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Rey was just doing his job — cleaning up a yard in Rogers Park at the end of October — when a group of masked men, wielding weapons, appeared out of nowhere and dragged him away. News spread quickly. “I …

From the 67-foot-tall Norway spruce lit to perfection in Millennium Park to a dizzying number of “Christmas Carol” variations, Chicago’s most festive season has arrived. With so much happening, we have rounded up the best Chicago has to offer this …

Suburban communities in Illinois are failing to meet the requirements set out for them in a 22-year-old law aimed at increasing the state’s affordable housing supply. The Illinois General Assembly passed the Affordable Housing Planning and Appeal Act in 2003 …

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton has repeatedly vowed she won’t accept “a single dime” of corporate PAC money for her U.S. Senate campaign. But Stratton has a history of taking in corporate PAC and direct corporate contributions into her state campaign …

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to slash federal protections for the nation’s wetlands and streams, potentially leaving millions of acres of habitat …

Amid the #MeToo era, it might seem like a career killer to testify under immunity at ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan’s federal corruption trial about a scheme to get an alleged sexual harasser a paycheck after he was fired …

Ethan Vazquez walked with 20 others down North Halsted Street holding electric candles Thursday night during one of many Transgender Day of Remembrance celebrations held throughout the city. The day has been observed every Nov. 20 since 1999 as a …

I remember it well. It was Oct. 7, 2016, a Friday. That afternoon The Washington Post dropped a bombshell, the perfect October surprise, just a month before the presidential election. Earlier in the week, Hillary Clinton had been hammering Donald …

We appreciate Lee Bey’s preliminary assessment of the Obama Presidential Center, which recognizes many of the concerns the community has raised over the past decade about the relationship of the complex to Frederick Law Olmsted’s historic Jackson Park. There are …

DEAR ABBY: My 19-year-old niece didn’t finish high school and has been in and out of rehab for years. She’s about to leave a residential program and is looking for a place to live. Her parents have implemented “house rules” …

When U.S. Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick blasted the Justice Department’s handling of the James Comey case on Monday, he did not address the merits of the perjury and obstruction charges against the former FBI director. But the government misconduct …

LAS VEGAS — What’s luck, what’s skill, all merges to oneness, Virgil wrote more than 2,000 years ago. Nothing is as obnoxious, F. Scott Fitzgerald penned in 1938, as other people’s luck. According to Hunter S. Thompson, luck is a …

The Blackhawks have unveiled a new black alternate jersey that they’ll wear on Black Friday next week for the first time since the 2008-09 season. The new black jerseys will remain in the team’s jersey rotation for at least three …

Project B, a new Formula One–style basketball league, is coming to a city near you. Actually, it’ll probably be nowhere near you, because teams will be globetrotting — we just don’t know where, exactly. Project B has begun announcing big …

The semfinal round of the IHSA playoffs features some excellent matchups. Here’s a look at some of the best games. Class 8A: No. 5 Fremd at No. 1 Mount Carmel, 5 p.m. Saturday Fremd (11-1) is in the semifinals for …

The Cubs aren’t likely to replace right fielder Kyle Tucker’s offensive production this offseason, barring a surprise reunion with the belle of this year’s free agent class. The options are few, and the price is high — either monetarily for …

Semfinal scores and state championship pairings. Semifinals Saturday, November 22 Class 8A Fremd at Mount Carmel, 5 p.m. Lockport at Oswego, 5 p.m Class 7A Batavia at St. Rita, 2 p.m. Downers Grove North at Brother Rice, 4 p.m. Class …

The White Sox will likely have to get creative to make additions to their roster in free agency. But just because the Sox will eschew from the top of the free-agent market doesn’t mean that there aren’t other avenues that …

The man charged with setting fire to a woman on a CTA Blue Line L train repeatedly violated the conditions of his home detention in a separate criminal case in the weeks leading up to the CTA attack, court records …

Kari Blak knew when he designed a mural for the Bessie Coleman Branch Library in Woodlawn that he might walk by it every day. He better submit a design he liked for the library four blocks from his house. What …