Good morning, Chicago.

Residents will attend a joint Memorial Day observance on May 26 in Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg, beginning at 10 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial site and moving to St. Peter Lutheran Church at 10:45 a.m. The outdoor event will run rain or shine and will shift indoors for severe weather—refreshments will follow if weather permits.

The Archdiocese of Chicago said a special Catholic Mass will be held at Rate Field on June 14 — the home field of the White Sox — to honor Pope Leo XIV, the first pope born and raised in the suburbs.

The event will feature music, film, in-person testimonials and prayers followed by a Mass, though ticket details have not been released.

A new book by historian Jason Emerson compiles long-lost letters from Mary Lincoln that shed light on her struggles with loneliness and depression after a May 19th, 1875 Cook County ruling sent her to a sanitarium.

The letters suggest her behavior fits what modern doctors would call bipolar disorder — even as her son Robert had pushed to control her affairs.

Village officials in Arlington Heights are planning for a future Bears stadium by discussing new staffing measures and potential land donation for a fire station — they expect that game days could double the town’s population and require overtime support from both local and external agencies. The village will manage logistics and emergency response while the NFL team covers in-stadium medical services, ensuring swift aid throughout the redevelopment area.

State lawmakers in Springfield are seeking to repeal the 2015 law that penalizes companies boycotting Israel—bills introduced by Rep. Abdelnasser Rashid and Sen. Mike Porfirio have stalled in committee.

Advocates argue the law curtails free speech and limits human rights advocacy while lawmakers fear backlash from diverse constituents.

Endeavor Health is recruiting long-COVID patients for three clinical trials that study exercise intolerance, sleep disturbances, and autonomic dysfunction — Buffalo Grove resident Diane Patterson, who caught COVID in 2022, said she still struggles with fatigue and memory issues.

Researchers hope these studies will reveal treatments to help long-haulers recover more fully.