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By CONNIE PANZARIELLO, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “Heated Rivalry” is scoring big with hockey romance fans. Since its Thanksgiving weekend debut, the steamy television adaptation of Rachel Reid’s 2019 novel has dominated social media feeds and inspired a …

As families across America prepare to gather around the dinner table in celebration of the end-of-year holidays, millions of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants do so with the looming fear that they could soon lose access to this critical lifeline. …

The holiday break is a cue for film buffs to catch up on what they missed this year. We asked Chicago filmmakers and critics for recommendations of films they caught in 2025 that audiences overlooked. We curate 10 here, alphabetically …

Fiery and bold, the late jazz trumpeter jaimie branch was never afraid to speak her mind. She was comfortable challenging the political beliefs of anyone, from a single person to an entire audience. That passion was on full display at …

Movies up for awards in 2025 have proven that some films get overshadowed by aggressive media campaigns to win coveted hardware. Before you get wrapped up in this year’s race for supremacy, there are films from last year worth revisiting …

How to handle severely mentally ill people who are unfit to stand trial in a system lacking the state psychiatric hospital beds to restore them to health? That’s the question a state-mandated task force of lawmakers, court officials and mental …

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food or gas) or important decisions after 11 p.m. PST today. The moon is in Pisces. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day Keep an eye on your money and possessions today because something unexpected …

Hundreds of volunteers spent part of their Christmas Day at St. Sabina Church packing holiday meals, sorting gifts for kids and loading boxes into waiting vans that fanned out to deliver the goodies across the South Side. The church bought …

Who’s afraid of the big, bad… Seahawks? Packers? Eagles? Not really. As the Bears head toward the playoffs, the field is wide open. There is no juggernaut. Any opponent like the Chiefs’ dynasty teams, the Eagles’ recent loaded rosters or …

More than 150 Cook County jail detainees spent Christmas morning singing, clapping and cheering as faith leaders offered religious messages of positivity. The services kicked off with messages from Cardinal Blase Cupich that emphasized hope, unity and community. Jesus “is …

A sizable portion of the Blackhawks‘ fan base has become seriously impatient with and disgruntled about the slow progress of the rebuild. That was evident in the responses to the Sun-Times’ story Wednesday about general manager Kyle Davidson’s next steps, …

The Bears have played the Ravens without Lamar Jackson, the Bengals without Joe Burrow and the Steelers without Aaron Rodgers. They knocked Packers quarterback Jordan Love out of Saturday’s game and hurt his backup, too, when Montez Sweat sacked Malik …

DEAR ABBY: My son died of cancer at 33. It was heartbreaking. My daughter-in-law, “Belinda,” had grown distant before his death, and although they had a son through artificial insemination, I have almost never seen him. I helped with the …

Donald Trump’s administration paints a picture of undocumented immigrants as freeloaders or depraved criminals. The Department of Homeland Security’s recent news releases trumpet a steady stream of headlines about deporting the worst offenders. In reality, only 5% of those detained …

Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child” — the 1978 Pulitzer Prize–winning play by the Illinois-born writer — ran in Tokyo from Oct. 3-19, presented by Theatre Company Subaru. The setting is a farmhouse in Illinois where an elderly couple lives with their …

Philadelphia artist Kristin Scholz has one public mural in Chicago, which can be found in a Lincoln Square alley on her best friend’s garage door. “She just wanted color on her house,” says Scholz, who also painted her friend’s back …

On Thanksgiving, the NHL’s intense parity this season seemed like it might help the Blackhawks by maximizing their chances of playing meaningful games into March. On Christmas, the parity seems like it might instead help the Hawks by maximizing their …

We asked readers what one change to Chicago’s downtown they’d like to see in the next 20 years. Here’s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: “Fewer cars, more and better public transportation and a marketplace, a large indoor …

A tow-truck driver crashed into a woman’s vehicle in River North and then shot at her windshield early Friday, Chicago police say. The woman was driving adjacent to the tow-truck in the 800 block of North LaSalle Street around 3:50 …

The National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory until 11 a.m. for Cook, DuPage, Lake and McHenry counties in Illinois and Porter and Lake counties in Indiana. Areas with dense fog can reduce visibility to one quarter mile …