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NEW YORK — Raymond Berry, the Hall of Fame wide receiver who teamed with Baltimore quarterback Johnny Unitas for one of the NFL’s greatest passing combinations and helped lead the Colts to victory over the New York Giants in the …

Police in suburban Oak Park shot and killed a man Sunday after a struggle over his gun during a traffic stop, the police department said. An Oak Park police officer found a gun while he patted down the driver of …

The Mexican Independence Day festival El Grito is returning to Grant Park this fall after last year’s celebration was put on hiatus due to immigration enforcement concerns, organizers announced. The festival will take place in Grant Park on Sept. 12 …

Illinois lawmakers have voted to delay implementing a state law that limits some credit card fees. The Interchange Fee Prohibition Act was set to take effect on July 1 but was pushed back to July 1, 2027, during the spring …

Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson can’t escape his batting average. It’s like a creepy portrait in a horror movie, with eyes that follow him everywhere. He can keep making insane defensive plays at short. He can keep being a veteran presence …

Could “Tarps Off,” be coming to Wrigley Field? We asked the Mad Hungarian. “They’ve been taking their shirts off in the outfield there for decades,’’ he said Sunday night in St. Louis. “They may not understand why they’re taking their …

Seventeen years after its completion, the Trump International Hotel & Tower’s high-profile retail space has secured its first tenant. La Grange-based Greek restaurant Prasino is set to occupy about 2,800 square feet, according to brokers with the property’s leasing agency, …

The Illinois legislature’s spring session ended with it signing off on a series of measures setting up protections for LGBTQ+ people, trans foster youth and those seeking abortions — though progressive lawmakers are still looking ahead at where gaps may …

A bill barring new immigration detention centers from being placed close to homes, schools, churches and other facilities in Illinois is headed to Gov. JB Pritzker’s desk. Should he sign the bill, which the Legislature passed in the early hours …

Rick Adelman, a Basketball Hall of Fame inductee who played for seven NBA seasons — including a stint with the Bulls — before becoming one of the game’s all-time winningest coaches, has died, the National Basketball Coaches Association announced Monday. …

An officiating task force of coaches and general managers, created after last season to address complaints, is changing how WNBA games are called this season. Foul calls per game rose to start the season, and officials are emphasizing freedom of …

MINNEAPOLIS — The White Sox entered June firmly in a playoff spot. They held the second American League wild-card spot, 3 ½ games clear of the Blue Jays, and were just one game back of the first-place Guardians in the …

MINNEAPOLIS — White Sox rookie right-hander David Sandlin began his second major-league start Monday much better than his first, when he allowed a leadoff home run to Twins star Byron Buxton. This time, he struck out Buxton swinging. What Sandlin …

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Ever since the Obama Presidential Center began rising out the historic grounds of Jackson Park, its Museum Tower — the campus’ most visible structure — became a riddlesome, what-the-heck-is-this kind of a building. And there was a reason for this. …

The Chicago Sun-Times architecture columnist Lee Bey got an early first look at the Obama Presidential Center last week. Designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, the center is a five-building complex. Two of the structures — the Forum and …

In Back of the Yards, a neighborhood with a long history of social activism, the push to remove César Chavez’s name from a local elementary school is sparking a reckoning over the leadership of the immigrant rights movement. In the …

Mayor Brandon Johnson has dismissed a hiring and contracting scandal that was the subject of an investigation by City Hall’s inspector general as a matter involving a “previous mayoral administration,” that of former Mayor Lori Lightfoot. But two top aides …

Bruce Iglauer didn’t intend to spend his whole career running a blues label. In the beginning, he was just a 20-something, diehard fan who was determined to record one album with his favorite artist: Mississippi-born Hound Dog Taylor. Iglauer was …

DEAR ABBY: I suspect my wife had an affair some years ago. She was spending time with this man in a local bar on weekends for quite a while. I recently confronted her with the rumors going around, and she …