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Bail was set at $250,000 Monday for a teenager charged with fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy over the weekend at “The Bean”

Two people have been taken into custody for questioning after a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot Saturday night at Millennium Park in the Loop.

A young man has been charged for allegedly vandalizing a popular Chicago sculpture known as “The Bean” by spray-painting it with graffiti last week, police said.

One person was in custody after the Bean was vandalized Friday night in the Loop.

The Legoland display features iconic landmarks within the windy city such as ‘the Bean’, which was closed and barricaded off to the public due to coronavirus concerns last year.

One location in Chicago ranked among the worst places for Uber drivers to pick up passengers, and the spot may not come as a surprise.

Grant Park’s iconic Buckingham Fountain will be switched on for the spring and summer season this weekend, the Chicago Park District announced.

Grant Park’s iconic Buckingham Fountain will be switched on for the spring and summer season this weekend, the Chicago Park District announced.

Grant Park’s iconic Buckingham Fountain will be switched on for the spring and summer season this weekend, the Chicago Park District announced.

Chicago’s iconic “Bean” installation has been closed amid the coronavirus outbreak, city officials announced Saturday. Cloud Gate Plaza at Millennium Park, which includes “the Bean,” is closed while Millennium Park itself remains open, according to the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. All events and programs have also been cancelled through April 12.

Seven people were taken into custody early Tuesday after Chicago police said they vandalized “The Bean” in the city’s Millennium Park and the Cancer Survivors’ Wall in Maggie Daley Park.

Anish Kapoor, creator of “The Bean” visited Chicago Tuesday and posed for his first selfie with the sculpture. It marked his first trip back to Millennium Park since the work’s dedication in 2006. “It’s emotional, strange for me coming back,” Kapoor said. NBC 5’s Sabrina Santucci reports.