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A St. Charles passenger caused a stir at O’Hare Airport Tuesday afternoon when he grabbed his gun from the X-ray screening tunnel and walked into the terminal with it Tuesday afternoon, leading to his arrest. Besnik Ismajlaj, 53, was charged …

Across Chicago, nonprofits are facing a reckoning. Organizations that once provided diapers in Humboldt Park have seen federal support disappear. Entire food pantries in Ravenswood have closed their doors. Nonprofit professionals are being asked to do more with less — …

It’s gotta be something in the water. How else to explain the plethora of A-list twins on Hollywood screens lately? In the last few months alone, we’ve had Robert Pattinson, Theo James and the great Robert De Niro playing opposite …

The darkly funny play “Obliteration” opens with a 10-minute monologue based on an uncomfortable question: How did you end up in a wheelchair? Delivered by Chicago actor Michael Patrick Thornton, the response comes right from personal experience: Thornton has used …

A 19-year-old high school senior was shot to death Tuesday night in Morgan Park on the Far South Side. Treyvon Winfield, 19, was in the 1000 block of 115th Street when a male approached him and opened fire about 8:10 …

The White Sox designated starter-turned-reliever Mike Clevinger for assignment and selected the contract of right-hander Steven Wilson on Wednesday. Clevinger, who struggled to adjust to the relief role, had a 7.94 ERA and three strikeouts in eight outings out of …

LOUISVILLE — You’ll flip when you hear who is coming to Louisville to call “Riders Up” at the 2025 Kentucky Derby. Before the start of this year’s Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3, one of the greatest athletes of all …

A person of interest is in custody in an attack last November against two Jewish students at DePaul University. Chicago police did not provide additional details about the arrest. The attack happened on Nov. 6 outside the DePaul student center …

Theater Zora Howard’s “Bust,” a Pulitzer Prize finalist, ranges from “high comedy to transcendent drama.” A couple watches from their porch as their neighbor is pulled over by the police and the expected turns into the unexpected. Lileana Blain-Cruz directs …

The Trump administration plans to eliminate the IRS Direct File program, an electronic system for filing tax returns directly to the agency for free, according to two people familiar with the decision. The program developed during Joe Biden’s presidency was …

SAN DIEGO — Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer acknowledged that with left-hander Justin Steele undergoing season-ending elbow surgery, he’s going to be making calls to potential trade partners. ‘‘We’re going to be open, but it’s also April, and …

A cluster of more than 20 tents stood at the Gompers Park homeless camp on the Northwest Side Wednesday, a sign that little progress has been made sheltering occupants despite city claims last month that many people were being placed …

SAN DIEGO — What had been a good West Coast trip for the Cubs ended in an anticlimactic 4-2 loss Wednesday to the Padres. The Cubs went 3-3 against the Dodgers and Padres, winning the series in Los Angeles and …

Linebacker T.J. Edwards has been one of Bears general manager Ryan Poles’ best signings, and he has far outplayed the contract he signed two years ago. As a reward, he got a major contract extension Wednesday. The Bears agreed to …

Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III says he never struck a deal to have a red-light camera executive gather $5,000 for his campaign, even though the FBI caught Jones on camera telling him, “If you can raise me five grand, that’d …

Federal agents seized 18 pounds of a powerful animal sedative Saturday at an air cargo facility in Chicago. Xylazine, also commonly known as “tranq,” is a drug for sedating horses and other large animals and is often mixed with opioids …

Bulls guard Kevin Huerter is hoping Chicago is home. Maybe not for the long term and maybe not even beyond the one year he has left on his contract after this season, but he wants some more time to continue …

LAS VEGAS — Someone knew someone who knew a well-positioned somebody who knew something supposedly golden, putting me in a unique and uncomfortable position. Within the last 10 years, an impeccable source zipped me an unsolicited note about Team X …

Shame on Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas. Sure, there was plenty of finger-pointing after the Bulls’ colossally embarrassing 109-90 loss to the Heat in a win-or-go-home Eastern Conference play-in game Wednesday. The Heat’s Erik Spoelstra was …

A man has been charged in the robbery of a valuable violin on a CTA Blue Line train last week in the Loop. Timothy Johnson, 39, of Douglas, is charged with one felony count of robbery and three misdemeanor counts …