| Good afternoon, Chicago. City Inspector General Deborah Witzburg, who has regularly butted heads with Mayor Brandon Johnson in recent months, will not seek appointment to a second term, her office announced last night. Witzburg had previously said she was pursuing another four-year term, teeing up a tough choice for Johnson, who would have had
to make a decision on her future by late October. But she backed off the push late Thursday after successfully supporting ethics reforms aimed at City Hall’s mayor-controlled top attorney earlier this week. Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History news Puppies transported from shelters affected by flooding in Texas stay in a kennel at PAWS Chicago Medical Center, July 16, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) Nine puppies from parts of Texas submerged by catastrophic flooding that killed at least 132 people arrived Wednesday at the no-kill shelter PAWS Chicago, joining dozens of puppies that were already here. More top news stories: business A person passes by the CTA’s renovated Lawrence Red Line station on July 17, 2025, ahead of the scheduled reopening of the station on July 20. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) The four stations — Argyle, Bryn Mawr, Lawrence and Berwyn — were renovated as part of a $2.1 billion Red and Purple line modernization project paid for by a combination of grants, federal money, transit tax increment financing dollars and CTA funds. More top business stories: sports Chicago White Sox outfielder Luis Robert Jr. (88) walks in the dugout before the White Sox play the Toronto Blue Jays at Rate Field, July 8, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) On the field, the Sox look to be in position to avoid repeating history following last year’s record-setting 121-loss season. The Colorado Rockies (22-74) are on pace to shatter that mark. More top sports stories: eat. watch. do. A person views the exhibit “Beyond the Surface: The Art of X-rays” at the Griffin Museum of Science
and Industry in Chicago on July 14, 2025. The exhibit shows projected images of X-rays of common objects. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry recently unveiled a new interactive “Beyond the Surface: The Art of X-rays” exhibit by photographer Andrei Duman, allowing museum guests to examine the interior of everyday objects. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: nation & world Police and emergency vehicles are in place at the scene of a blast at the Biscailuz Center Training Academy in East Los Angeles on July 18, 2025. (KABC-TV via AP) An explosion early today at a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles that left three people dead was being investigated as a possible training accident, officials said. More top stories from around the world: | 
