Good afternoon! The Fallout TV series from Amazon comes out tomorrow, and it’s an “awesome, sometimes gruesome trip into America’s wild future,” critic Richard Roeper writes. Here’s what you need to know today.

1. Chicago’s Pride Parade will be smaller this year

The June 30 parade will feature fewer floats, performance groups and other acts due to concerns over “the city’s capacity to manage a range of large events throughout the summer,” organizers told Block Club Chicago.

Entries for this summer’s parade will be capped at 125, a decrease of about 37% compared to last year’s nearly 200 entries, Block Club reports.

Organizers say they will prioritize “LGBTQ+ organizations and groups, queer-owned businesses and businesses with LGBTQ+ resources groups for employees,” Block Club reports.

In recent years, Pride Parades across the nation have faced growing pushback against what critics say is the commercialization of the annual event, featuring floats from major corporations that seemingly have little to do with the LGBTQ+ community. [Block Club Chicago]

The news also coincides with preparations for this summer’s National Democratic Convention at the United Center and McCormick Place. The Secret Service this week met with local businesses that may be impacted by security measures for the event. [Block Club Chicago]

2. Clashes broke out at a protest over the fatal police shooting of Dexter Reed

One person was hospitalized when a clash erupted at a protest yesterday evening where community activists and family members of Dexter Reed demanded the firing of officers who fatally shot the 26-year-old during a traffic stop, my colleague Emmanuel Camarillo reports.

City officials yesterday released body cam footage of last month’s traffic stop in the Humboldt Park neighborhood. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the city agency tasked with investigating police shootings, said a review of the video appears to show Reed opened fire first, striking an officer.

During yesterday’s protest, a man in the crowd heckled some of the speakers, shouting, “He shot a police officer!” several times.

Several protesters chased the man, and he sought safety behind a line of police officers, who had to call for reinforcements as the rally escalated. Then another confrontation broke out between a separate group of protesters as the heckler was being chased. [Chicago Sun-Times]

3. The EPA says ‘forever chemicals’ need to be removed from drinking water

The federal government for the first time is enforcing limits on a class of chemicals found in the drinking water of tens of millions of Americans that are linked to cancer and other health problems, NPR reports.

Known as PFAS, this large group of man-made chemicals has been used since the 1940s to waterproof and stainproof products from clothing, makeup and furniture to firefighting foam and semiconductors.

The Environmental Protection Agency says municipal water providers must reduce six PFAS chemicals to near-zero levels. [NPR]

In Illinois, at least 660,000 residents get their drinking water from utilities that violate the new standards, the Chicago Tribune reports. [Trib]

4. Inflation rose higher than expected last month

Consumer prices remained stubbornly high in March, rising 3.5% compared to a year earlier, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said today.

“Beating inflation is starting to feel a lot like losing weight, at least before the Ozempic era: Losing the first pounds is generally easier — it’s getting rid of the last ones that’s proving hard,” NPR’s Rafael Nam reports.

The news means the Federal Reserve is unlikely to cut interest rates in the near future. The nation’s central bank has raised interest rates to intentionally cool down the economy and tamp down inflation.

That strategy has worked in getting prices down significantly compared to two years ago, but the Federal Reserve is finding it hard to meet its inflation target of below 3%. [NPR]

5. The Midwest’s largest art fair kicks off tomorrow

It’s about to get super artsy in Chicago with the return of EXPO, which will feature thousands of artists at nearly 200 galleries around the city. I’ve already practiced how I’ll view art, with a gentle stroke of my beard while whispering, “Ah yes, I see it.”

Anyway, this year is expected to add more of an international umph because EXPO has been acquired by global brand Frieze, which puts on major art shows in New York, Los Angeles, London and Seoul, Korea.

Because it’s likely impossible to see every booth in an airport hanger size festival hall, WBEZ contributor Elly Fishman talked to four established Chicago artists to share, in their own words, the emerging talents to check out. [WBEZ]

Meanwhile, here’s WBEZ’s guide to EXPO that includes after parties and shows off Navy Pier. [WBEZ]

Here’s what else is happening

• Hamas’s leader says his three sons were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. [BBC]

• Former President Donald Trump said Arizona’s Supreme Court went too far in upholding a near-total abortion ban dating back to the 1860s. [Politico]

• Alabama and Ohio warned President Joe Biden may not appear on ballots because of the timing of the Democratic National Convention. [CNN]

• A French woman climbed the Eiffel Tower on a rope in 18 minutes, setting a new record. [The Guardian]

Oh, and one more thing …

My friends at Curious City are asking listeners to share their favorite memories from the podcast.

As you may have heard, the show will stop being produced as a podcast in the near future. But it will still be on the radio and online, and the team will continue to answer questions from listeners.

Listeners can record a message describing what they loved the most about the Curious City podcast — in 15 seconds or less — and send it to curiouscity@wbez.org.

I’ll give you two of my personal favorites. A few years ago the team looked into why so many grade school kids have to learn to play the recorder.

And there’s the time when Curious City dove into why boys were forced to swim naked in high school, one of the most listened to episodes in the show’s history.

Tell me something good …

What’s your go-to TV show, movie or book you hit up when you’re feeling nostalgic?

Emily S. writes:

“For me it’s fully Lord of the Rings. When I got divorced years ago, I had freedom and lived alone, and thank goodness for my dogs and these movies. I really got used to listening to the ‘making of’ discs and those folks became like my friends in some ways while I remade my life :)”

Feel free to email me, and your response might be shared in the newsletter this week.