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The Blackhawks had straightforward decisions to make with their restricted free agents this year. They made the expected ones. Four of those players — forward Connor Bedard, defensemen Kevin Korchinski and Ethan Del Mastro and goalie Drew Commesso — were …

If Mayor Brandon Johnson hopes to confront Chicago’s affordability crisis by leveling the playing field between renters and landlords, he’ll have to defeat the same real estate interests that shot down his Bring Chicago Home referendum. That much was obvious …

For Ozzie Guillen, devastated by what he was seeing on TV in the aftermath of the double earthquake that has ravaged his beloved Venezuela, the impulse was to shake a figurative fist at the sky. His wife, Ibis, talked him …

“We have a couple more injuries today, unfortunately,” Cubs skipper Craig Counsell said to start his pregame media session Monday at Wrigley Field. You know it’s bad when nobody even has to ask. Yes, there’s more bad injury news for …

Bally’s has hired former Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s law firm to help potentially sue Chicago for violating the casino host agreement that she negotiated as mayor — a suit that would be based on the city’s decision to legalize video gambling …

The Bulls honored three-time NBA champion and TV analyst Stacey King with a Celebration of Life ceremony Monday at the Advocate Center, with speakers that included Bulls CEO and president Michael Reinsdorf, King’s former broadcast teammates Neil Funk and Adam …

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Capricorn. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day Today might begin in a stressful way, especially with parents, bosses, VIPs and the police, but …

Injuries, injuries, injuries. They seem to dominate the conversation around the Cubs these days, and for good reason. Although they’re a part of any baseball season, the Cubs have been particularly bombarded with them, especially on the pitching side, with …

BALTIMORE — There was Jacob Gonzalez lacing an RBI double early and a two-run double late in the White Sox’ series-opening 8-2 win Monday at Camden Yards. Then there was Tristan Peters making a dazzling catch while running full-steam into …

Every year, we remember Paul Revere’s ride. As we should. We should also reckon with Paul Revere’s picture. His engraving of the Boston Massacre helped light the fire for revolution. It showed British soldiers firing into a crowd. Men fell …

This story is a partnership between Grist, Inside Climate News and WBEZ. No city dealing with a lot of lead pipes spends as much as Chicago does to replace them. With more than 400,000 lead water service lines, Chicago has …

A bill awaiting Gov. JB Pritzker’s signature could boost state payments to wrongfully incarcerated people and, for the first time, make children eligible for the compensation. The legislation would hike the maximum payout to $50,000 for each year spent behind …

Bars, restaurants and other establishments offering video gambling in Illinois were burglarized 473 times in 2025 — an alarming rise from the prior year, when there were 358 incidents. Not even six months into 2026, there already have been more …

At the Studebaker Theater in the Loop, Alzo Slade, the new scorekeeper of the NPR quiz show “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!,” sits at a table backstage with producers Lillian King and Michael Danforth. The trio is working to craft …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Mayor Brandon Johnson has a plan to help renters confront the city’s affordability crisis — and landlords lined up Monday in protest. 🗞️ Plus: Bally’s hires ex-Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s law firm, The Onion is set to …

A CBS News Chicago reporter and photographer were attacked by three men who yelled racial slurs, damaged their equipment, and commanded a dog to attack them near the Adler Planetarium on Monday afternoon, according to police and the news station. …

Three men were shot, including one fatally, late Monday during a drive-by shooting in Chatham. The three men, 20, 20 and 19, were walking in the 8200 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue when a someone in a black car …

As a longtime Democrat, I am required to pluck down the $30 admission fee, buy the overpriced merchandise and pay cultlike homage to the new $850 million Obama Presidential Center, aka Barack’s Rock. I am to praise all the imagined benefits it will provide to …

Kevin Barlow was a new friend of Monica Miller when she was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 years ago. But still, he showed up. “Chemo, surgery, I had to do it all,” Miller said. “He was there for me the …

A $23.3 million effort to turn an architecturally significant 81-year-old former Altgeld Gardens commercial building into an after-school center has been approved by the Chicago Plan Commission. The panel last week approved the By The Hand Club For Kids’ project …