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SPRINGFIELD — Jeanette Byrd went from grandmother to guardian when the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services placed her 3-year-old granddaughter and 1-year-old grandson in her care. “Sometimes I look at myself like, ‘What did I sign myself up …

I read with interest this week’s Sun-Times article on new constraints on federal transportation funding, “Federal transit money for Chicago, state of Illinois could be jeopardized by Trump directive.” What was not included in that article, and is perhaps more …

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s plan to push out federal workers by offering them financial incentives, the latest twist in a chaotic and distressing saga playing out for millions of government employees. The …

The Chicago Street Race is still unusual for NASCAR drivers. Instead of being hours away from the nearest city, they’re sequestered in the heart of the third most-populated city in the United States. Drivers can walk outside their hotel room …

The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, limiting competition in women’s sports to athletes assigned female at birth only. The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender …

Moving forward, it’s all about action for Arturas Karnisovas, the Bulls’ executive vice president of basketball operations. That’s because the words he spoke Thursday after the trade deadline came and went were mostly hollow. Karnisovas said a playoff push was …

NEW ORLEANS — When Kyle Long walked into Mugs Halas Auditorium inside Halas Hall and saw a desk set up in front of the room, he knew he was in for something special. Virginia McCaskey, the Bears’ matriarch who died …

Chicago taxpayers will spend $3.5 million to compensate a man who suffered a traumatic brain injury when a dead tree neglected by the city fell and hit him on his head. Nicholas Pellegrino was examining his car battery on a …

A group of City Council members want to bar rioters who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol from future city employment after President Donald Trump pardoned roughly 1,500 people arrested in connection with the insurrection. …

Chicago School Board member Che “Rhymefest” Smith plans to introduce a resolution that would require the next head of Chicago Public Schools be an educator, not an accountant or city administrator, like some former district leaders. He wants to dispense …

Democratic attorneys general in several states vowed Thursday to file a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal payment systems containing Americans’ sensitive personal information. A dozen attorneys general, including New York’s Letitia James, said …

SANTA ANA, Calif. — The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced Thursday to four years and nine months in prison and three years’ supervised release for bank and tax fraud after he stole nearly $17 million from …

Long characterized as oversized brutes with a taste for human flesh, the lions of Tsavo aren’t all they are cracked up to be, a Field Museum researcher says. While books and movies about the notorious lions of Kenya have played …

The irony shouldn’t be lost on anyone that “No Other Land,” a documentary about the systemic demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, cannot find a cinematic home, either with a distributor or a major U.S. streamer. Producers have …

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After an ice storm blanketed most of the area in sheets of ice, making for a slick and icy morning commute Thursday, gusty winds were expected to whip through the Chicago area Thursday night. Wind gusts could reach up to …

NEW ORLEANS — Chiefs coach Andy Reid was asked Thursday to name his biggest play-calling rivals. He listed three — and one is the Bears’ new coach. Reid started his list with the challenger he’s facing Sunday in the Super …

The cause of death remains unknown for a Chicago police officer found fatally shot Wednesday in Garfield Ridge, officials said Thursday. The 27-year-old officer was found dead inside her home with a gunshot wound to her head, according to Chicago …

An Illinois teen’s chest surgery was allegedly canceled by University of Illinois Health in the wake of President Donald Trump’s recent executive order seeking to end gender-affirming care for people under age 19, according to court documents filed Wednesday. The …

Chicago Public School officials pushed back Thursday against the contention by the Chicago Teachers Union that an independent fact finder found that the school district has more money to spend on settling the teachers contract than it is letting on. …