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Lisa Capitanini

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Receding Lake Mead reveals body, but will Chicago mob secrets be exposed?

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By Chuck Goudie Verified, Lisa Capitanini Verified, Nathan Halder
| WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL) Verified
In metro Chicago we've had too much rain, but out west they haven't had enough, causing Lake Mead near Las Vegas to dry up. The receding waters also may have created a break in a decades-old Chicago mob case. Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States, averaging 532 feet of depth during typical times. In those times, the lake became a favored dumping spot for the mob operating in nearby Las Vegas.
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Wet summertime swelter causes spike in cases of Legionnaires' disease

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By Chuck Goudie Verified, Lisa Capitanini Verified, Nathan Halder
| WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL) Verified
This summer's relentless rainfall is producing an unusual and perhaps unexpected public health problem. A spike in Legionnaires' disease is a companion threat to all this terrible weather we've seen in Chicago during July and August. Legionnaires' disease is a pneumonia-like illness from waterborne bacteria that thrives in hot and humid conditions. There were already more than a dozen deaths linked to Legionnaires' disease in Illinois this year before the heavy rain and high humidity moved through.
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State watchdog finds Chicago migrant crisis workers were paid to do nothing

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By Chuck Goudie Verified, Lisa Capitanini Verified, Nathan Halder
| WMAQ-TV (Chicago, IL) Verified
When thousands of migrants started flooding Chicago from the Southern U.S. border four years ago, a new report shows a company was paid more than $78 million to do virtually nothing. As the migrants arrived, the city scrambled for shelter space and contractors to handle the humanitarian crisis. In 2023, NBC Chicago investigations uncovered out-of-control spending by City Hall.
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