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State Sen. Celina Villanueva woke up Wednesday with the same painful feeling she had eight years ago when Donald J. Trump was first elected — a deep worry for the immigrant communities feeling stressed that Trump has been reelected to …

Two things are true about Blackhawks star Connor Bedard’s faceoff percentage. First, faceoffs wins don’t correlate as strongly to possession time as most people think. Second, Bedard’s struggles in the circle are nonetheless a problem for the Hawks. “It’s either …

A mass deportation that transforms a sanctuary city that has spent more than $440 million to welcome migrants. A federal spigot that runs dry before completing the $5.3 billion extension of the CTA Red Line to 130th Street. An O’Hare …

The family of one of two men fatally shot by a “disgruntled employee” at Navy Pier is struggling to accept the loss of such a “caring, giving person.” Lamont Johnson, 51, of Lansing, was identified as one of two men …

Coach Matt Eberflus spent last week calling his team resilient. The Bears then lost by 20. Words, then, are cheap. So are team meetings. During Monday’s regular gathering, the Bears coach opened the floor for players to speak. He does …

In response to criticism that he was dogging it, Bears wide receiver DJ Moore said he injured his ankle on the play where he left the field while Caleb Williams was still scrambling to find an open receiver against the …

The Bears have a lot to fix, and the most important issue they must address is the development of rookie quarterback Caleb Williams. That’s crucial this season and in the long run. At 4-4, in last place in the NFC …

As we begin to process the outcome of this election, we not only understand the deep challenges we face as activists, but we maintain the resolve to continue to advocate for reproductive justice. Throughout this election, we’ve been clear that …

For millions of Americans, this is a very dark day. An incomprehensible day. A day many thought would never come. I’m deeply disappointed, too. After everything we know about Donald Trump, and everything he’s already put this country through, how …

El expresidente Donald Trump, que fue acusado dos veces, absuelto y procesado, derrotó el martes a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris —lo que marca el regreso a un estilo de gobierno sin precedentes que podría incluir deportaciones masivas de millones de …

After a set of campaigns largely defined by opposing progressive and more conservative education movements, mixed election results Tuesday night gave neither the Chicago Teachers Union nor charter school advocates a major cause for celebration in the city’s first-ever school …

The national red wave that sent former President Donald Trump back to the White House didn’t help Illinois Republicans gain significant ground — if any — in Democratic-controlled Springfield on election night. But a day after the polls closed, state …

Theater “A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical” is the true story of how a kid from Brooklyn became a chart-topping American rock icon. The musical, created in collaboration with Diamond, who has sold more than 130 million records, includes …

SAN ANTONIO — When Cubs fans packed into Wrigley Field in late September to give right-hander Kyle Hendricks a storybook send-off, he was expected to land with another team in free agency. That suspicion became reality Wednesday, when he reportedly …

After months of campaigning for Kamala Harris, former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama released a statement Wednesday acknowledging Harris’ loss in the 2024 presidential election. “This is obviously not the outcome we had hoped for, given …

A Cook County judge handed down a guilty verdict Wednesday for the gunman in a fatal shooting that erupted during a chaotic melee at the 2021 Puerto Rican Day celebration in Humboldt Park. In convicting Anthony Lorenzi of second-degree murder, …

The presidential vote for the city of Chicago and state of Illinois showed that Donald Trump made gains in this deep blue city and state with Tuesday marking the best he has done in his three times on the ballot. …

One Cook County judge was losing his bid to keep his job and two more were in peril as vote counting continued after Tuesday’s election. Shannon O’Malley — one of two judges facing questions about whether they live in Cook …

From the 1990s through the 2000s, Hugh Grant had a magnificent run as an exceedingly charming and decent leading man in films such as “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Notting Hill” and “Love, Actually,” though he occasionally played a real …

Federal jurors Wednesday heard Michael J. Madigan’s allies talking on secret FBI recordings about an “old-fashioned patronage system,” the need to keep Madigan “happy” in Springfield and how it’s unwise to “put anything in writing” because “all that can do …