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Over the last few months, the future of national public lands has been precarious because of staff shortages and funding rollbacks under President Donald
Trump’s massive federal overhaul. In a nationally representative survey this March, the Trust for Public Land found that Americans across demographic and ideological lines value parks and use them frequently; two-thirds of people who said they voted for Kamala Harris and two-thirds of people who voted for Trump said they’ve talked with someone else at a park that they didn’t know before,
and over half said it was with somebody of a different social or economic background. Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History news Kizzy Wells, center, leans on her husband, Reggie Dickson, as they gather for a balloon release in North Lawndale, June 22, 2025, in honor of Wells’ daughter, Zahrie Walls, who
died in Lake Michigan, near Navy Pier, on Saturday. Walls was 27 and a well-known hair stylist in the community. “Is this really happening,” Wells cried. “I have to bury my baby.” (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune) A well-known Chicago hairstylist was identified as the woman whose body was recovered Saturday in Lake Michigan near Navy Pier. More top news stories: business The exterior of K9 Resorts on June 16, 2025, in Deerfield. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) The facility features individual suites with high-definition TVs tuned 24/7 to DogTV and Animal Planet, premium shampoos in its bathing salons, antimicrobial play areas, an air purification system and of course, room service. More top business stories: sports Chicago Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki, of Japan, hits a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Chicago, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) The wind hasn’t blown out too much this year, but this weekend it was a free-for-all as the Cubs (46-31) dropped two of three to the Mariners (39-37) and finished the homestand 5-4. More top sports stories: eat. watch. do. Trumpeter Pacho Flores performs as Giancarlo Guerrero conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in Arturo Márquez’s
“Concierto de Otoño” at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park on June 20, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Giancarlo Guerrero’s much-feted debut as principal conductor and artistic director of the Grant Park Music Festival was dampened by relentless rain. But if Guerrero appeared unflappable onstage, it’s because he’s been there before. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: nation & world In this photo released on June 23, 2025, by Iranian army press service, Iran’s army commander-in-chief Gen. Amir Hatami, center, accompanied by high ranked army commanders, speaks in a video call with
top commanders of the army, in Zolfaghar central headquarters, Iran, as portraits of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hang on the wall. (Iranian Army Press Service via AP) Iran announced on state television that it attacked American forces stationed at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base. A caption on screen called it “a mighty and successful response” to “America’s aggression” as martial music played. More top stories from around the world: | 
