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A man is facing murder charges in connection with the death of a 2-month-old boy in Roseland earlier this year, according to Chicago police. Anthony Evans, 23, faces a count of First-degree murder, police said. He was arrested Monday. The …

DETROIT — Calling this game against the Pistons embarrassing would be an understatement. How about humiliating, shameful, mortifying? Getting warmer. “The way we lost just can’t happen,” Bulls guard Kevin Huerter said. No, it can’t, but it did. The Pistons …

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Hannah Hidalgo turned in an epic performance with an NCAA-record 16 steals and a Notre Dame-record 44 points in the No. 18 Fighting Irish’s 85-58 victory over Akron on Wednesday night. The 5-foot-6 junior made 16 …

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some …

Amanda Montgomery and her husband started AM and PM Hemp Farm in downstate Kirkland in 2020. After her husband passed unexpectedly last year, the farm, which produces and sells a range of hemp-derived goods, has been her “sole livelihood,” Montgomery …

STORRS, Conn. — KK Arnold and Sarah Strong had 11 points each as the top-ranked UConn women’s basketball team rolled past Loyola 85-31 on Wednesday night. Serah Williams had 10 points, Azzi Fudd had nine points and five of the …

Nearly half a million Illinois residents who buy health insurance through the Affordable Care Act were at the center of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Most rely on enhanced tax credits to make their Obamacare insurance premiums more …

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. has been hospitalized with a neurodegenerative condition. The 84-year-old was admitted to a hospital Wednesday and under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy, a condition that he has been managing for more than a …

Dozens gathered at Montrose Beach to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights as the solar phenomenon lit up the skies over the United States for the second night in a row Wednesday. Residents got their first taste Tuesday night …

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Virgo. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Be patient with others this morning because it’s easy to be irritable or fly off the …

If the Blackhawks played like they did Wednesday last season or the year before, they probably would’ve lost by three or four goals. Captain Nick Foligno said as much after the game. This season’s Hawks have an uncanny knack for …

Since buying the Calumet Country Club in 2020, developer Walt Brown Jr. has whiffed on several tries to transform the south suburban golf course into a commercial complex. But now, amid interest from a potential purchaser, Brown is trying a …

Federal agents deployed tear gas on the Far South Side — sickening protesters and more than a dozen cops — despite a deputy Chicago police chief having told them his officers didn’t have gas masks and offering to clear a path so …

Nora Daley rarely carries fewer than two bags. By her own admission, she’s a tote-bag maximalist. On a recent Thursday, Daley has paired her poppy-red pantsuit with two favorites: a canvas Chicago Architecture Biennial tote and a black-and-white beaded bag …

Walter “Eckie” Eckersall is the Chicago sports legend you’ve never heard of. Chicago author Chris Serb aims to fix that with his new book, “Eckie: Walter Eckersall and the Rise of Chicago Sports” ($36.95; University of Nebraska Press). Eckersall was …

DEAR ABBY: My brother has ALS and lives in another state. He has a wife and children. His wife has decided that when family visits from out of state, they need to stay in a hotel instead of their house …

During Ryan Donato’s first two years in Chicago, he couldn’t afford to think long-term about the Blackhawks‘ future, because he didn’t know if he would be around for it. He had no choice but to focus on the present, which …

A man was in custody after an hours-long SWAT standoff Wednesday night in Austin on the West Side. Officers responded to calls of a person with a gun around 8:50 p.m. in the 5000 block of West Augusta Boulevard and …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Federal agents deployed tear gas on civilians and Chicago police last month — even as cops cautioned officers didn’t have masks, sources say. 🗞️ Plus: The 43-day federal government shutdown has ended, but many …

The Obama Presidential Center has spent a decade on the drawing board and under construction — two years longer than its namesake’s time in the White House. But now the team of workers, erectors, fabricators and artisans are months away …