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Chicago homicide rate compared: Most big cities don’t recover from spikes right away

May 14, 2019 at 3:18 a.m.

Following another violent summer, Chicago homicides remain stubbornly high, only slightly behind the historic spike in 2016. This trend is reflected in 30 years of homicide data from major U.S....

Safety concerns spur more black women in Chicago to receive concealed-carry gun permits

May 22, 2019 at 11:53 p.m.

At first glance, nothing differentiates Vernetta Robinzine from passers-by in the Beverly neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side. On a recent evening, like most people on a workday, she donned...

Women didn't match men in pay in a single location out of 25 leading U.S. tech cities, according to salary data from Paysa.

Chicago women in tech face smaller pay gap than in Silicon Valley

May 21, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

Silicon Valley might be famous for its tech sector opportunities, but for some women in the industry, Chicago offers a better deal. The pay gap between men and women is...

Sports drones, a Slack app and your nest egg: Meet Techstars Chicago’s new cohort

May 21, 2019 at 3:24 a.m.

Logan LaHive ? has been involved with Techstars Chicago for years. But this summer, he's getting up close and personal with the process, leading his first cohort as the accelerator's...

Facebook’s Communities Summit brings together the internet’s unifiers in Chicago

May 21, 2019 at 3:20 a.m.

When Lola Omolola launched a Facebook Group for women in 2015, she didn't expect it to grow to more than a million members — and definitely not so rapidly. At...

As Uber CEO Travis Kalanick forced out, Chicagoans ponder company’s future

May 21, 2019 at 3:20 a.m.

Chicago tech personalities toasted Uber and its CEO Travis Kalanick when it expanded here in 2011. Now, Kalanick has stepped down under board and public pressure, which some locals agree...

Rinse joins load of laundry startups in Chicago with $14M in new funding

May 21, 2019 at 3:20 a.m.

Rinse, a San Francisco-based startup that picks up and coordinates laundry and dry cleaning, plans to expand its service to Chicago, the company said Wednesday. The company, co-founded in 2013...

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