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This week, President Donald Trump’s second term turned 100 … days, that is. And to mark the occasion, he held a rally in Michigan where he touted what he thinks of as his biggest accomplishments — tariffs, deporting alleged gang …

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona and Inter Milan delivered a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Wednesday. The game featured gorgeous goals from both sides and sets up a must-see sequel next week in …

A sharply divided City Council committee decided Wednesday to hold off before handing the Chicago Police Department a new tool against teen takeovers: the power to declare three-hour-long “snap curfews” to disperse groups of 20 or more. After a five-hour …

Theater A creative team of Black women artists from New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Toronto, including a new story and libretto by Leah-Simone Bowen and co-librettist Cheryl L. Davis, and new orchestration and arrangements by Jessie Montgomery and Jannina Norpoth, …

Victor Gómez thought it was strange when he was asked to escort his students to the band room on Wednesday. There was supposedly an issue with the pipes in his classroom at East Leyden High School in the northwest suburb …

PITTSBURGH — In the Cubs’ latest bullpen-tweaking move, they called up right-hander Chris Flexen from Triple-A on Wednesday as a multi-inning middle reliever. In corresponding moves, they transferred right-hander Javier Assad (strained left oblique) from the 15-day injured list to …

Health officials have reported the first two confirmed measles cases of the year in Cook County. One person with the disease is an adult from Chicago who traveled internationally through O’Hare Airport in early April, according to the Chicago Department …

Illinois nonprofits, government agencies and other organizations have seen $12 million in AmeriCorps grants terminated amid the Trump administration’s dismantling of the venerated federal agency for volunteer service. That includes grants administered to the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the Boys …

SPRINGFIELD — Lauren Wegner’s parents wrapped their arms around each other in the front row of a Sangamon County courtroom as they braced to learn whether the man who killed their daughter in a 2022 wrong-way crash would be held …

The White Sox haven’t been doing much winning lately. Perhaps you’ve noticed. With their 7-22 nosedive to start the season, the Sox were only one game better off than last year’s all-time-worst team was after 29 games. From that 121-loss-bound …

PITTSBURGH — PNC Park fell silent Wednesday after a wild play in the seventh inning gave the Pirates the lead over the Cubs. In the commotion of the ricocheted grounder up the middle, a fan tumbled from atop the 21-foot-high …

On a recent sunny spring afternoon on one block in Lincoln Square, children run and blow bubbles, make chalk drawings on the pavement and zip by on scooters. Pedestrians, dog walkers and cyclists pass through the 4700 block of North …

After a cold start at the plate, Luis Robert Jr. says he’s “getting closer” to his All-Star form. A day after showing signs of emerging from his April doldrums with a 415-foot home run (his fourth of the season), Robert …

A few years ago, left-hander Cam Booser was the guy installing acoustical ceilings like the one above his locker in the White Sox’ clubhouse at Rate Field. Now the Sox’ new power reliever can only look up at it and …

Moon alert After 2:45 a.m. Chicago time, there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Cancer. Aries (March 21-April 19) A so-so day Be aware that conversations with family members — especially female relatives — …

The U.S. economy contracted early this year as businesses imported a massive trove of goods before President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs took effect, widening the trade deficit and curtailing growth. Excluding the tariff effects, the underlying economy turned in a …

A far southwest suburban man has died at age 43, a year and a half after reaching a $2 million settlement with the Catholic church over a lawsuit alleging he was sexually assaulted as a student by an Augustinian priest …

DEAR ABBY: I am a 55-year-old father of a 7-year-old child. My social skills and experience are rusty due to graduate school and post-graduate training years (12 years, to be exact) without much social interaction. I believe I missed an …

A man was fatally shot during an argument Wednesday morning outside a Roseland home on the Far South Side. Around 7:15 a.m., Eric McMillen, 52, was arguing with someone he knew outside the home in the 11200 block of South …

Dressed as Buddy the Elf, Westin Chicago Northwest employee Jerry Trujillo boldly stepped over the edge of the Itasca hotel, rappelling 168 feet while waving to co-workers. “I was standing fine on the edge, and it’s OK because you’re strapped …