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Amar Ahmad
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I love going out and exploring; I am currently a college student
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On March 15, 2020, Washington state had 568 COVID cases and a nursing home in Kirkland was already ground zero. Two maps show where the pandemic first landed in the U.S.
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Where COVID-19 First Hit: Mapping America’s Early Pandemic by State
In the early weeks of March 2020, the United States was just beginning to reckon with a disease that would reshape daily life for years. On…
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April 21, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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CDC: 10 Worst Cities for Drinking Issues

Which U.S. cities are most affected by alcohol-related problems? Using CDC data, this StoryMap highlights the top 10 based on liver disease, DUI crashes, and binge drinking. Explore it here:

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CDC: 10 Worst Cities for Drinking Issues
Men’s Health magazine took data from a Centers for Disease Control study on alcohol use to rank U.S. cities by their “drunkenness.” Using an unscientific method, the magazine gave cities rankings base...
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April 15, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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Nearly 1,000 Chicago restaurants failed health inspections in 2024 including rodent infestations and temperature violations. I mapped all 999 locations across the city's 77 neighborhoods.
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Hundreds of Chicago Restaurants Failed Health Inspections in 2024. Here’s Where They’re Clustered.
A neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdown of food safety failures reveals violations at nearly 1,000 restaurants across all of Chicago’s 77…
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March 25, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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Chicago recorded 573 homicides in 2024 — the lowest total since 2019 and the 3rd straight year of decline. But 22 U.S. cities still have higher per-capita murder rates. The data is more complicated than the headlines suggest.
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March 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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Bad Bunny’s Grammy win dominated Google searches, peaking at 100, while Kendrick Lamar barely registered at 3. ‘ICE’ hit its 3-month high on Jan. 25 during Chicago’s federal lawsuit over immigration raids. The data shows what caught Americans’ attention.
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Grammy Night and ICE Raids: What Google Searches Reveal About America in February 2026
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February 28, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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I tracked the NBA's scoring race from 1960 to 2026. 🏀

LeBron James hasn't just broken Kareem's record at 43,029 points, he’s now 12% clear of it. Watch the "untouchable" 38,387 mark fall in this interactive bar chart race.

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LeBron James and the Race to 43,000: How the King Rewrote the NBA Scoring Record
For nearly 39 years, one number stood as the gold standard of NBA greatness: 38,387. That was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s career points total, a…
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February 27, 2026 at 5:50 AM
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Did Boston really get over 100 inches of snow in one year? Which Chicago community was hit hardest by COVID-19 in 2020? And who actually dominated baseball's steroid era Bonds, Sosa, or McGwire? Explore all three data stories here: public.flourish.studio/story/3590971/ #uicdigital
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February 19, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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Chicago's Pride Parade attendance grew 2,857% from 1985 to 2014, from 35,000 to 1 million people. The dramatic surge reflects decades of LGBTQ+ advocacy and the fight for equality. Check out my data analysis: medium.com/p/171513dead17 #uicdigital
February 15, 2026 at 7:09 PM