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During an annual week celebrating nurses across the U.S, nearly 3,000 nurses at Endeavor Health in the Chicago area are working to unionize over pay cuts and what they say are unsafe working conditions. While the effort has been quietly …

Lori Dimun is stepping down from her role as president and CEO of the Harris Theater for Music and Dance after nearly six years. Dimun, who’s worked at the Harris Theater for 15 years, will join the Richard H. Driehaus …

The Bears’ rookie minicamp had a local-high-school feel Friday. Barrington’s Scotty Miller, Lake Forest’s Mac Uihlein and Jai Williams and Loyola’s Josh Kreutz all tried out for the Bears as part of the two-day practice session, which ends Saturday. Miller, …

An Uber driver and a high school basketball player he picked up were killed in a drive-by shooting Thursday evening in the East Garfield Park neighborhood. Jassen Cho, 38, and Damarion Johnson, 18, were driving in the 200 block of …

A convicted fraudster was ordered held in custody Friday at the federal jail in downtown Chicago as he awaits extradition to New York to face charges that he bilked a Mexican billionaire out of hundreds of millions of dollars. During …

NEW YORK — The NFL will release its complete regular-season schedule on Thursday. The announcement made Friday is in line with the past couple of years, when the schedule has been released during the second week of May. The league …

Members of the Chicago Sinfonietta are facing an uncertain future following the organization’s public announcement Thursday that it will pause programming until 2027 and lay off administrative staff amid financial challenges. Some musicians say they were blindsided by the decision …

Nieva Mehta sat in the last row of the first block of pews at Holy Name Cathedral Friday afternoon — the same seat she claims for nearly every Mass. But this Friday’s gathering was a little different. Dozens attended Friday …

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood on Friday carried the baton from retiring U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky in hosting a “women’s power brunch” for top Illinois Democrats — as she vowed Democrats will flip 20 House seats in November. From becoming the …

The Big Ten joined the Southeastern Conference in crossing the $1 billion mark in total revenue for the 2024-25 fiscal year, marking a significant uptick in payouts to its member schools. The league reported roughly $1.47 billion in total revenue …

An investigation into who was responsible for leaking internal Chicago Board of Education information to the media was unable to reach a conclusion, according to a report released Thursday. Two board members, Ellen Rosenfeld and Che “Rhymefest” Smith, refused to …

Many Illinois colleges and schools are scrambling after the online learning platform Canvas went offline Thursday following a cyberattack on its parent company. The shutdown forced the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to postpone all final exams and assignments scheduled for …

A man was shot to death Friday afternoon in Bucktown. The 34-year-old was on a sidewalk about 2:15 p.m. in the 2200 block of West Fullerton Avenue when someone fired shots, Chicago police said. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds and …

Before the House passed the megaprojects bill last month, we were told that the drafters didn’t want to just do some symbolic or “token” property tax relief. After the chamber passed the bill, we were told the property tax component …

The Bears talked about their roster during the NFL Draft last month as though they had the luxury of being able to select players based purely on the best available talent rather than targeting pressing needs. The reality, though, is …

A man was killed and two others wounded in a shooting Friday in Greater Grand Crossing. The victims were outside about noon in the 300 block of West 75th Street when multiple people got out of a sedan and opened …

Well-traveled right-hander Trevor Richards joined the White Sox before their series opener Friday against the Mariners at Rate Field. His debut with them didn’t go well. Richards, who turns 33 next week and is in his ninth major-league season, yielded …

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) emphasized the importance of the working class and criticized a system that allows billionaires to flourish in a talk she gave Friday night at the University of Chicago Friday. The New York City progressive began …

ARLINGTON, Texas — We’ve already made the observation once, and it bears repeating: These are truly days of miracle and wonder for the Cubs. How rare is it for a Cubs team to have not one but two winning streaks …

The famous Jim’s Original — home of the Maxwell Street Polish sausages — is moving its flagship location because of planned redevelopment of the site, the business announced Friday. The hot dog stand’s landlord, the University of Illinois at Chicago, …