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LAS VEGAS — Yet another new coach, same quarterback, same old song and dance with the Bears, who have posted one winning season in their last 12 campaigns, in 2025-26? This can be a sweet spot on the NFL wagering …

Will Duncan, then general manager of Thalia Hall in Pilsen, was stuck in westbound traffic on the Eisenhower after a long day on the job. He decided to pull off and try Roosevelt Road to get to Elmhurst, where he …

Karin Schluecker Korth says her house is too big for her, but she doesn’t want to leave. It holds the memory of her late husband Bruce, who died in 2015; his spirit is in the house, she says. Her husband …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died. He was 85. Souter died Thursday at …

Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem kicked off her Springfield visit Wednesday with a photo op at a federal facility as agents fingerprinted two Guatemalan men marked for deportation. But her agency did not explain what public threat they posed, even …

Maggie Losek would do anything to hear the clink of her wine glass against her best friend’s one more time. What was once routine became the thing Losek missed most. Jillian Flynn died in November, following a battle with breast …

The Chicago City Council has considered but so far chosen not to give police the power to deploy curfews to disperse large gatherings, particularly those known as “teen takeovers.” We asked readers what the city should do. Here’s what you …

Roll into Rogers Park’s Howard Street L station and you can’t miss it from the train platform: a massive, five-story mural with bluish leaves that resemble tongues, sort of, and giant orange orbs of fruit. The best place to see …

When staff and students at the Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park heard on Thursday that white smoke was emitting from the Sistine Chapel, indicating the election of a new pope, they scurried to a classroom to watch the announcement …

When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television in New Lenox and called his niece. They watched in awe as the name of his brother, …

Mayor Brandon Johnson says firefighters and paramedics have waited four years for a new contract and the pay raise that comes with it because he’s trying to reshape the Chicago Fire Department to handle emergency medical assistance demands that comprise …

ROME — It was fitting that when Pope Leo XIV was elected, the Italian Open tennis tournament was being played just up the road from the Vatican. Because tennis is the sport that the first American pope likes to play. …

Las familias de Chicago podrán encontrar a sus mascotas perdidas más rápido, gracias a una nueva estación gratuita para escanear sus chips de rastreo. La estación al aire libre está abierta al público todos los días a toda hora en …

Parece que la serie entre los Cubs y los White Sox comenzó un poco antes esta temporada, ya que ambos querían ganarse a un aficionado famoso. Tras el anuncio de la elección del Papa León XIV como el primer papa …

Chicago police fatally shot a 50-year-old man who fired shots at them Thursday after a vehicle pursuit ended in a crash in Northwest Indiana, police said. Officers responded to a call of a person with a gun about 5:50 p.m. …

Holly Boblink recuerda que durante la década de 1960, jugaba a oficiar misas católicas con un amigo de la infancia en el suburbio sureño de Dolton. Boblink dijo que en ese entonces no tenía idea de que Robert Prevost, a …

There isn’t a Portillo’s location in Vatican City (yet), but there is already a pope-themed Italian beef. Chicagoans are embracing Pope Leo XIV’s local ties — and one of the city’s favorite fast food joints is getting in on the action. …

Days before people swarmed marijuana dispensaries across Illinois to get their first taste of legal weed on Jan. 1, 2020, a clout-heavy Chicago businessman named Carmen A. Rossi established a company aiming to cash in on the expected “green rush.” …

ZURICH — The Women’s World Cup will increase to 48 teams in 2031 when the United States is expected to host the tournament, FIFA confirmed Friday. FIFA has wanted to expand the women’s tournament from 32 teams to match the …

North Carolina says the girlfriend of football coach Bill Belichick is “welcome” at Tar Heels football facilities amid a report that 24-year-old Jordon Hudson had been banned from them. “While Jordon Hudson is not an employee at the University or …