “I was a madwoman– a happy one running all around the house,” the Venezuelan asylum seeker told the Miami Herald as she sat beside her husband. “We truly couldn’t believe our eyes, that Trump did that considering the past four years of his strict immigration policies. “I was changing all the channels on the TVs,” she added, noting that a...
Miami Herald
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