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DEAR ABBY: My 33-year-old daughter is getting married, and the mothers have taken over her wedding plans. They want more than 200 guests, a full Catholic ceremony, fine wines, a full bar, plated dinner and a live band. My daughter …

St. Francis has reloaded for its Class 5A state title defense. The preseason No. 7 Spartans picked up seven transfers over the summer, including Jadon Wilson, a possible star quarterback. The 6-3, 190-pound junior was the backup quarterback at East …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: How much money are insurance companies making by delaying paying out claims? A recent analysis shows it’s in the millions.  🗞️ Plus: Another round of tornadoes hit the Chicago area, the White Sox’ Pope Leo …

Last month, two of the six people who were wounded in a mass shooting in Humboldt Park were treated at Mount Sinai Hospital. Mount Sinai was also one of eight Chicago Hospitals flagged in a recent report by Public Citizen …

When I met Julie in 1996, I knew I had found the love of my life. We were young, with more dreams than plans. But we believed that if we faced life together, everything else would fall into place. Before …

Hounslow Council is the latest to approve plans for a data centre in west London (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo) Another data centre has been approved in west London despite concerns over the facility’s demand for electricity and water. Hounslow Council …

A series of music concerts scheduled at Bohemian National Cemetery in August and September will go on as planned, in spite of a new investigation into the North Park property over the alleged mishandling of human remains. As reported by …

A couple years after Joel and Julie Nickson opened the Southern-inflected Wishbone restaurant at 1800 W. Grand Ave. in 1990, Bill Grant came in for the first time on a friend’s suggestion and ordered the Cajun-style shrimp with cheesy grits. …

Mitch Einhorn, co-owner of Lush Wine & Spirits, was floored this spring when a city inspector showed up at his Roscoe Village cafe and told him to take down the strings of decorative white lights around his outdoor seating area. …

Many Chicago renters have been priced out of apartments in their neighborhoods over the past few decades. In eight neighborhoods over the last year, however, a city ordinance gives tenants a shot at buying their building if it goes up …

On a cloudy, 80-degree summer day, I squeezed myself into a full-length rubber wetsuit, pulled a tight hood over my head and shimmied my hands into some thick gloves. Several miles away in Lake Michigan from our starting point in …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Justice has charged nearly a dozen people with participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to help hundreds of Chinese nationals fraudulently obtain green cards through sham marriages to U.S. citizens, officials said Wednesday. American citizens were paid …

By RYAN J. FOLEY Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks faced criticism Wednesday from Democratic elected officials and civil rights advocates, who called it unnecessary and cruel. ICE plans to spend between …

Steve Lacy is hitting the road for his first headlining tour in four years, including a stop at the Hollywood Bowl this fall. The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and guitarist will bring his Oh Yeah? Tour to the Los Angeles venue …

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and RYAN J. FOLEY McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A small Texas law firm with ties to the Trump administration declined a $150 million federal contract it was offered to represent migrant children traveling alone to the U.S., …

(Antoine Verglas/@antoineverglas) Even when compared to the world’s “Big Four” fashion weeks in New York City, London, Milan, and Paris, Miami Swim Week stands distinguished by both the beachy accommodations offered in its increasingly affluent host city and a titular …

Moon alert Caution! Avoid shopping or major decisions for the rest of the day after noon Chicago time today. The solar eclipse (new moon) in Leo peaks at 12:37 p.m. Chicago time. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day This …

GRANADA HILLS — The new coaches for the Reseda and Canoga Park football teams joined the league’s other teams — Kennedy, Sylmar, Panorama, San Fernando and Van Nuys — in the spotlight for the Valley Mission League’s media day on …

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the role, will leave at month’s end, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. Leavitt, 28, just recently returned to the White House after taking a brief leave …

A food workers union pushing to organize workers with Mother’s Market & Kitchen may have to wait until September to learn if Irvine City Council will support an ordinance designed to temporarily preserve hundreds of jobs with the small supermarket …