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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, ending one of the longest and most contentious divorces in Hollywood history but not every legal issue between the two. Jolie and Pitt signed off on …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — From Sydney to Vladivostok, communities around the world have begun welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. Auckland became the first major city to celebrate, as thousands thronged downtown or climbed the …

Three members of a Chicago family were shot, two fatally, while visiting family in Mexico over the holidays, reports say. A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition and his father and uncle were killed in the attack, according to NBC5. …

Mayor Richard Daley ordered the destruction of Meigs Field in the dead of night, and his actions sparked outrage, particularly among the wealthy private jet owners and elite circles it impacted. Mayor Brandon Johnson faces his own “Meigs Field moment.” …

The Cubs added experience to their bullpen on Tuesday, announcing that they’d agreed to terms on a one-year major-league contract with left-hander Caleb Thielbar. Thielbar, who turns 38 in January, has actually added velocity over the last five years, his …

It’s not just Jayden Daniels. Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams might be watching two fellow first-round picks in the playoffs while he’s home wondering what’s next at Halas Hall. As Williams faces the Packers on Sunday in a game so …

There’s a storyline making the rounds that Notre Dame hasn’t won a major bowl game in more than 30 years. One of the so-called ‘‘New Year’s Six’’ games, to be more precise — Fiesta, Orange, Rose, Sugar, Cotton or Peach. …

Illinois will raise its minimum wage by $1 on Wednesday to $15 per hour, joining more than 20 states increasing minimum hourly wages in 2025. The minimum wage for tipped workers such as restaurant servers will increase from $8.40 to …

The year 2024 in food brought us plenty of trends to relish, and one or two to (hopefully) forget. Plant-based cooking has reached a golden age in Chicago, as has the cheffy breakfast sandwich (‘bout time on both, we say). …

After an unseasonably mild end to 2024, the Chicago area will ring in the new year with weather that feels much more like winter. Temperatures hovered above freezing Tuesday afternoon, but overnight they were expected to drop below freezing, into …

WASHINGTON — A military appeals court has ruled against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort to throw out the plea deals reached for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two other defendants in the 9/11 attacks, a U.S. official said. The decision puts …

In 2024, former Gov. Pat Quinn found himself with a case of déjà vu. He was campaigning across Illinois, urging voters to approve a ballot referendum recommending a 3% surcharge on incomes above $1 million. It was all so familiar …

When Davion Thompson hit the floor hard and didn’t get up right away, the high-school basketball aficionados spending their New Year’s Eve day in Elmhurst collectively winced. The Bolingbrook guard is one of the state’s few elite talents. He’s a …

A man was shot to death Tuesday afternoon in Roseland on the Far South Side. The man, 38, was in the 11000 block of South State Street when someone got out of a white SUV and shot at him about …

The cheese-loving English inventor Wallace and his loyal dog Gromit have been stars since the beginning. In the 35 years since Nick Park introduced the world to his stop-motion creations and their eccentric, unapologetically British existence, they’ve won Oscars and …

University of Illinois football fans got their New Year’s Eve celebrations started early. Clad in Fighting Illini orange and blue, fans packed Joe’s on Weed Street, 940 W. Weed St., in Goose Island to watch Illinois take on the South …

ORLANDO, Fla. — They came. They saw. They bumped bellies with a reputedly superior SEC team and found themselves more than able to handle it. They ticked off the entire opposing sideline, though that was mainly on their head coach. …

The Winter Classic has become the — pardon the pun — Losster Classic for the Blackhawks. In the NHL’s biggest regular-season event, the Hawks entered winter with a whimper, falling 6-2 to the Blues on Tuesday in front of a …

MORRIS, Ill. — You need glasses to walk a prairie in winter. Anything — safety glasses, sunglasses, eyeglasses — will do. They’re not to protect your eyes from the unending drabness of prairies in winter but to keep dried stems …

Moon alert After 5 a.m. Chicago time, there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Aquarius. Aries (March 21-April 19) A so-so day Tread carefully to avoid power struggles with friends, members of groups and …