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Whether it was traveling thousands of miles or showing off elaborate, cowboy-inspired outfits, Beyoncé fans demonstrated their devotion ahead of the superstar’s Chicago show on Thursday night at Soldier Field. Despite weather concerns, which delayed the show by two hours, …

Aurelio’s Pizza’s sole Chicago location closed Thursday after doing business there for 10 years. Owner Joe Aurelio decided to close the South Loop location at 1212 S. Michigan Ave. because the cost of rent “just wasn’t feasible,” he said, noting …

One person was killed and two others critically wounded after a shooting during a fight Thursday evening at Calumet Park on the Far South Side. The three victims were arguing with someone who pulled out a gun and fired shots …

UPDATES: 10:15 p.m.: The concert is underway at Soldier Field. 9:25 p.m.: Per a statement from Soldier Field officials, concertgoers were allowed access to their seats shortly after 9:15 p.m. following a two-hour delay due to the strong storms that …

Chicago Public Schools parents said at a community meeting Thursday that one of the most important items on their wish list for a new CPS chief is they have a connection with Chicago. Ideally, that means they graduated from a …

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in south suburban Dolton will be sold to the highest bidder in an online auction next month. On May 5, the house at 212 E. 141st Place was listed at $219,000 but was quickly taken …

Lily pads and hard bottoms did it for Brother Rice Boat 1 Thursday in the Wolf Lake regional. Tom Hall and Joe Bowen won with five largemouth bass weighing 9.28 pounds. “Buzzbaits right in the lily pads, lily pad stems …

Storms swept through the area on Thursday evening, bringing heavy winds and rain, after the city broke a 64-year-old record high temperature. The city reached record-breaking warmth for May 15 after the high temperature at O’Hare Airport was recorded at …

Dearest Caitlin: Welcome back to it. Season 2. Hope you’re ready. Seems like it. Your offseason regimen has you built and prepared for it. It would be nice if basketball was all you had to look forward to dealing with. …

Moon alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Capricorn. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day This is a good day for a discussion with a boss, parent or someone in authority, …

A Mayan artifact is set to return to Mexico after being held by a Chicago family for nearly 40 years, the National Museum of Mexican Art announced Friday. The artifact is a limestone frieze that depicts a likely male figure …

When Cook County sheriff’s deputies burst into the Maywood home of 74-year-old Velma Lewis with a battering ram, it wasn’t because she had committed a crime. Nor was there a warrant for her arrest. It was because she’d fallen so …

Lisa Osborne-Siefert became a consumer advocate shortly after her worst day as a parent, in 2011. She had walked into her 2-year-old son’s room to wake him from his afternoon nap and found his little body pinned under a tipped-over …

DEAR ABBY: My dear friend, “Sandra,” is married with two children. She and her husband have a 4-year-old son together and another son from her husband’s first marriage who is 14. The 14-year-old’s life is tough, much like Cinderella’s. Sandra …

I hope Donald Trump pushes forward on tariffs. Hear me out. He has already backtracked faster than a hiker who spies a rattlesnake. Trump spent the first weeks of his second term spitting out tariff rates in a twitchy staccato. …

A 41-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting a man outside a South Shore gas station early Wednesday, Chicago police said. Jonathan Robinson allegedly got into an argument with the still-unidentified 40-year-old man and shot him several times around 1:15 …

A 29-year-old woman faces several charges including DUI after a hit and run that left a 76-year-old man dead in Chicago Lawn, according to Chicago police. Nyamca Tolefree, of Chicago Lawn, was charged with failure to report an accident involving …

There’s that saying in baseball: If you build it, they will come. It’s a message the Chicago Cubs organization heard loudly in 2005 as it started to carve out a new use for the ballpark on non-game days, turning it …

Being from a Romanian immigrant family, my history has always been important to me. My family’s roots have been a motivator for me to pursue higher education and to seek opportunities my parents never had. Yet, as the first American-born …

Courtney Vandersloot has an idea. With the Sky getting ready to open the season Saturday at the Fever (2 p.m., ABC 7), the venerable vet’s idea is a mighty good one, too. “I would hope, more than anything,” she said, …