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Kansas strengthened its grip on No. 1 in the AP Top 25. The rest of the top 10 turned into a jumble of teams swapping places. The Jayhawks picked up five first-place votes in The Associated Press men’s college basketball …

Blackhawks coach Luke Richardson still has quite a bit of job security left. After all, it was only two weeks ago that general manager Kyle Davidson described a handful of fans’ calls for Richardson’s firing as ‘‘ridiculous thoughts.’’ Davidson’s goal …

A two-play sequence under dire circumstances during the Bears’ ill-fated late-game rally against the Packers on Sunday highlighted quarterback Caleb Williams’ growing connection with wide receiver Rome Odunze. On the first play, Williams found his fellow rookie. On the critical …

If Bears coach Matt Eberflus had more credibility, he could write off losing to the Packers on a blocked field goal Sunday as one of the random things that happen in football. But those things always happen to him. The …

With abortion access seeming uncertain under President-elect Donald Trump, potential patients in Illinois and throughout the U.S. are reaching out in higher numbers to sexual and reproductive health care providers for advice and medication. Calls to Planned Parenthood Illinois surged …

Caleb Williams was detailing what was different Sunday when he said something that sounded obvious: new offensive coordinator Thomas Brown called the plays into Williams’ helmet faster than Shane Waldron ever did. “Thomas being in control, just getting a few …

If you woke up on Tuesday, Nov. 5 and went to bed early the night before, you woke up to the news not just about Election Day — but also the news that another Chicago police officer was murdered in …

A Monday autopsy determined a 25-year-old man who was slain in Washington Heights died of multiple gunshot wounds, officials said. The still-unidentified victim was on a sidewalk in the 9500 block of South Genoa Avenue when someone shot him in …

Yes, many Chicago voters shifted right this election, but even more of them didn’t show up to vote blue. A WBEZ analysis finds that a large part of Trump’s doubling support in Chicago was due to a staggering dropoff in …

Join Lynn Sweet for an election postmortem and a look ahead at the Trump presidency in a conversation with political scientist Norm Ornstein. When: Available to stream starting Thursday, November 21 at 6:30 p.m. CT.Where: suntimes.com/atvt RSVP for a reminder …

The musical “Falsettos” came into being in the early 1990s as the fusion of two one-act, sung-through musicals composed by William Finn nearly a decade apart. “March of the Falsettos,” written in the late 70s and set in 1979, deals …

A Chicago rapper has pleaded guilty for his role in the wire fraud conspiracy case involving fellow local rapper G Herbo. Terrence Bender, 32, entered a plea Thursday to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in a Massachusetts …

The freedom to dissent without fear of government retribution is a vital part of a well-functioning democracy. That principle is not altered by any single event, nor any single election. Yet, as early as this week, the U.S. House of …

A suspect is in custody and another is at-large after a retired Chicago police sergeant was shot and critically wounded Monday morning in North Center, according to police and the local alderperson. The former sergeant, 74, was shot twice in …

Chicago Police Officer Enrique Martinez was an “exemplary” officer who sacrificed his life while working in one of the toughest districts on the South Side, CPD Supt. Larry Snelling told a packed church Monday at the young officer’s funeral. Snelling …

DETROIT – Coby White pulled no punches in assessing his team’s lack of defensive effort in Sunday’s embarrassing performance against Houston, and less than 24 hours later, White’s coach followed suit. “I give him credit,” Billy Donovan said of White. …

The day after one of Michael J. Madigan’s top door-knockers won a seat on the Cook County Board in October 2016, he placed a call to lobbyist Jay Doherty and explained that, “the Speaker wanted me to reach out.” Longtime …

A Chicago man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for robbing three banks in Chicago and Evergreen Park at gunpoint, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Christopher Porter, 53, robbed two Chicago banks and one in Evergreen Park between November …

In the midst of football season, the Bulls abruptly got my basketball attention. In back-to-back losses to the Cavaliers and Rockets on Friday and Sunday, the Bulls gave up 144 and 143 points. That’s 287 points in two games. That’s …

A settlement for $550,000 was reached with a Glenview construction company accused of misclassifying and underpaying employees for six years, according to the Illinois attorney general’s office. Polo Masonry Builders Inc., United Builders Group Co. and company owners Petro Pariychuk …