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Initial details have been shared for a potential new high-speed rail connection between downtown Chicago and O’Hare International Airport. Dubbed the ‘O’Hare Flyer,’ the train aims to take passengers between the two in just 15 minutes, becoming the newest attempt to create a faster direct connection to one of the world’s busiest airports.

The Chicago Plan Commission has approved plans for a new school building at 335 West Belden Avenue in Lincoln Park. Sitting just east of the intersection with North Clark Street, the project would demolish an existing four-story residential building to make way for a $39 million expansion of Francis W. Parker School directly behind the site.