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La semana pasada, Earl Abernathy iba manejando en el calor de 92 grados en una van sin aire acondicionado cuando se encontró en un embotellamiento en el vecindario Near West Side. Mientras avanzaba lentamente en el tráfico con los vidrios …

Millennium Park garages will no longer offer game day shuttle service for Chicago Bears games, according to the parking company and team. Shuttle services to and from Soldier Field on game days for cash parking customers will remain available at …

It’s a Thursday night, and the tables are packed at Parlay, a sports bar in Lincoln Park. Every screen is lit with the garish, neon palette of a sun-drenched villa in Fiji and flashes the faces of characters from “Love …

Chicago se une a una ola legal que desafía los esfuerzos del presidente Donald Trump para castigar a las ciudades santuario, en medio de advertencias de que su presunta “grande y hermosa ley” proporciona una “enorme cantidad de dinero para …

Los olores provenientes de una fábrica de procesamiento en el lado sur de la ciudad, que produce un ingrediente para la alimentación animal, están enfureciendo a los vecinos, a pesar de las promesas de la empresa y las garantías de …

There is currently no evidence linking the mass shooting that occurred at rapper Mello Buckzz’s album release party to her father’s federal gun case, prosecutors told a judge Friday. Melvin Doyle, 59, appeared before a federal judge for a detention …

Bears president Kevin Warren, who staunchly has supported general manager Ryan Poles even during turbulent times, is reaffirming that loyalty with a substantial commitment. The Bears agreed to a contract extension with Poles on Friday, a source said. He and …

En su esperado regreso a Chicago, Enrique Bunbury no sólo presentó su nuevo disco y volvió a actuar junto a su primera banda de apoyo de sus inicios como solista, también saldó la cuenta que tenía pendiente con su público …

The Cubs have been in first place for over three months. Doesn’t that sound like an eventual division champion to you? But the Brewers entered the weekend on a relentless 28-12 tear that had wiped away most of the Cubs’ …

An avowed gang member who allegedly shot and killed a man over the Fourth of July weekend in Little Village had been released on electronic monitoring ahead of the attack over the objections of prosecutors. Daniel Alvarado, 20, was ordered …

Chicago Public Schools sent layoff notices to 1,458 teachers and other staff Friday due to enrollment shifts, school-specific needs and other programmatic decisions, the school district said. CPS says most of the laid off staff will likely find positions at …

State public health officials announced Friday that the southern Illinois measles outbreak had ended. At a news conference in Springfield, Illinois Department of Public Health director Dr. Sameer Vohra said the state had once again thwarted “one of the most …

A man has died after a shooting that also wounded another man early Thursday in Armour Square. Jeremy Miller, 35, and a 30-year-old man were both shot about 2 a.m. in the 3700 block of South Wells Street, according to …

The costs to Illinois’ government because of the new Republican congressional budget reconciliation law will be steep. However, the state has some time to prepare itself, and possible Democratic gains in the U.S. House and Senate next year might be …

NEW YORK — All-Star Pete Crow-Armstrong’s performance not only has given the Cubs an offensive boost and put him in the early MVP conversation; it also could come with a substantial added financial benefit. Crow-Armstrong is on pace to earn …

Lacking any guidance from the federal government on how to ban anyone without legal immigration status from a vital early childhood program, the Illinois Head Start Association told its hundreds of members Friday not to make any changes yet to …

A person was shot and killed Friday afternoon in Woodlawn. The victim, a male whose age wasn’t known, was near a sidewalk about 4 p.m. in the 6200 block of South Rhodes Avenue when someone fired shots, striking him in …

Mark Buehrle never wanted any of this. That’s what has made him so endearing to White Sox fans. Moments after watching his statue unveiled on the Rate Field concourse Friday night, he was talking about what he’d rather be doing: …

As the story goes, the first batter of the first inning of the first game of spring training dug in against the White Sox in 2005 in Tuscon, Arizona, where the Diamondbacks played then, and lofted a pop fly into …

Murder and arson charges were filed Friday against a 23-year-old man accused of hurling Molotov cocktails into an Austin apartment building last month, resulting in a fire that killed four people, including a pregnant mother and her 5-year-old son. The …