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| Good afternoon, Chicago. City attorneys are recommending aldermen approve a $22 million settlement for the family of a 25-year-old man killed in a car crash that occurred as police chased somebody else. Lawyers representing the estate of Angel Eduardo Alvarez Montesinos say police recklessly broke department rules as they pursued a fleeing car that fatally struck him in North Lawndale. Aldermen will weigh the costly settlement Wednesday, among the first they will consider this year after approving a record sum in such deals last year that, paired with court verdicts, approached $500 million. 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  Chicago police and fire personnel bring a victim down from the CTA Pink Line station at Washington/Wells,
Dec. 23, 2025. According to police one person was fatally wounded and one injured during a confrontation that happened around 1:30 a.m. (Network Video Productions) Garfield Park man charged in fatal Pink Line shooting, police sayA man is facing charges in the fatal shooting of 44-year-old Raymond Harrison and the serious injury of a second, 23-year-old man about three weeks after a fight aboard the CTA Pink Line escalated to gunfire, Chicago police said.
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business  Space 519, a designer clothing boutique in Wilmette’s revitalized Plaza del Lago shopping center, opened in August 2025, and many more
high-end boutiques and shops are due to open in the spring. Space 519 contains a coffee bar, daytime lunchroom and evening cocktail space. (Joshua Irvine/for Pioneer Press) At Wilmette’s revitalized Plaza del Lago, boutique Space 519 says holiday sales robustSpace 519’s new location is among the latest in a string of upscale businesses to open at Plaza Del Lago in recent months.
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sports  Emery Lehman, right, celebrates with his parents, David and Marcia, after winning the men’s 1500-meter competition and qualifying for
the Milan Olympics on Jan. 4, 2026, during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Long Track at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Entering his 4th Olympics, Oak Park speedskater Emery Lehman nears the finish lineSince winning a Bronze medal in speedskating at the 2022 Olympics, Oak Park’s Emery Lehman has spent most of the past four years working toward an ending. The Milan Cortina Games will be his last, he says.
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eat. watch. do.  Emma Stone arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Inside the Golden Globes: The reunions and moments the telecast didn’t showAt the Golden Globes, Emma Stone held court with a rotating cast of companions, from Kirsten Dunst to Jennifer Lawrence — not in the main ballroom, but in a much smaller side room.
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nation & world  This image released by Vatican Media shows Pope Leo XIV meeting with Nobel Peace Prize
laureate María Corina Machado of Venezuela, right, inside his private library at the Vatican, Jan. 12, 2026. (Vatican Media via AP, HO) Pope Leo XIV meets with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in surprise audiencePope Leo, the first American pontiff, has called for Venezuela to remain an independent country after U.S. forces captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his compound in Caracas and flew him to New York to face federal charges of drug-trafficking.
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