El Grito: Chicago celebrates Mexican Independence in Grant Park

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80's are going to go coming up in just a couple minutes. all right. thanks so much. >> 100 pack downtown chicago and the city's little village neighborhood as mexican independence celebrations continue comes after a night of rolling street closures downtown. judy is joining us live with the... Read more

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>> chicago police officer is being praised for the way they responded to the protests during the dnc and wgn's angelica sanchez is at city hall where chicago officials celebrating the way it handled hosting the major political event. >> chicago mayor brandon johnson superintendent larry snelling... Read more

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Highlights from the debate last night. angelica. well, both candidates went toe to toe on everything from inflation to abortion. >> with some personal days from both sides along the way. >> let's now welcome the candidates to the state. a high stakes debate kicks off with a handshake. kamala... Read more

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>> patrick elwood: thousands of people attended and livestreamed a funeral today for a slain hostage in gaza with ties to chicago. he was one of 6 hostages fanned dead over the weekend. wgn's courtney spinelli has the latest. >> gaynor hall: yeah. good morning. the whales of funeral goers... Read more

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Just a couple minutes. >> our top story this hour. hundreds will pack downtown chicago and little village as mexican independence. celebrations continue. this comes after a night of rolling street closures downtown. judy is downtown with more details. they judy. >> judy wang: good morning.... Read more

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>> lauren jiggetts: people are enjoying these last few moments of summer. chicago beaches are set to close for the season at 07:00pm. all right. let's go to julian crews is live at 31st street beach with a last hurrah. julian. hey, guys, heart broken families coming. >> julian crews: off of... Read more

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>> judy wang: a hearing to delay the largest grocery store merger in u.s.. history got underway in portland, oregon today. the federal trade commission and several states sued to stop the 24 billion dollar merger between albertsons and kroger. the ftc claims the deal would eliminate competition... Read more

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Soon as we get it. city of chicago has implemented a hiring freeze. yeah, that move. the move comes as the city tries to record a massive budget shortfall. wgn's bronagh tumulty. >> he's joining us with the details tonight. good evening. as the mayor's put a hold on higher in attributing that... Read more

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>> the chicago triathlon is this week and today the kids get their time to shine. joining us now live from foster beaches, paris olympic silver medalist sets right here this morning said good morning. how are you guys to know why? congratulations, first of all, what was that like going to... Read more

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Charities. he died back in august of 2023. >> lourdes duarte: the illinois lottery just paying out the largest prize ever to a winner bought their ticket online. this is a lottery official standing in for the winner. the person you see in that picture who wished to remain anonymous. so that's... Read more

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10:00pm. >> ana belaval: all right. thank you, ok, chicagoans looking for any way they can beat the record. breaking heat. wgn's julian crews is live now with more on that. hi, julian. >> julian crews: hey, guys. well, as you heard, alyssa say this excessive heat warning last until 10 o'clock... Read more

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>> this is chicago's very own wgn evening news at 4. >> ben bradley: maya rudolph is returning to saturday night live to bring back and emmy winning role that fans have been hoping for. >> for those in a this is >> ben bradley: rudolph will again play vice president kamala harris in upcoming... Read more