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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 …

We’re less than nine months from when candidates can begin circulating petitions for the 2026 election, so we’re rapidly approaching the time when major figures will need to decide whether to run or not. Because of that, a lot of …

Illinois is facing a looming energy crisis. As the state strives for a cleaner, more reliable electric grid in the face of rising demand and a growing economy, we can choose to meet the moment with the homegrown clean power …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan late Friday from Speaker Mike Johnson that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a …

Party supply retailer Party City is closing down all of its stores. The company has more than 20 locations in the Chicago area. The party supply retailer is winding down operations effective immediately, CNN first reported on Friday, though it …

When the Bears hired former offensive linemen to run their team in general manager Ryan Poles and assistant general manager Ian Cunningham in 2022, it seemed as though, if nothing else, they would get that part of the roster right. …

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 …