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A shooting that wounded a 19-year-old woman outside the downtown Macy’s caused confusion and chaos Saturday night as people gathered for several holiday festivities. Someone shot a woman in her thigh and hand just before 9 p.m. in the first …

The coach is back! Legendary Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka, the tough nut football legend who survived a stroke, heart attack, and subsequent convalescence in Florida for the past few years, is back home. And the legendary coach has got …

See the same play annually for 30 years, and it’s a safe bet it’ll eventually seem stale. That goes double for a period piece like the 1840s-set “A Christmas Carol,” Charles Dickens’ iconic ghost story of wealth-hoarder Ebenezer Scrooge and …

Former U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush — the former Black Panther, ex-Chicago alderperson and minister — is selling his home in Bronzeville. The five-bedroom home at 3534 S. Calumet Ave. was listed on Saturday for $795,000. Rush and his late wife, Carolyn …

Caleb Williams didn’t want to use the word at first, afraid of what it would sound like, when asked how new offensive coordinator Thomas Brown had coached him. “I don’t want to use this word, but ‘aura’, I guess,” the …

The Bears say they want to stay in Chicago, but their potential drive to the northwest suburbs just got easier. Team officials announced Monday they’ve reached a tentative agreement with the village of Arlington Heights and local school district leaders …

With the Vikings facing a third-and-10 at their 21-yard line with 6:23 left in overtime, Bears coach Matt Eberflus called a timeout to make sure his defense was in the best position for a stop that would then give his …

The Bears’ unpleasant history keeps repeating itself. Three years ago, they were on a five-game losing streak when an erroneous Patch.com report that then-coach Matt Nagy had been pre-fired spun them sideways before their Thanksgiving Day game against the Lions. …

As the postmaster of Chicago for the 606-608 ZIP codes, I want to assure you the U.S. Postal Service is primed and ready to deliver exceptional service during the 2024 holiday rush. Thanks to substantial progress USPS has made under …

Every third period in which they’re trying to hold a lead, the Blackhawks slip into a strategy of hunkering down and trying to survive until the clock expires. It doesn’t take a statistics degree to know that isn’t a smart …

Marc Byrnes remembers the day he opened his property tax bill this summer to find it had quadrupled from the previous installment. “I think a fair number of people would have damned near had a heart attack when they read …

The nonprofit Community Investment Corp. has received another record-breaking donation to help fuel its affordable housing efforts, courtesy of author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. CIC, which describes itself as “the region’s leading lender for affordable rental housing,” announced Monday a …

The deadline for all 12 WNBA teams to submit their protected-player lists ahead of the Dec. 6 expansion draft was Monday night. The Golden State Valkyries can select up to 12 players in the expansion draft, one from each team, …

Five students at Lane Tech High School have been diagnosed with whooping cough this year, part of an upward trend nationwide of the respiratory illness, according to the Chicago Department of Public Health. The cases span three grades at the …

The coach is back! Legendary Bears coach Mike Ditka, the tough-nut football legend who survived a stroke, heart attack and subsequent convalescence in Florida the last few years, is back home. And Da Coach has got plenty to say. ‘‘I’m …

Barbara Taylor Bowman held many roles over her influential, decadeslong career, including consultant, commissioner, speaker, board member, founder, advocate, academic and author. But the job that was most important to the early childhood education pioneer was caring for her family …

More than two years after a historic South Side church burned down, ground will be broken Tuesday on a new worship center. In 2022, the Rev. Gerald Dew had just returned home from leading a noon Good Friday service at …

Just imagine if the Bears had beaten the Vikings on Sunday. We wouldn’t be hollering that they lack intensity, focus or closing will. We wouldn’t be wondering why the head coach hasn’t been fired. We wouldn’t be thinking about the …

Viagra, massage parlors and a suitcase full of “Chinese money.” Notorious former Ald. Danny Solis (25th) took questions about all three Monday, not to mention an affair, his dismal personal finances, and an offer from his sister that prompted a …

A man was shot to death Monday evening in Englewood on the South Side. The man, 28, was walking on the sidewalk in the 6700 block of South Ashland Avenue when he heard shots about 7:10 p.m., Chicago police said. …