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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Afternoon Briefing: Autopsy confirms Sonya Massey died from gunshot wound to head

Chicago Tribune 26 Jul 2024
Chicago twins who cooperated against Sinaloa cartel talk about arrest of ‘El Mayo’ Three charged with murder, arson and financial crimes in connection with death of Chicago firefighter Climate bill rebates for electric appliances and upgrades coming to Illinois in 2025 The former Pioneer Arcade building at 1535 N....
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Josephine and Her Dishwashing Machine

Fort Madison Daily Democrat 17 Jul 2024
The appliance brings order to life ... Thank you, Josephine Cochrane, who invented an appliance I can’t live without ... Her dishwashing machine was patented in 1886 and won an award for design and durability at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair ... But the appliance earns an A+ for removing ......
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