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Nick Martinelli led the way with 27 points and 13 rebounds and his basket with 2.6 seconds left helped Northwestern hold off USC 77-75 at Welsh-Ryan Arena and snap a three-game losing skid. Martinelli split a double team near the …

Moon alert Avoid shopping or major decisions after 9 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Taurus into Gemini. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Keep your eyes open because something unexpected might occur today. (This is …

DEAR ABBY: I have a longtime friend, “Erin,” who is my age (early 60s). She retired several months ago and has told me a couple of times since then that she has stopped wearing bras. I thought she meant around …

Edgy yet wholesome. The warmhearted, consistently funny and thoroughly engaging Prime Video series “Clean Slate” manages to be both of these things, blending a storyline with decidedly forward-thinking, lovely and tolerant messaging with traditional, sentimental and at times even corny …

The Girls Catholic Athletic Conference is filled with plenty of talented guards. No matter who’s on the list of skilled GCAC guards, add Trinity junior guard Zaria Goins to the list. Goins described her performance on Tuesday as “shaky.” Postgame, …

The U.S. Postal Service is reversing course a day after placing a ban on all inbound mail and packages from China and Hong Kong. The post office announced Tuesday that it would no longer accept parcels from the China and …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump’s proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents was swiftly rejected and denounced on Wednesday by American allies and adversaries alike. Trump’s suggestion came …

Since Friday, hundreds of dead and sick birds have dropped along Lake Michigan’s shore — all likely infected with bird flu. It’s the latest in a string of deaths and infections in and around Chicago. Outbreaks of the virus, also …

These are dizzying times for anyone seeking accurate information about the world around us. We’ve never had more ways to get information. But many of us lack the time or the tools to separate what’s accurate from what’s not. News, …

El precio de los huevos ha alcanzado —si no es que superado— los $8 la docena, dependiendo de dónde se compren. Eso es suficiente para afectar de manera negativa a una serie de industrias, incluyendo la avicultura, los restaurantes, las …

Un video recién publicado de un tiroteo fatal de la Policía de Chicago muestra a dos oficiales siendo abordados por un hombre que sostenía un cuchillo durante una llamada doméstica en un apartamento dentro de una residencia para personas mayores …

Erin Harkey, who helped guide the city’s post-pandemic cultural reopening, has been picked to lead one of the nation’s leading arts advocacy nonprofits. Harkey is set to become CEO of Americans for the Arts at the end of March, the …

GREENBELT, Md. — A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a second nationwide pause on President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. to someone in the country illegally, calling citizenship a “most …

Una audiencia del Concejo Municipal convocada para determinar por qué una obra de arte considerada antisemita se exhibió en el Centro Cultural terminó en insultos el martes, y un miembro fue desalojado después de acusar a otro de ser un …

Chicago has always been a sanctuary for the dispossessed of the world. As early as the 1830s, Polish noblemen and refugees from the Polish-Russian War of 1830-1831, who had fought to regain Poland’s independence from Russian rule, made their way …

Reflecting on Black History Month, I long for the day when the playing field is genuinely level for all Americans. The enduring impacts of slavery and systemic racism have created an unbalanced foundation that still affects the lives of countless …

Según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (NWS), una tormenta de hielo llegará al área de Chicago el miércoles por la noche, trayendo “una mezcla invernal” de lluvia helada, aguanieve y nieve. El servicio meteorológico emitió un aviso de clima invernal para …

The National Women’s Soccer League will pay $5 million to players who were abused by coaches under a systemic pattern of misconduct, bringing some closure to a scandal that led to a lifetime ban against the ex-coach of the Chicago …

A 36-year-old Lisle man was killed and two other men injured early Wednesday when a speeding car crashed and went airborne landing near a creek in Lemont Township. Sameer S. Gowani was pronounced dead on the scene on 135th Street …

It’s Super Bowl week, and that obviously leads us to the Bears. Say what? How, you ask, can anyone make a connection between the lowly Bears and the biggest game of the season? And who is leading “us” to that …