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While Beyoncé fans get ready for the Grammy-winning artist’s Chicago concerts this week, one Airbnb host is already seeing a bump in business, even amid a dampened tourism outlook and ongoing economic uncertainty. Michelle Singleton, a homeowner in Washington Park, …

If Katy Perry was hoping the “Hot N Cold” reaction to her career moves the past few months might start to fade, her Lifetimes Tour, which stopped in Chicago Monday night, only raises the temperature on the conversation. The pop …

Uno de los críticos del alcalde Brandon Johnson, el concejal Andre Vásquez, es el recién elegido presidente del Caucus Latino del Concejo Municipal, que cuenta con 14 miembros; promete intensificar la presión sobre el alcalde en apuros para aumentar la …

The death of a swimmer who drowned Monday after being pulled from Lake Michigan near 31st Street Beach, has been identified, officials said. Bryan Nguyen, 23, was reported missing in the water near the boat dock at 31st Street Beach. …

As an Uber driver in Chicago for over eight years, I’ve seen it all — long hours, unpredictable pay, unsafe conditions and almost no support from the company I work for. But I never expected to be blamed for a …

En las últimas semanas, María y Francisco han acudido regularmente a una escuela primaria cerca de su casa en el lado suroeste. La pareja lo hace para aprender sobre la Constitución de Estados Unidos y la historia estadounidense en preparación …

“Look for the Energy Star.” Most Americans know that is excellent advice to anyone appliance shopping. That little blue label saves American consumers roughly $40 billion a year in energy costs every year. With the program’s modest price tag — …

Barred from Hall of Fame eligibility forever? It isn’t so, Joe, not anymore. Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred’s landmark announcement Tuesday that he was changing the league’s policy on permanent ineligibility — specifically, that bans would expire at death …

Chicago has been struggling to rein in the vacation rental industry ever since companies like Airbnb and Vrbo exploded onto the scene without regulation more than a decade ago. On Tuesday, the City Council’s License Committee tried again to get …

NEW YORK — Commissioner Rob Manfred announced Tuesday that Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson and other players permanently banned by the sport would have their statuses restored at death. The ruling opens a path for Rose and Jackson to be …

Citing the skyrocketing cost of a college education, a City Council committee agreed Tuesday to remove that “paper ceiling” by allowing candidates for city jobs to substitute work experience for a diploma. The Committee on Workforce Development moved to abolish …

Lilliam Rodriguez still remembers the horror of what she found when she answered her neighbor’s desperate cries. Cracking open the door of the Edgewater apartment, she saw a 5-year-old child standing, crying, asking for help. Then she saw the child’s …

Humor’s been on the ropes, for years. Between lingering cancel culture and an opera buffa administration that daily defies parody, you could be forgiven for thinking nothing is funny anymore. The Onion stuck in there for a while, but lately …

When a player gets accustomed to chasing championships, as point guard Courtney Vandersloot has, it can be difficult to embrace starting over from ‘‘the gutter,’’ as Sky star Angel Reese recently characterized the onset of the team’s rebuild. For Vandersloot, …

Pat Scala spread the gospel of Italian beef. In the 1970s and ’80s, he approached hundreds of hot dog and burger joints that already purchased Italian sausage from his family’s meat wholesale operation — Scala Packing Co. — and pitched …

CINCINNATI — Steady rain and lightning delayed the start of the White Sox‘ game Tuesday evening against the Cincinnati Reds, which was originally scheduled for 5:40 p.m. Skies were clearing an hour after crews hauled the tarp over the infield …

Harry Walker was in his backyard when he heard police and fire sirens racing toward his street in the North Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side Tuesday afternoon. Walker came to the front of his house to see what was …

Aurelio’s Pizza’s sole Chicago location is closing this week. The pizzeria, at 1212 S. Michigan Ave. in the South Loop, will close Thursday, according to a company statement posted to social media. The news comes almost a week after the …

LOS ANGELES — Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents, a judge ruled Tuesday. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from …

A man was fatally shot Monday night in Humboldt Park. The man, 30, was standing on the sidewalk in the 3900 block of West Thomas Street about 6:45 p.m. when someone got out of a black car and fired shots, …