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Northwestern University announced a hiring freeze among other cost-cutting measures as costs continue to rise and the school’s federal funding is likely to drop. In addition to the hiring freeze, Northwestern plans to cut administrative and academic permanent budgets which …

Boxer Claressa Shields sounded off on social media after Sky star Angel Reese topped her and seven others for Sportswoman of the Year honors at the 2025 BET Awards. “Still don’t know how I didn’t win the Sportswoman of the …

INDIANAPOLIS — College basketball coaches will be able to challenge officials’ calls next season for the first time, and the NCAA also said there is “positive momentum” toward switching the men’s game from halves to quarters. The NCAA announced several …

Related Woman, 66, suffers broken arm in hit-and-run during downtown Chicago anti-ICE protests, police say A driver plowed through a group of protesters Tuesday in the Loop, apparently striking at least one pedestrian, as thousands marched through downtown Chicago protesting …

The Sun-Times’ high school basketball Mount Rushmore project highlights the sport’s biggest names and greatest stars. With the prep career as the criteria’s centerpiece — with a sprinkling of post-high school success and overall stature used as a separator — …

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died at …

Heather Blair went downtown Tuesday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, but the 66-year-old straggled behind the crowds because the demonstration “felt a bit tense.” As Blair walked with her husband through the first block of East Monroe …

Ride-hailing app giant Uber mistakenly overcharged Chicago riders nearly $1.8 million earlier this year. An Uber spokesman told City Council members Wednesday morning that the company refunded all riders after realizing it misapplied a congestion tax outside of hours it …

Every year, the James Beard Awards descend on Chicago, bringing along some of the food world’s biggest stars and a slew of events. But, locals know the real way to get in on the action is to dive headfirst into …

Seventeen people were arrested as thousands gathered downtown Tuesday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants, marking the latest flashpoint in the volatile nationwide struggle over Trump’s push to carry out mass deportations. Four demonstrators facing felony …

In 1982, a truck driver named Larry Walters attached dozens of weather balloons to an aluminum lawn chair and floated up to 16,000 feet above Southern California. He was spotted by a couple of airplanes before descending and landing safely, …

PHILADELPHIA — Watching Cubs starter Ben Brown take the Citizens Bank Park mound Wednesday naturally made president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer reflect on the trade that brought the promising young right-hander to the organization, with veteran reliever David Robertson …

Un conductor atropelló a un grupo de manifestantes el martes en el Loop, impactando al menos a un peatón, mientras miles marchaban por el centro de Chicago en protesta contra las continuas redadas de inmigración de la administración de Trump. …

PHILADELPHIA — Even as right-hander Ben Brown struggled with command from the onset of his start Wednesday against the Phillies, the Cubs needed him to cover innings. In the Cubs’ 7-2 loss, he at least delivered 5⅔ innings. But it …

Mayor Brandon Johnson urged Chicagoans to “rise up in this moment” against President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort, even as he acknowledged Wednesday that the deployment of the military to help carry out immigration raids in Los Angeles could happen …

Cuando en 2021 la alcaldesa Lori Lightfoot anunció a Pedro Martínez como director ejecutivo de las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago (CPS) frente a la Academia Comunitaria Benito Juárez en Pilsen, lo llamó un “hijo de Chicago”. El martes, Martínez regresó …

A former teacher and principal who currently works in the mayor’s office will serve as the interim leader of Chicago Public Schools as it faces a $529 million budget deficit and no clear path for solving it. Macquline King, the …

A City Council committee moved Wednesday to put a lid on the burgeoning vacation rental industry that has turned large swaths of some Chicago wards into party central. The Committee on License and Consumer Protection approved an ordinance championed by …

Una jueza de Chicago dictaminó el martes que un inmigrante mexicano, que fue falsamente acusado de amenazar con asesinar al presidente Donald Trump, puede salir de una prisión de Wisconsin bajo fianza. En la corte federal de inmigración, la jueza …

The Sky’s plan to gradually guide first-round pick Hailey Van Lith through her rookie season turned sharply when veteran point guard Courtney Vandersloot suffered a torn ACL last week. Her timeline accelerated, and there’s going to be much more required …