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Chicago’s median home sale price reached $370,000 last month, a 7.2% increase from 2024, according to the latest report from the Chicago Association of Realtors. The number of homes available to buy in Chicago continues to be tight, with inventory …

Do you know that game where people try to avoid hearing “Last Christmas” by Wham! for as long as possible into December? It’s telling that the game exists, revealing not just that the song is annoyingly cheesy but that there …

If concert tickets are on your holiday wish list, don’t wait around for Santa. Gift yourself some live music with one (or more) of the must-see rock, hip-hop, indie and pop shows coming to town this December. From Andrew Bird’s …

When my wife Grace and I decided we were ready to start a family, we were in for a rude awakening. Like tens of thousands of Americans each year, our doctor informed us that, due to a genetic condition and …

DEAR ABBY: Our 20-year-old son works full time and lives with us. He doesn’t do any household chores or pay us anything, not even his car insurance (which he agreed to pay). He then moved his girlfriend in, and after …

When the gaze of history looks back on this era, it will judge not only the policies that were enacted, but also the moments when leadership was absent. The Trump administration’s decision to skip last weekend’s Group of 20 summit …

Seven weeks into Gaza’s fragile ceasefire, most of the bombing has abated, but the humanitarian crisis remains extreme. As executive director of MedGlobal, I spent time with our medical aid teams in Gaza this month witnessing the ongoing precarity for most …

Several factors have contributed to Blackhawks forward Frank Nazar having a quieter November than October. The first is his health. He missed two games with what coach Jeff Blashill called a “mid-body” injury (likely hip-related), then played through the injury …

What fathers do for daughters. Getting up at the crack of dawn on Black Friday to chauffeur them and their friends to Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg. Then sitting on a bench, a planter and even sometimes the floor, watching bags …

Se emitió una alerta de tormenta invernal para el norte y centro de Illinois y el noroeste de Indiana desde el viernes por la tarde hasta el domingo, según el Servicio Nacional de Meteorología. Se espera que una tormenta invernal …

¡Ya llegó la temporada navideña! Y diciembre en Chicago tiene mucho que ofrecer a la comunidad, como las celebraciones a la Virgen de Guadalupe y las posadas, así como los eventos que ya son toda una tradición navideña en la …

See, this is what happens when you start to win or winning starts happening to you. That insane and character-exposing killjoy called “expectation” pays you a visit — and often never leaves. Like Ralph Kramden’s mother-in-law: “Like the last time …

Illinois se encuentra entre un grupo de estados demócratas que están demandando a la administración de Trump, buscando bloquear un cambio en el programa federal de estampillas de alimentos que, según los estados, impidió ilegalmente que algunos inmigrantes legales accedieran …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Schedule provided by Jack Gleason. Send schedule updates to hsbballjg@gmail.com. Saturday, November 29, 2025 NONCONFERENCE Niles North 69, Northtown 30 COAL CITY / MANTENO Southland vs. IC Catholic, title, canc. DECATUR Bolinbrook vs. …

A 41-year-old man was fatally shot in the Morgan Park neighborhood Thursday, officials said. The unidentified man was found about 3 a.m. in the 1200 block of West 111th Place, police said. Officers, who responded to a call of a …

Anyone remember Matt Eberflus’ postgame victory speeches? Not likely. There weren’t many of them to begin with. New Bears coach Ben Johnson already has won more games at 9-3 than Eberflus did in any of his three seasons on his …

The play was designed to go to D’Andre Swift. The Bears led by eight halfway into the fourth quarter Friday when Caleb Williams took a snap from under center and rolled left, where he was supposed to throw to his …

During his first papal trip abroad, Pope Leo XIV was presented with a baseball bat once owned by legendary White Sox player Nellie Fox. CBS News correspondent Chris Livesay gifted the pontiff Fox’s Louisville Slugger, as part of a tradition …

Though more than 1,300 flights have been canceled at Chicago airports as a snowstorm hit the area, O’Hare Airport was relatively quiet Saturday afternoon and not too chaotic, according to Kate Paulsen, who was trying to catch a flight to …

The Illinois High School Association has finalized plans for all the postponed state championship football games. The Class 8A (Mount Carmel vs. Oswego) and Class 7A (Brother Rice vs. St. Rita) games will be played at Northern Illinois University’s Huskie …