Chicago

Chicago (i/ʃˈkɑːɡ/ or /ʃˈkɔːɡ/) is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago is the seat of Cook County.

Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation: O'Hare International Airport is the busiest airport in the world when measured by aircraft traffic; it also has the largest number of U.S. highways and rail road freight. In 2012, Chicago was listed as an alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranked seventh in the world in the 2014 Global Cities Index.As of 2014, Chicago had the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States at US$610.5 billion.

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The year in pictures: Here are our top photos from 2024

Chicago Sun-Times 20 Dec 2024
in Chicago Lawn, Monday, April 8, 2024 ... Chicago hosted the Democratic National Convention, while Milwaukee welcomed the Republicans ... Chicago Bears Pres ... Lathan Goodrum, a student accepted to Juilliard this fall on a full scholarship, practices dance techniques at the Chicago Academy for the Arts at 1010 W. Chicago Ave....
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10 famous people who were born or raised in the Augusta area

The Augusta Chronicle 14 Dec 2024
Video. City of Augusta holds Hurricane Helene town hall ... The city will host another town hall next week ... Hulk Hogan ... Laurence Fishburne ... But that came in handy when he played football for Aiken High, earning a full scholarship to Clemson. He would go on to join what some consider the greatest football team, the 1985 Chicago Bears, who won Super Bowl XX....
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Cheyenne 50 Years Ago

Cheyenne Star 11 Dec 2024
... won a $1,000 scholarship, the highest educational award made at the National 4-H Convention which was held in Chicago last week....
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$1.2 million handbag is surprise star of Miami Art Week

New York Post 07 Dec 2024
Dropping $1.2 million during Miami Art Week isn’t that unusual ... But Evens Saint Clair is charging $1.2 million for what he calls an “art sculpture.” Others call them handbags ... Kyoto ... 5 ... Romain Maurice. 5 ... Romain Maurice ... 5 ... Born in Haiti and raised in New York and Chicago, he faced bullying, gang violence and poverty. A scholarship to St....
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New Mexico State football recruiting: Who the Aggies are targeting at early signing period

Las Cruces Sun News 03 Dec 2024
The early signing period is right around the corner, opening on Wednesday and running through Friday ... NM State currently has six commits in its 2025 recruiting class ... All players listed have received a scholarship offer from NM State. QB Marcus Thaxton, 6-foot, 174, Chicago, Ill. ... QB Ethan Crossan, 5-11, 190, Naples, Fla. ... DE Jimmy Leon ... ...
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Art Institute steps up efforts to learn the origins of everything in its collection

Chicago Sun-Times 02 Dec 2024
There is much broader awareness of these issues,” said James Rondeau, president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago ... To better confront such concerns and to simply know more about their collections, art museums are increasingly beefing up their provenance scholarship ... Courtesy Art Institute of Chicago....

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