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Four people are charged in connection with an attempted robbery of undercover federal agents Tuesday in Country Club Hills that resulted in two suspects being shot by officers. Undercover agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were …

Las comunidades de Humboldt Park y puertorriqueña se reunieron el jueves por la tarde para develar letreros de calle en honor a Rafael Cruz y Julio Osorio, dos hombres puertorriqueños cuya muerte en 1977 se convirtió en un catalizador para …

A judge granted the feds’ request Friday to drop charges against two defendants in a massive COVID-19 testing fraud scheme handled by the same prosecutor as the tainted “Broadview Six” case. The dismissal marked the first case to crumble under …

The head of the American Diabetes Association has issued a public apology to a Northwestern researcher and other diabetes experts who were escorted out of the group’s conference while distributing an editorial critical of President Donald Trump’s administration. “I am …

Gov. JB Pritzker last week squarely placed the responsibility for passing a Bears stadium bill on the team itself, and had some unsolicited lobbying advice for the Bears as he attempted to brush off his own session attendance issues. The …

Munetaka Murakami is running … slowly. OK, more like jogging. And not for very long. However you describe it, the White Sox’ home-run leader was in motion in short left field before the game Friday against the Dodgers, two weeks …

For the last couple years his name has entered many households in the 773/312/708 space without being household. It hovered on the fringes, in the margins in outposts, came through the mouths of sports know-it-alls, describing him as the next, …

SAN FRANCISCO — When third baseman Alex Bregman was presented Thursday with the fact that it had been awhile — since late April, to be precise — since the Cubs had hit three home runs in a game, he had …

Mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been confirmed in Chicago, the city’s health department announced Friday. The state health department announced mosquitoes carrying the virus were present in the state around a month ago, but outside the Chicago area. No …

INGLEWOOD, Calif.— Folarin Balogun fired his second goal into the top far corner of Paraguay’s net and then led his American teammates to the corner of their home stadium, reveling in the frenzy created by their historic first half at …

Brady Buenik’s teammates stepped up for him, and he returned the favor Friday night. Buenik pitched three-hit ball over 6 2/3 innings as Libertyville moved closer to a second straight Class 4A state title with a 3-1 win over Mount …

These days, the White Sox don’t even need a blackout game to make Rate Field a tough place for opponents. With their 8-2 victory over the back-to-back World Series champion Dodgers on Friday, the Sox won their eighth consecutive home …

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) or important decisions from 2 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. After that, the moon moves from Taurus into Gemini. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day This is your kind of day because …

SAN FRANCISCO – It was not yet a Saturday night. But splish, splash, Michael Busch’s home-run ball took a bath anyway. Freed from the video-boarded-up confines of Wrigley Field, there was nothing standing in the way of the Cubs’ first …

We asked readers what advice they have for first-time homebuyers in the Chicago area. Here’s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: “Go visit the neighborhood at different times during the day and on different days. Think twice about …

This week’s top photo comes from Visual Journalist Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere. Follow him on X, Bluesky and Instagram. What makes this photo important? The Chicago cycling community is a close, strong, robust and politically charged and active community. This was …

In 1910, Black residents made up about 2% of the population of Chicago. The overwhelming majority of African Americans still lived in the South, where slavery ended in 1865, becoming brutal peonage under Jim Crow. They had freedom, of a …

Alix Shulman lives with her wife Lisa in the southwest suburbs. They were eager for a house with a nice backyard for their dogs and a basement. A huge tornado whipped through nearby decades ago. With a basement, they’d be …

Black fathers get a bad rap. An analysis of 2024 data shows about 63.5% of Black children nationwide live in single-parent households. In Illinois, it’s 70.6%. The vast majority of these households are led by women. These statistics are often …

DEAR ABBY: At the company where I work, multiple departments share a workspace. While most of my colleagues are quiet and considerate, certain members of one department are very loud. They talk nonstop (nothing work-related) and have no consideration for …