America's top-50 rattiest cities were announced Monday by the pest-control company Orkin. For the ninth year in a row, Chicago clinched the top spot, beating out nine other Democrat-run cities. Los Angeles jumped to the #2 spot, while New York City fell to #3. "Rattiest" cities ranked 4-10 are.
New York has a Rat Czar. Other cities are trying new trapping methods. But the “rattiest city in America” can’t keep up with skyrocketing rodent complaints, data shows.
2 dead, 1 injured after house fire on Chicago s SW side
April 1, 2021
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CHICAGO (AP) Two women died and a man was in serious condition following an early Thursday house fire on Chicago s southwest side, officials said.
Firefighters were called to the home in Chrysler Village near Midway International Airport about 2:10 a.m. on a report of a 2-1/2 story building on fire, said Deputy District Chief Curtis Hudson, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department.
A 60-year-old woman was rushed to a hospital in very critical condition and a 41-year-old woman was taken another hospital in very critical condition, Hudson said.