With up to 327,000 vehicles traveling on some portions of the Kennedy daily, the Kennedy and its South Side extension, the Dan Ryan, are the busiest roads in Illinois.
Interstate 290 (Illinois)
Interstate 290 (I-290) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway that runs westwards from the Chicago Loop.
The portion of I-290 from I-294 to its east end is officially called the Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway. In short form, it is known as "the Ike" or the Eisenhower. Before being designated the Eisenhower Expressway, the highway was called the Congress Expressway because of the surface street that was located approximately in its path and onto which I-290 runs at its eastern terminus in the Chicago Loop.
Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Elk Grove Village is a village located in northeastern Illinois near the O'Hare International Airport and is a near northwest suburb, touching the city of Chicago.
It is one of the Chicago metropolitan area's principal villages due to its large industrial park, located on the eastern border of the village.
The village is located primarily in Cook County with a small portion in DuPage County. The population was 33,127 at the 2010 census.
Elk Grove Village is home to a small herd of elk kept in a grove at the eastern edge of the Busse Woods forest preserve for which the grove is named. The elk are currently maintained by the Chicago Zoological Society veterinary staff and the Busse Woods Forest Preserve wildlife biologists.
Beverly, Chicago
Beverly is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the South Side on the southwestern edge of the city.
Sparsely settled in the middle of the 19th century. Its position on the ridge allowed the community to become an exclusive streetcar suburb, and the homes and large lots reflect this historic distinction. Beverly is located on the highest elevation in Chicago.
The neighborhood's roots are largely English and Protestant but is now home to a large Irish-American/Catholic community and many Irish establishments.
In the 2016 presidential election, Beverly cast 6,384 votes for Hillary Clinton and cast 1,850 votes Donald Trump.
Washington Heights, Chicago
Washington Heights is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the far south side of the city. It has a population of 27,453.
The CTA red line stop at 95th St. is also available along the Dan Ryan Expressway in nearby Roseland.
Washington Heights is a stronghold of the Democratic Party. In the 2016 presidential election, Washington Heights cast 13,709 votes for Hillary Clinton and cast 229 votes for Donald Trump.
Mount Greenwood, Chicago
Mount Greenwood, located on the southwest side, is one of the seventy-seven community areas of Chicago. Mount Greenwood is about southwest of the Loop.
It is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Beverly and Morgan Park to the east, the suburb of Evergreen Park to the north, the suburb of Oak Lawn to the west, and the suburbs of Merrionette Park and Alsip to the south.
Mount Greenwood is known as the home of many Chicago firefighters, Chicago police officers and union workers.
Merrionette Park, Illinois
Merrionette Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,900 as of the 2010 census.
Merrionette Park is located at (41.684, -87.701).
Chicago Fire Department
The Chicago Fire Department (CFD) provides both firefighting and emergency medical services to the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The Chicago Fire Department is the third largest municipal fire department in the United States after the New York City Fire Department and Cal Fire. It is also one of the oldest major organized fire departments in the nation.
The Chicago Fire Department receives over 500,000 emergency calls annually, most of which are medical calls.
Bungalow
A bungalow is a type of building, originally developed in the Bengal region in South Asia, but now found throughout the world. The meaning of the word "bungalow" varies internationally. Common features of many bungalows include verandas and being low-rise.
In Australia, the California bungalow associated with the United States was popular after the First World War.
In North America and the United Kingdom, a bungalow today is a house, normally detached, that may contain a small loft, many seen in Chicago and in Houston. It is either single-story or has a second story built into a sloping roof, usually with dormer windows (one-and-a-half stories).
Morgan Park, Chicago
Morgan Park, located on the far south side of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is one of the city's 77 official community areas.
54.8% of the residents were black and 37.2% of the residents were white. As of that year it was, within Chicago, the black-majority area with the highest percentage of whites.
Avalon Park, Chicago
Avalon Park is an area on the south side of the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the city's 77 official community areas and a park. Boundaries are 76th St. to the north, South Chicago Ave. to the east and 87th St. to the south.
Avalon Park had a major demographic change in the 1960s. In the 1960 census, Avalon Park was 0% African American (only six of 12,710 residents). A decade later, Avalon Park was 83% African American, according to the 1970 census.
A sewer system was created in 1910. It helped to drain the area and make further development easier.
2018 Northern Cyprus parliamentary election
The 2018 Northern Cyprus parliamentary election was held on 7 January 2018. It was held to elect the 50 members of the Assembly of the Republic.
The election was a victory for the National Unity Party and other right-wing parties.
The United Cyprus Party (BKP) was in an alliance with the TKP-YG. As such, BKP members ran for Parliament under the TKP-YG name. The New Cyprus Party refused to join the alliance.
Dina Titus
Dina Titus (born May 23, 1950) is an American politician. She was born in Thomasville, Georgia. She is a member of the United States Democratic Party.
Titus was a United States Representative from Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2009 to 2011. In 2011, Titus was defeated by Republican Joe Heck.
Titus became a U.S. Representative from Nevada's 1st congressional district in 2013.
Titus received a 100% rating from the Planned Parenthood 2014 Congressional Scorecard for opposing a nationwide abortion ban after 20 weeks.
Planned Parenthood
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, or just Planned Parenthood, is an American non-profit organization. It provides reproductive health care in the United States and around the world. Margaret Sanger founded the American Birth Control League in 1921. It changed its name to Planned Parenthood in 1942. The president of the organization was Cecile Richards until 2018.
Planned Parenthood has 159 medical and non-medical affiliates. They operate more than 650 health clinics in the United States. It partners with organizations in twelve other countries.
Planned Parenthood provides birth control, abortions, LGBT services, pregnancy testing, and treatment/testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
Planned Parenthood has two national offices in the United States. One in Washington, D.C., the other in New York City.
The organization has received money from the United States government since 1970.
Małgorzata Bocheńska
Malgorzata Bochenska (maiden name: Gąsiorowska) (10 September 1949 – 2 January 2018) was a Polish journalist, culture animator and publicist. She was born in Warsaw. From 1974 to 1981 she worked with Polish National TV Theater as an editor. From 1984 to 1989, she worked with the Helsinski Committee.
Bocheńska died in Warsaw on 2 January 2018 at the age of 69.
South Chicago, Chicago
South Chicago, formerly known as Ainsworth, is one of the 77 well-defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois. This community is one of Chicago's 16 lakefront neighborhoods near the southern rim of Lake Michigan 10 miles south of downtown.