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When Dan DeFranza’s family moved to the Northwest Side decades ago, his dad looked around for a high school to become a fan of. The choice was Notre Dame, a decision that set the course of DeFranza’s life. “I’ve been …

Mayor Brandon Johnson‘s administration closed the city’s landing zone for newly arrived asylum seekers slightly ahead of schedule, announcing Friday a new shelter intake center on the Lower West Side open to anyone experiencing homelessness. The closure of the landing …

Holiday travel is projected to hit record-high numbers, eclipsing the record set five years ago, as travelers hit the road or take to the skies over the next few days. Auto club AAA projects 119.3 million people will travel at …

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez filed a lawsuit against the Board of Education and all seven of its members hours before they planned to fire him at a hastily called special meeting Friday night. He asked for a temporary …

The expanded College Football Playoff is here to stay — Lord knows there’s no going back — and one supposes the enthusiasm surrounding it is undeniable. For now, there are 12 teams in the field. Inevitably, there will be more. …

Workers at some Starbucks stores started a five-day strike Friday in three U.S. cities, including Chicago, to protest lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company. Starbucks Workers United, the union organizing Starbucks’ workers, said at least 10 of …

Incredible singing was just one part of a recent cabaret show at the Epiphany Center for the Arts. There was also scatting, snapping and dramatic flair. One performer threw off his jacket mid-song. Another dropped to his knees. And then …

Chicago está perdiendo a su mariscal de campo de la respuesta municipal a la crisis migratoria en un momento en que la administración entrante de Trump ha amenazado con convertir a Chicago en la “zona cero” de las deportaciones masivas. …

Midway through his rookie season, Bears quarterback Caleb Williams started writing offensive tenets he wanted to study even more in-depth this offseason. The list, which is up to about eight items now, includes notes about pre-snap motion, footwork and how …

Jeremy Dedick, one of the owners of Cubbington’s Cabinet, plays with his dog Cubbington inside his North Side apothecary business, which sells CBD-related products, among other things, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday picked a side in …

BOSTON – Billy Donovan isn’t looking for cute nicknames to hand out to his bench players. No, that’s not how the Bulls coach works. Floor burns, some bruises, loose balls being corralled at any cost? That’s what Donovan can get …

La reconciliación entre la leyenda de los Cubs, Sammy Sosa, y los dueños del equipo ha comenzado. La ruptura, que tiene sus raíces en el papel de Sosa en la Era de los Esteroides y sus reiteradas negaciones de haber …

Juan Roca pasó su 52 cumpleaños haciendo exactamente lo que quería: ayudar a difundir la alegría navideña entre los necesitados. “Puedo celebrar con mi familia otro día”, dijo Roca. “Aquí es donde quiero estar. Me necesitan más aquí”. Roca, junto …

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced he’ll nominate west suburban Catholic school board leader Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, the co-founder and president of the conservative political action committee CatholicVote, is the president of …

The Blackhawks went to sleep Thursday night feeling good about themselves. That hasn’t been the case often this season, or the past few before it. The fact they went nearly two years without a single three-game winning streak is objectively …

The issue here isn’t which NFC North rival Bears fans love the most. It’s which NFC North rival they hate the least. It’s an important distinction, people. In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the …

Two brothers who helped stage a hate crime attack against actor Jussie Smollett won’t be able to collect damages from Smollett’s lawyers for defamation, a federal judge in Chicago ruled Friday. Since shortly after Smollett reported he had been attacked …

Neil Steinberg’s recent column on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggesting the polio vaccine be “studied” is a study in itself of the ways events decades ago affect our life today. Steinberg points out the “blind trial in 244 test areas …

Bears journeyman safety Adrian Colbert had never met NFL star Aaron Rodgers or tried ayahuasca before a trip to Costa Rica last offseason. Now he’s a fan of both, calling Rodgers “a brother for life.” Colbert, who is on the …