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Three years ago, Amber Banderas, 9, was hurting, underweight, and needing emergency care. She remembers riding in an ambulance and receiving shots. This fall, perched on an examining table in the Children’s Hospital Colorado Child Health Clinic as her stepfather, …

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot, and often determine what the rest of us choose to pile onto our bedside tables. So we asked them, and all Denver Post …

My first Thanksgiving at my beau’s family table, I hid in the bathroom a half-dozen times to check my watch. Can we leave yet? Despite the lifelong ache to have my own regular family, with generations of happy family gatherings, …

On Sundays this fall, Robert Bryant and 70-some other inmates at Lancaster Work Camp in Trenton, Florida, gathered in the facility’s dayroom around a 50-inch Samsung flatscreen television. They had to share. They shared everything. They slept in rows of …

The Steelers had no update on quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ status Saturday, leaving him questionable to play Sunday at the Bears. Teams are required to make it public if a player doesn’t travel for a game, and there was no notice …

It’ll be at least another week for Bears cornerbacks Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon to return from injured reserve, and longer yet before they get linebacker Tremaine Edmunds back on the field. The Bears didn’t activate Johnson or Gordon by …

A mixed martial arts fighter died after his bout in west suburban Cicero on Friday night. Isaac Johnson, 31, collapsed toward the end of his fight at the Matador Fighter Challenge hosted at Cicero Stadium, 1909 S. Laramie Ave., according …

A woman was killed and a man injured in a drive-by shooting late Friday in Roseland on the Far South Side. A 25-year-old man was driving through a gas station parking lot in the first block of West 111th Street …

The speculative title of “future Blackhawks captain” has followed Connor Bedard since he was drafted, but he’s deserving of it and ready for it now. The presence of Frank Nazar — whose unrestrained, fun-loving personality perfectly complements Bedard’s seriousness and …

The last time the Bears beat Aaron Rodgers — way back in 2018 in Week 15 at Soldier Field — they won the battle but lost the war of attrition. Safety Eddie Jackson’s interception of Rodgers in the end zone …

In most parts of Illinois, no one really talks about the 1985 Bryan Cox-led, coach Bob Shannon-driven East St. Louis Flyers the way they should. They were honored by USA Today and the National Sports News Service (NSNS) as the …

DEAR ABBY: I am 40 and single, with no children and no girlfriend. For many years, it has become increasingly difficult to get my parents to come to my home for dinner. They live only 45 minutes away. Both are …

Reflecting on gratitude for this holiday, I want to highlight something that can be shared with the wider world. Last year at this time, I focused on reasons to be thankful despite Donald Trump’s reelection: Trump ran on promises he …

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Jeremiyah Love bolstered his Heisman Trophy candidacy with 171 yards rushing and three touchdowns on just eight carries, and No. 9 Notre Dame blew out injury-decimated Syracuse 70-7 on Saturday. Love’s touchdown runs covered 45, 14 …

Sister JoAnn Persch spent a lifetime advocating for immigrants and human dignity. After decades of ministry, several years of them spent serving refugees from war and torture in Central America, she and the late Sister Pat Murphy in 2007 began …

A 14-year-old boy was killed and eight other teenagers were wounded in separate shootings late on a bustling Friday night that saw thousands of people gather in the Loop to kick off the holiday season. The chaos that unfolded during …

Jack Olsen’s third field goal of the game, from 33 yards, snapped a tie with 53 seconds left, and Northwestern ended a three-game losing streak with a wild 38-35 win over Minnesota at Wrigley Field on Saturday. Olsen’s boot capped …

Thousands of halal turkeys found their way into the hands of families in need this week through citywide holiday giveaways, as residents in Chicago and beyond navigate uncertainty over federal food assistance. On Saturday morning, members of the charity Zakat …

This week’s top photo comes from Visual Journalist Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere. Follow him on X, Bluesky and Instagram. What makes this photo important? A major part of a photojournalist’s job requires documenting small but important moments in people’s lives and …

A 22-year-old man was shot and killed Friday afternoon inside a Near North Side apartment, police said. The man suffered a gunshot wound to the chest about 4:30 p.m. in a residence in the 600 block of West Division Street, …