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The last living witness to the Lincoln assassination tells all, or at least all that he can remember, on the mid-century game show “What’s My Secret?”

The BGA manages to get the total bill for the police detail that the veteran alderman and, uh, Finance Committee chair has had since the Council Wars years. It’s even more than you might have guessed.

The debt ceiling debate has widened the progressive-centrist rift in the Democratic party, as liberals vent their frustrations at the president. In practical terms, it’s misplaced.

The city’s overnight homeless services get axed, as Division of Family and Support Services faces layoffs. But don’t entirely blame the city—the fraying of the social safety net starts at the top.

Two studies, one by the CDC and another by a Loyola prof, find that suicide rates correlate with U.S. unemployment rates and mass layoffs, respectively. A third has similar findings for Europe, but also suggests traffic fatalities decrease during times of economic hardship, which may explain local trends.