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Illinois officials and cultural institutions are fighting back against President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut federal funding for liibraries and museums. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and 20 attorneys general have filed a lawsuit challenging Trump’s March 14 executive order …

Breaking into the U.S. Capitol should preclude people from breaking in with the City Hall workforce, a key City Council panel decided Wednesday. Jan. 6 rioters who sought to overturn the 2020 presidential election result — more than 1,500 of …

A West Side man who was shot by police after he ran into a River North hotel and turned toward officers with a knife has been charged, police said. Demond Williams, 46, of the Garfield Park neighborhood, was charged with …

NEW YORK — Paige Bueckers is clearly the best-known player in Monday’s WNBA Draft, but Dominique Malonga of France is among the most interesting. Curiosity around the 6-foot-6 forward seems to be growing. “She is a unbelievably intriguing player because …

At its monthly meeting on Wednesday morning, the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners granted Riot Fest a three-year permit to continue to stage the event in Douglass Park, 1401 S. Sacramento Drive, brushing aside critics who voiced their concerns …

Tyjuan Hunter knows there is still plenty to prove, even after making headlines and becoming a big hit on the high school basketball stage last month. The 5-6 junior played a starring role in leading Hope to a Class 1A …

West Lawn residents will no longer have to venture outside the neighborhood to buy groceries after a renovated Save A Lot opened Wednesday morning. A line of eager shoppers were outside the store, including Mary Kay Rosado who was excited …

U.S. stocks soared to one of their best days in history on a euphoric Wall Street Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he would back off on most of his tariffs temporarily, as investors had so desperately hoped he would. …

As a domestic violence attorney, I’ve witnessed the devastating impact of toxic masculinity. It’s not an abstract concept unique to TV shows and movie plots. It’s a pervasive force that manifests in courtrooms, shelters and homes, leading to domestic violence, …

CLEVELAND — The White Sox put Andrew Benintendi on the 10-day injured list with a left adductor strain, retroactive to April 7. Benintendi suffered the injury Saturday against the Tigers. The injury lingered and caused Benintendi to exit Sunday’s 4-3 …

City lawyers have fired back against what they deem “thinly veiled accusations of racism” leveled against them by Inspector General Deborah Witzburg, highlighting the growing fault line between Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration and Chicago’s chief government watchdog. Witzburg’s office on …

The Chicago Transit Authority is expanding a surveillance program that uses artificial intelligence to detect guns on L platforms, despite protests by civil liberty advocates who question the lack of public input and the technology’s effectiveness. The current $200,000 pilot program …

Theater “Prayer for the French Republic” Greg Inda Photo Northlight Theatre and Theater Wit present “Prayer for the French Republic,” Joshua Harmon’s drama that follows five generations of a French-Jewish family in a sweeping look at history, home and the …

SPRINGFIELD — Hate crimes, intimidation and extremism are on the rise in Illinois, according to a report released Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League. The report, which tracks hate incidents aimed at immigrant, Black, Jewish, Muslim and LGBTQ+ communities, highlighted 1,054 …

For the first time this season, Cubs left-hander Shota Imanaga wasn’t completely in control of the game. In the Cubs’ 6-2 loss Wednesday to the Rangers, a four-run rally in the fifth inning spelled the end of Imanaga’s outing. It …

The visas of seven international students at the University of Chicago have been revoked amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. University officials said Wednesday that the visa terminations of three students and four recent graduates were found during an …

A man was killed and a woman injured Wednesday afternoon in a drive-by shooting outside a church in Austin on the West Side. The man and woman were on the sidewalk in the 300 block of North Cicero Avenue around …

Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III raved in 2019 to a red-light camera executive about Steak 48, the swanky downtown Chicago steakhouse where Jones said he’d visited “countless, countless, countless, countless” times — and always got the “Wagyu filet.” Jones sat …

Alex Reinhardt was an athlete who wrestled and played football in high school and continued his gridiron career at Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa. Reinhardt, 20, died Feb. 26, 2023, but in a meaningful way, his athletic exploits have …

Maryam Belopolskaya said it was “very hard” growing up in Ukraine under the shadow of World War II. Her family fled fighting and persecution. And after the war, when her family moved to Kyiv, Belopolskaya said her mom made sure …