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DEAR ABBY: My close friend “Annie” came to my father’s funeral. She had met him only a couple of times. While I realized she was doing it to be there for me, I felt responsible for her since she knew …

It’s been a month since Cardinal Timothy Dolan compared right-wing activist Charlie Kirk to St. Paul, and I still can’t shake it. Maybe it lingers because of what else was happening that week in the Chicago area. The same week …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, once one of the most powerful politicians in the state, surrendered Monday to a minimum-security federal prison camp in West Virginia. 🗞️ Plus: A Skokie synagogue celebrates the …

Police are looking for two gunmen who opened fire, killing a 39-year-old man Monday afternoon in the Fuller Park neighborhood. Around 4:15 p.m., the 39-year-old man was in the 300 block of West Root Street when two assailants approached and …

A man who was extradited from Indiana is back in Chicago facing charges that he fatally beat a 76-year-old man at a South Side bus stop and carjacked a SUV at a nearby McDonald’s before fleeing the state. Malcolm Wilson, …

The 61st Chicago International Film Festival starts Wednesday with an impressive line-up of 114 feature-length films and 70 shorts. Most offer escape — with subtitles! — from headlines and Hollywood alike. 61st Chicago International Film Festival When: Oct. 15-26Where: AMC …

Eight-year-old Liam Dahlberg stepped off the school bus with a headache one Thursday afternoon last spring. The following Saturday morning, he was in a coma with no brain activity. He was dead by Monday. His doctors said the northwest Indiana …

On a recent morning, Oriana Kruszewski started her workday on her 40-acre farm in Winslow, Ill., by hopping aboard her golf cart and zipping past her farmhouse, fresh-water creek, fire pit and stack of bee boxes. After stopping to check …

It is safe — and private — to vote by mail in the special election on redistricting, California’s elections officials say after multiple, now-viral social media posts have claimed otherwise in recent days. Mailed ballots are not designed to show …

By Sybilla Gross, Bloomberg News Silver prices touched an all-time high above $52.50 an ounce, as a historic short squeeze in London added momentum to a rally that’s been fueled by surging demand for safe-haven assets. Related Articles OpenAI partners …

By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by U.S. officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last month. Related Articles …

An early cryptocurrency evangelist once dubbed “Bitcoin Jesus” reached a tentative deal Tuesday with the U.S. Justice Department to pay nearly $50 million to resolve federal charges alleging he evaded tens of millions of dollars in taxes. Under the agreement, …

Thousands of union nurses and healthcare professionals armed with bullhorns and raincoats picketed during a strong Pacific storm Tuesday in Southern California as they began a five-day strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities. At the Kaiser Medical Center in Ontario, more …

By JOSE HERRERA The Los Angeles City Council on Oct. 14 tentatively approved an ordinance that would create a Metal and Wire Theft Reward program, offering money in exchange for information leading to arrests and convictions of people who commit …

The default will restrict content for teenagers (Picture: Getty) Teenagers on Instagram will soon be restricted to seeing PG-13 content by default and will not be able to change their settings, Meta has announced. In a blog post, Meta explained: …