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<h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>: Chicago Police Officer David Ross was on medical leave, purportedly recovering from a knee injury sustained during an on-duty crash, when he took the exam to join the mounted patrol — successfully climbing onto a horse and lifting five bales of hay, records show.</p><p>🗞️ <b>Plus</b>: The family of&nbsp;Spencer Leak Jr. is comforted by the many families he once helped, nurses allege retaliation over unionization efforts and more news you need to know.</p><p>📝&nbsp;<b>Keeping score</b>:&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-whdddg-l-y/" target="_blank" >The Cubs lost to the Athletics</a>, 5-4;&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-whdddg-l-j/" target="_blank" >the White Sox beat the Twins</a>, 8-0.</p><p>📧 <b>Subscribe</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletter-hub.suntimes.com/" target="_blank" ><i>Get this newsletter delivered to your inbox weekday mornings.</i></a></p><p>⏱️:&nbsp;<i>An 8-minute read</i></p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S WEATHER 🌤️</h4><p>Mostly sunny with a high near 88.</p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S TOP STORY 🔎</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-fa0000" name="image-fa0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/beae10d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2032x1140+0+0/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F89%2F63%2Fa841f2b1416785d81b38f3c5eb42%2Fscreenshot-2026-06-03-at-2-23-04-pm.png 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d3015c2/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2032x1140+0+0/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F89%2F63%2Fa841f2b1416785d81b38f3c5eb42%2Fscreenshot-2026-06-03-at-2-23-04-pm.png 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e4f909b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2032x1140+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F89%2F63%2Fa841f2b1416785d81b38f3c5eb42%2Fscreenshot-2026-06-03-at-2-23-04-pm.png" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Members of the Chicago Police Department&#x27;s mounted patrol pose on horseback." srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e4f909b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2032x1140+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F89%2F63%2Fa841f2b1416785d81b38f3c5eb42%2Fscreenshot-2026-06-03-at-2-23-04-pm.png 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1d820d9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2032x1140+0+0/resize/980x550!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F89%2F63%2Fa841f2b1416785d81b38f3c5eb42%2Fscreenshot-2026-06-03-at-2-23-04-pm.png 2x" width="490" height="275" data-src="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e4f909b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2032x1140+0+0/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F89%2F63%2Fa841f2b1416785d81b38f3c5eb42%2Fscreenshot-2026-06-03-at-2-23-04-pm.png" data-lazy-load="true" src="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" > </picture> <div class="Figure-content"><figcaption class="Figure-caption"><p>Members of the Chicago Police Department’s mounted patrol; David Ross not pictured.</p></figcaption><span class="line"></span><div class="Figure-credit"><p>Chicago Police Department</p></div></div> </figure> </div> </div><p></p><h3><a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-whdddg-l-i/" target="_blank" >Cop faces firing after passing rigorous test for horseback unit while on injury leave</a></h3><p></p><h5>By <a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-whdddg-l-d/" target="_blank" >Sophie Sherry</a></h5><p><b>Mounting problems</b>:&nbsp;David Ross passed the strenuous test to join the Chicago Police Department’s mounted patrol in 2023 by climbing onto a horse, lifting five bales of hay and moving a 1,200-pound dumpster, among other things.
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