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Why are there helicopters flying over my neighborhood every night?
Curious City listeners wondered if helicopters they heard buzzing around their Chicago neighborhoods at night were part of the federal government’s immigration enforcement. There is some truth to that, but it turns out o...
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Why are there helicopters flying over my neighborhood every night? is an episode from Curious City by WBEZ Chicago. Curious City listeners wondered if helicopters they heard buzzing around their Chicago neighborhoods at night were part of t...
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Published May 20, 2026, 00:19:01 long, audio available.
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