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A near-stationary cold front is expected to lock in typical winter high temperatures in the 30s near the Wisconsin border and springlike highs in 50s along the Interstate 80 corridor, meteorologist Casey Sullivan said. A gradient of temperatures is expected in between, with the high in Chicago forecast in the low 40s, according to the National Weather Service.

During All-Star introductions, DJ D-Nice played the chorus from the old O’Jays’ hit, “For the Love of Money.” (“Money, money, money, money … MO-neeey.”) It was befitting considering the immense amount of wealth accumulated by the superstars being announced.

The large 3-alarm fire, first reported before 4 a.m. , was still burning as of 7:40 a.m., a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department said. The blaze required about 150 firefighters and 50 firefighting vehicles, which were called to the 4300 block of North Richmond Street in Albany Park, he said.

Needless to say, the Slam Dunk contest should be reserved for actual All-Stars. Get a sponsor to provide a $1 million prize for the winner’s favorite charity if that’s what it takes to get better contestants. The 2022 event was about as bad as it gets, and if the NBA doesn’t realize that after all the negative social media reaction, then Commissioner Adam Silver has his shiny, bald head in the sand.

Fans were kept guessing whether Jordan — who earlier in the day attended the Daytona 500, where his driver, Bubba Wallace, finished second — would make it to the ceremony hours later. Jordan’s introduction as the last player in the NBA 75 earned the loudest cheer.

Joe Ferguson, who was the city inspector general, hosts a community forum in the Austin neighborhood to gather input on the Chicago Police Department’s gang database in 2018. He announced last July he wouldn’t seek reappointment to the job. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)

Karen Bigg, right, of Chicago Recovery Alliance, gathers information from a client on California Avenue at North Avenue in Chicago on Feb. 15, 2022. Bigg distributes safe smoking kits and other harm reduction tools in order to cut down on injury and disease among drug users. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)

Ice cover is highly variable. Lake Michigan has had as much as 93% of its surface covered, in 2014, while in 2002 coverage hit a low of 12%. But as human action, largely the burning of fossil fuels, drives climbing temperatures, there are now fewer days with ice cover and coverage is decreasing at a rate of about 5% per decade. Lake Michigan’s decline is less severe, while Lake Superior — among the fastest-warming lakes on the planet — has seen the fastest loss.

Moore, a 25-year-old Liverpool defender, was on New Zealand’s 2015 World Cup roster but didn’t get into a match, then missed the 2019 World Cup after an Achilles injury. Making her 50th international appearance, she was replaced in the 40th minute.

“I think it’s nice now that we all can sit down and say, ‘Look, we’re all on the same page here,’” McIlroy said. “Are there things the tour could do better and they’re working on? Of course, but that’s the same in any business, in any sports league around the world.”