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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Women’s basketball teams finally will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention. The unanimous vote by NCAA …

Chicago’s first-ever partially elected school board was sworn in Wednesday, marking a historic moment after nearly two decades of grassroots parent activism and statehouse debates over whether voters should decide the direction of Chicago Public Schools. The new board members …

WASHINGTON — Does it bother you that the likely next U.S. attorney general is an election denier? Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., the ranking Senate Judiciary Committee Democrat, grilled Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, Pam Bondi, at her confirmation hearing Wednesday, …

Theater The musical “Come from Away,” with book, music and lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, tells the true story of 7,000 passengers stranded when planes were grounded after Sept. 11 and the small town in Newfoundland that welcomed …

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan’s onetime top legal counsel in Springfield told jurors Wednesday about a “political war” at the Capitol, how Madigan’s close ally made her “crazy” during bill talks, and quibbled repeatedly with a prosecutor on …

It’s big. It’s cold. And after a three-month journey across the Atlantic Ocean and up the Mississippi River to suburban Chicago, it could soon help researchers crack the secrets of the universe. A 209,000-pound cooler the size of a train …

As the Bears plod through interviews with a list of 20 head-coaching candidates, little is clear, other than that this is probably going to take awhile. Their search continued Wednesday as they interviewed Steelers offensive coordinator and former Falcons coach …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Wednesday, January 15, 2025 DUKANEGeneva 44, St. Charles North 40Glenbard North 46, Batavia 42 FOX VALLEYCrystal Lake South 63, Hampshire 48Dundee-Crown 50, Prairie Ridge 49Jacobs 62, Crystal Lake Central 44McHenry 57, Huntley 45 …

A pair of the state’s biggest stars did something in the past week that all high school basketball stars typically do: surpass 1,000 career points. It’s a milestone that is being reached more and more these days with the 31-game …

Bird flu is being cited as the cause of the recent deaths of a Chilean flamingo and harbor seal at Lincoln Park Zoo, the zoo announced Wednesday. The flamingo, named Teal, hatched last fall and “was just getting acquainted with …

A Southwest Airlines flight arrived in Chicago nearly five hours late Wednesday after the pilot was arrested at a Georgia airport on suspicion of DUI. David Allsop, 52, was arrested at Savannah Hilton Head Airport and charged with driving under …

A 5-year-old girl was hospitalized after she was left on a bus by a day care teacher Tuesday in suburban Arlington Heights. The girl was picked up from school by the day care bus Tuesday afternoon and driven to the …

We don’t envy the difficult job facing Chicago’s new Board of Education members, 20 of whom were sworn in on Wednesday. But we’re rooting for the board to succeed, especially in these tumultuous times. And the swearing-in at Chicago Public …

The Food and Drug Administration is ordering food and drug makers to remove a dye called Red 3 from the products U.S. consumers eat and drink. The colorant was banned from cosmetics and non-oral medications decades ago because a study …

Forward Patrick Williams’ numbers lately don’t scream “No. 4 overall draft pick.” They don’t even really say “starter” at this point, let alone justify the five-year, $90  million extension he received in July. Yet here the Bulls are, with Williams averaging …

Bears general manager Ryan Poles has long expected to lose assistant general manager Ian Cunningham, and that’s becoming closer to a reality. Cunningham, 39, was in-person for his second interview with the Titans on Wednesday and appears to be a …

The Fire are one of three MLS teams in preliminary talks with Brazil superstar and Al Hilal attacker Neymar, according to ESPN. The network reported that Inter Miami isn’t among the teams, and new manager Javier Mascherano recently said that …

Jewish and pro-Palestinian organizations in the Chicago area welcomed the ceasefire deal reached between Hamas and Israel. The deal, which the prime minister of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said would go into effect on Sunday, promises the …

Very few high school basketball players experience any success the first time out against Warren sophomore Jaxson Davis. Even fewer manage to defeat him, but that’s exactly what Lake Zurich junior Evan Peterson pulled off Wednesday in Gurnee. Kain Kretschmar …

The Kings had DeMar DeRozan eager to take on his former team Sunday. That Bulls loss was explainable. The loss to the Pelicans on Tuesday was a bit tougher to swallow since they came to the United Center as an …