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It could be the biggest news for Chicago since the Cubs won the World Series: Elon Musk's Boring Company won a bid to build an express train to O'Hare Intl. Airport. But this is not your average train: You'll board a pod-like electric vehicle (called a "skate"). These cars will carry 8-16 passengers, leave every 30 seconds, and travel up to 150 mph in underground tunnels. Here's what a station might look like: This contract is a game changer For Chicago... As any Chicagoan will tell you, getting to da airport from da downtown "Loop" is a nightmare, whether yer taking the L train (~40 minutes) or sitting in traffic. The plan here is to whisk you out to O'Hare in just 12 minutes. And for Musk... Winning this bid adds legitimacy to a company that he started as a hobby just a year and a half ago. Now go reward yourself with a Bean selfie, Elon. But there's still a long way to go until this thing actually gets built.

Anyone who regularly takes the el or subway has seen them. They stand quietly smiling with carts of religious publications, out on the sidewalk when it's nice out, and in the "unpaid" area of the station near the Ventra machines or turnstiles when the weather is inclement. The women are dressed modestly but sharply, and the men look natty as well, often wearing sport jackets and fedoras. They are volunteers from the Jehovah's Witnesses, a Christian denomination that claims 8.4 million members in 240 countries. Though I'm not interested in converting, I sometimes stop and say hello and pick up a copy of The Watchtower or Awake! out of courtesy, since I find their cheerful vibe oddly comforting. They're certainly more agreeable than the Old Navy Street Preacher, who hangs out at Randolph and State railing against fornicators and cigarette smokers. But not everyone appreciates the Jehovah's Witnesses' presence at transit stations. Kevin Havener, an Edgewater resident who often commutes via the Red Line, contacted me to share a message he sent to the transit authority, to which he says he never got a response. He claimed that the Witnesses' practice of offering literature inside el stations violated a guideline in the agency's Rules of Conduct warning against the distribution of written materials on CTA property. "I find this inexplicable permission deeply, personally offensive," Havener's message read. "Would the CTA allow other religious proselytizing [by groups] such as [Orthodox Jews], or Buddhists, or Hare Krishnas? OF COURSE NOT." Havener eventually revealed to me that he has a horse in this race. About a decade ago he and other members of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, an activist group, wanted to hand out leaflets inside the Fullerton el stop in Lincoln Park. When they asked the CTA customer assistant for permission, they were told they needed to be out on the public sidewalk far away enough not to block any station doors. "That made perfect sense, and that's what we did," he said. Read more: https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/is-it-legal-for-jehovahs-witnesses-to-proselytize-inside-cta-stations/Content?oid=47477482

Founded in 2013, Farmer’s FridgeÂ’s fresh salad machines, with salads starting at $7, are now in place across Milwaukee and Chicago–and the company is looking to expand. In one of his first jobs after college, Luke Saunders happened to take a sales job that required driving 1,000 miles a week through Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky. Dinner, most of the time, meant fast food. Lunch might be a bag of chips or a soggy burrito from a convenience store. Saunders realized there needed to be a better way to access healthy food anywhere. In 2013, he launched the first prototype of a solution: a vending machine that would serve fresh salads, restocked daily, with kale, spinach, quinoa, and other vegetables, grains, and fruit layered neatly in glass jars. The first location, next to Dunkin Donuts and McDonaldÂ’s in a food court in downtown Chicago, was soon getting five-star reviews on Yelp. https://www.fastcompany.com/40549250/these-salad-vending-machines-have-become-one-of-chicagos-hot-lunch-spots

Un hijo descubrió que sus dos padres fueron muertos a puñaladas dentro de una casa en el barrio norte de Austin, en Chicago, dijo la policía. El encontró a su padre de 67 años de edad ya su madre de 69 años de edad, apuñalados fatalmente en la cuadra de 1400 de la avenida North Leclaire y se puso en contacto con la policía a las 1 de la madrugada, dijo la policía. Ellos han sido identificados por la Oficina del Examinador Médico del Condado de Cook como Johnnie y Shirley Ervin. Una presencia policial masiva descendió en la escena y los oficiales acordonaron el área con la cinta roja del crimen. Miembros de la familia llegaron tratando de consolarse mutuamente tras la tragedia. Los vecinos describieron a la pareja como miembros amados de la comunidad. "La señora Ervin, era una buena mujer, una testigo de Jehová, una mujer que temía a Dios y el señor Ervin era un hombre recto, cuidaba de su familia y de todo", dijo Kevin Newson, que conocía a las víctimas. Las circunstancias y el motivo detrás de las puñaladas no se conocen. La policía de Chicago está investigando y nadie está bajo custodia. http://abc7chicago.com/news/son-finds-parents-stabbed-to-death-inside-north-austin-home/2114311/

Tragic news. - limited information so far. Son finds parents stabbed to death inside North Austin home. abc7 Chicago. Sunday 18 June 2017. A son discovered his two parents stabbed to death inside a home on Chicago's North Austin neighborhood, police said. He found his 67-year-old father and 69-year-old mother fatally stabbed in the 1400-block of North Leclaire Avenue and contacted police at about 1 a.m., police said. They have been identified to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office as Johnnie and Shirley Ervin. "Mrs. Ervin, she was a good woman, a Jehovah's Witness, God-fearing woman and Mr. Ervin was an upright man, took care of his family and everything," said Kevin Newson, who knew the victims. http://abc7chicago.com/news/son-finds-parents-stabbed-to-death-inside-north-austin-home/2114311/

Tonight it's very clear 'Cause we're both lying here There's so many things I wanna say I will always love you I would never leave you alone Sometimes I just forget Say things I might regret It breaks my heart to see you crying I don't wanna lose you I could never make it alone I am a man who will fight for your honor I'll be the hero you're dreaming of We'll live forever Knowing together That we did it all for the glory of love You keep me standing tall You help me through it all I'm always strong when you're beside me I have always needed you I could never make it alone I am the man who will fight for your honor I'll be the hero You've been dreaming of We'll live forever Knowing together that we did it all For the glory of love It's like a knight in shining armor From a long time ago Just in time I will save the day Take you to my castle far away I am the man who will fight for your honor I'll be the hero that your dreaming of We're gonna live for ever Knowing together That we did it all for the glory of love We'll live forever Knowing together That we did it all for the glory of love We did it all for love

Predicación pública metropolitana especial en Navy Pier, en Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos. No hay nada que produzca mayor gozo que servir a Jehová Dios. Foto compartida por @anafabian88