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SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers were running the hurry-up offense Thursday as the clock winds down on their effort to advance property tax-incentive legislation intended to help the Chicago Bears build a new stadium in Arlington Heights and prevent them from …

The Cubs started demolishing the former House of the Good Shepherd in Lake View as part of an effort to expand its nearby Camry parking lot, at Racine Avenue and Grace Street. The team purchased the site from Catholic Charities …

Democratic Senate candidate Juliana Stratton is joining calls for U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros to resign or be fired over the botched “Broadview Six” case — as former Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday also questioned whether Boutros has enough credibility to …

When Ricardo Navarrete is running with a soccer ball at his feet, the world melts away. But for more than two months, the Mather High School senior didn’t have that escape. Since March, he’s been stuck in cramped detention facilities …

Davis Martin sees his success as nothing more than the result of everything else that’s happening around him. Just to be clear, though, he sure is doing his part. Martin pitched two-hit ball over six sparkling innings, and the White …

A day after David Sandlin dominated in his major-league debut, the White Sox were still raving about his performance. “It was outstanding,” manager Will Venable said on Thursday. The 25-year-old Sandlin made quite an impact, retiring 18 straight batters after …

LAS VEGAS — Tigers slugger Cecil Fielder entered the last regular-season game in 1990 with 49 home runs. The Caesars Palace sportsbook had posted a seasonlong MLB proposition of 50½ dingers. George Foster had last cracked the 50 barrier with …

PITTSBURGH — In the span of 96 hours in March, the Cubs’ Daniel Palencia made a compelling case on a global stage that he was one of the best closers in baseball, becoming a national hero in Venezuela by saving …

PITTSBURGH — It wasn’t exactly a victory lap. Nobody on the Cubs is quite ready to take one just yet, even after back-to-back wins for a team that had gone 10 games without seeing its favorite consonant, the W. Besides, …

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions after 6:30 p.m. The moon is in Scorpio. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Today your emotional experiences will be much more intense than usual. In fact, this …

Nestled in Little Palestine, amid the Mosque Foundation and a cluster of Islamic schools along Bridgeview’s Harlem Avenue, sits a small brick building that most drivers pass without a second glance. There is no grand marquee, no billboard advertisement. The …

For parents navigating family court in Cook County, falling behind on child support and other court-ordered payments can carry consequences that extend far beyond mounting debt. It can mean going to jail. Over the past decade, more than 2,500 people …

The Orwellian “Anti-Weaponization Fund” Donald Trump has created — the legal equivalent of twirling the combination lock on Fort Knox and driving off with gold bars — purports to be righting a wrong. The bogus (and badly written) “settlement agreement,” …

Sadly, because of a family member’s illness, I’ve visited Chicago 10 times in the past five months. Half the trips I’ve flown into O’Hare Airport and half into Midway Airport. Flying is not the problem. Taxiing is. O’Hare is beyond …

DEAR ABBY: I recently retired. I also have fibromyalgia, which leaves me fatigued and in pain, and I never know how I will feel on a given day. My daughter is a single mom of a 3-year-old and asks me …

A man was stabbed on a CTA Red Line platform Thursday night in Rogers Park. Around 10:40 p.m., the 56-year-old man was on the platform in the 1300 block of West Morse Avenue when he began fighting with someone he …

Ben Johnson doesn’t gush. Ask the Bears coach about one of his players, and he usually maintains the same stoicism he shows on the sideline during game days. That’s what made his declaration Thursday as intriguing as it was out …

A 12-year-old boy was shot Thursday night in South Chicago on the South Side. The boy was standing outside in the 8400 block of South Buffalo Avenue around 8:40 p.m. when he was grazed in the left shoulder, Chicago police …

A 56-year-old man died after starting a fire in Gage Park Thursday night, according to Chicago fire officials and police. Firefighters responded to a call of a rubbish fire at 5000 block of South Campbell Avenue at 6:41 p.m., said …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Pope Leo XIV greeted Mayor Brandon Johnson during a historic audience at the Vatican, where the two talked about the legacy of slavery, “ending illegal wars” — and a potential homecoming. 🗞️ Plus: A …