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The first move in Jed Hoyer’s offseason quest to improve the Cubs’ pitching staff stayed in house. The team announced a new one-year deal with righty reliever Jacob Webb that contains a club option for 2028. Webb had some notable …

Mayor Brandon Johnson already faces a rocky road to reelection, with a 30% approval rating, only $400,000 in his campaign war chest and a fractured coalition of progressive unions that helped put him in office. Now the embattled incumbent also …

SEATTLE — Bears cornerback Malik Muhammad, who has started four games this season, won’t play Monday night after he hurt his toe against the Patriots. He was ruled inactive an hour-and-a-half before kickoff. Starting linebacker D’Marco Jackson, who was questionable …

In winning 84 games during the regular season, earning the franchise’s first playoff berth in five years and coming one win shy of playing for the American League pennant, the 2026 White Sox were a lot better than anyone expected. …

Michael Wilbon is taking a break. The longtime ESPN commentator and co-host of the network’s popular “Pardon the Interruption” talk show alongside good friend Tony Kornheiser announced Monday he is taking a leave of absence because of what he described …

A Quincy man accused of sending suspicious letters to members of Congress will remain in custody while awaiting trial after waiving his right to fight prosecutors’ bid to keep him detained. Matthew Unglesbee, 36, faces charges of mailing threatening communications, …

The Blackhawks debuted their new green jerseys — a not-so-well-kept secret for the last several weeks — on Monday against the Avalanche. They’re quite similar to the jerseys the Hawks used to wear for St. Patrick’s Day before the NHL …

After averaging more than 20 wins across 25 seasons in stops at IC Catholic, Lisle and Marian Catholic, Dan Murray stepped away from coaching girls basketball last year. But it was a pause rather than a hard stop. Murray joined …

PHILADELPHIA – Help is on the way … finally. And the Bulls could use it. Then again, who couldn’t use a 6-foot-11 athletic big who protects the basket and is an elite rim runner? Coach Tiago Splitter said Monday that …

Chicago’s former FBI boss accused the city’s top federal prosecutor Monday of chasing political prosecutions at the behest of President Donald Trump and officials in Washington and then trying to cast blame when the “Broadview Six” case collapsed in spectacular …

PHILADELPHIA — If someone would have told Tiago Splitter back in 2014 that in 12 years, he would no longer be competing against LeBron James, he would be coaching against him, his reply would have been a simple one. “That …

CHAMPAIGN — Andrej Stojakovic and Stefan Vaaks each scored 20 points Monday night as No. 3 Illinois opened its season with a 120-45 win over Fairleigh Dickinson. The Fighting Illini made a program-record 19 3-pointers, had six players score in …

SEATTLE — The Bears have been talking Super Bowl ever since the end of last season, and things got a bit louder when they traded for star defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons last week. Before they get to all that, however, …

Four people, including two police officers, were hospitalized after a Chicago police car collided with another car in Chicago Lawn Monday night, police said. The CPD vehicle was driving with its lights and sirens on just before 7 p.m. when …

SEATTLE — Bears quarterback Caleb Williams relented in his confrontation with the NFL over his cleats by wearing an all-black, logo-less pair Monday against the Seahawks. The league fined Williams a total of $35,823 for wearing Caddix cleats with a …

If you want to run with the big dogs, you go to Seattle, line up across from the defending Super Bowl champions and take your chances in front of a “Monday Night Football” audience. So what if the Seahawks came …

Rabbi Capers C. Funnye Jr. was the chief rabbi of Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation on the Southwest Side, one of the largest black synagogues in America. He was also former First Lady Michelle Obama’s cousin. He was …

Moon alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) before 6:30 a.m. Chicago time today. The moon is in Virgo. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Your work routine might be interrupted today, or something related to your health or …

SEATTLE — Caleb Williams climbed into a chair on the “SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt” on the turf at Lumen Field and looked into the fans left in the stands. They were mostly Bears fans — and they were going …

Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser break down the Bears’ 34-17 win over the Super Bowl champions. New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on the podcast’s hub page. You can also listen to “Halas …