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Very little has been publicly known about the 2019 possible child abuse investigation involving Tyreek Hill, back when he was in Kansas City. But a deposition taken in his ongoing civil trial provides new details about the investigations done by police and child protective services:

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Chicago started burning on October 8, 1871. Here is a Chicago magazine story I wrote five years ago, for the 150th anniversary:

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Every step of this path is sickeningly familiar to people who have lived under authoritarian regimes. Conservative and Liberal Americans decide with our actions, now, whether we’re better than that.

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