CHICAGO — Expressway shootings, Planned Parenthood, and Wrigley Field. Here's what we're reading today:
Road warriors: Senior editor Andrew Herrmann, a regular user of the Stevenson and Eisenhower expressways, is reading a Sun-Times story about shootings on area highways. Crime reporter Frank Main writes that there were six shootings in 2010, 18 last year and 25 so far this year. Most are gang-related: the bangers follow their enemies onto the expressways so they can fire and flee faster, police say. But Main talks to an Oak Brook doctor whose car was shot three times on I-290 by someone with a pellet gun. "I'm not really excited about taking the Ike anymore," he said. State police have beefed up staffing.
The Shocking Truth About Planned Parenthood: There is a LOT of false information floating around the internet (and apparently Congress) these days about Planned Parenthood. That's why Deputy Editor Jen Sabella was happy to see Funny or Die tackle the subject in their typical snarky way. Their latest faux-PSA features women explaining what Planned Parenthood actually does: provides birth control, advice on prenatal care and abortions, which are funded through private donations not government money. Also, as Bustle points out, 97 percent of services provided by Planned Parenthood have nothing to do with abortion. Sadly, facts might not sway politicians hoping to woo anti-choice voters before the 2016 primary.
"I was pregnant when I first went to Planned Parenthood, and they led me down a narrow hallway into a little room filled with medical instruments," a woman says in the video. "They... gave me great advice for prenatal care."
It's A Fined Life Carrying The Banner At Wrigley Field: Part of the fun of attending Cubs games at Wrigley Field is the smorgasbord of merchandise being hawked by all kinds of characters, reporter Ariel Cheung has found. But as the Cubs take control of most vendors near the ballpark, the independent Chicago Baseball magazine is under fire for allegedly violating a 2006 ban on peddling, writes The Chicago Reader. Will the 20-year magazine strike out in court? Stay tuned.
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