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DEAR ABBY: Three days before my daughter “Ginger’s” wedding, her fiance called to announce that he could not marry her because she’s bisexual. It’s something he knew about for a year but waited until three days before the wedding to …

Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file photo A man is dead after being shot in the South Shore neighborhood early Wednesday, police said. The man, 39, was standing on the sidewalk in the 7300 block of South Dorchester Avenue when he was shot …

Chicago residents will soon be able to get their hands on a box of Voodoo Doughnuts. The Chicago outlet will be the company’s 22nd store in the U.S. Voodoo Doughnut Voodoo Doughnut has announced the grand opening date for its …

Mayor Brandon Johnson, left, is urging the City Council to reject an arbitrator’s ruling enabling the Fraternal Order of Police to challenge serious police misconduct cases in arbitration. FOP President John Catanzara has said council members ought to approve the …

A McDonald’s restaurant in Pittsburgh. Gene J. Puskar/AP McDonald’s expects to open nearly 10,000 restaurants over the next four years, a pace of growth that would be unprecedented even for the world’s largest burger chain. Ahead of a day-long event …

The scene where a fire erupted at 1249 S. Kedvale Ave. on Dec. 6, 2023. Pat Nabong Sun-Times At least one person is unaccounted for in a West Side fire that critically injured a 75-year-old woman and two Chicago police …

Julia Murray (left) as Arran and Lois Craig as Eilidh in the folk musical “Islander,” running through Dec. 17 at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Steve Tanner In a month when rivers of tulle and truckloads of glitter snow engulf seasonally minded …

Southern California Edison employees Abraham Zamacona and Rich Espinosa stood off the side of Route 66 in San Bernardino in November performing inspections on one of the many utility poles that dot the area using a small, football-sized drone to …

LOS ANGELES — Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime-time television with such topical hits as “All in the Family” and “Maude” and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died. He …

Panera is being sued again after another customer is said to have died after consuming the chain’s caffeinated lemonade. Dennis Brown was a 46-year-old man with a chromosomal deficiency disorder, ADHD and high blood pressure who avoided energy drinks, according …

How out of whack is the housing market? Well, an October poll by LendingTree of 2,045 US adults found 35% want the housing market to crash – highlighted by youthful Gen Z-ers (53%) and millennials (46%). Look, rooting for a …

Is the year of Taylor Swift over now? Not yet. Time Magazine named Swift its person of the year on Wednesday, a week after Spotify announced she was the most-played artist on the streaming platform. Swift was picked from a …

Over the last few decades, public health messaging about the risks of smoking tobacco cigarettes has successfully informed everyone about the dangers of lighting up. As a consequence, Americans smoke far less than they used to, protecting many from the …

As hip-hop commemorates five decades of shaping culture, music and history, the Grammy Recording Academy is set to culminate this milestone year with a two-hour concert special, “A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop,” which is set to air …