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The NHL’s fifth-leading scorer in terms of points per game this season won’t be playing in the Olympics, as things stand now. Team Canada’s decision to leave Blackhawks star Connor Bedard off their initial roster Wednesday didn’t come as a …

Jeff Joniak is a ball of energy when he broadcasts a Bears game. He’s always moving in the radio booth, unable to sit down but fixated on the action. And with most games this season dripping with drama, Joniak’s adrenaline …

Brandon Alexander Whittington was originally due on Christmas Day. But instead, he arrived at 12:06 a.m. at Mount Sinai Hospital on New Year’s Day at 7 pounds and 13 ounces after his mother, Shaniqua Jones, was induced hours before — …

Bears tight end Colston Loveland can’t pinpoint the exact day, but he figures it was sometime in November. He had played in enough NFL games to know what was expected of him and grasped his coaches’ warnings that the most …

Four days after giving up six touchdowns, defensive coordinator Dennis Allen said he wasn’t interested in litigating exactly what went wrong for the Bears. “We’ve kind of moved on, and we’re moving on to Detroit,” he said before practice Thursday. …

The breakthrough everyone has been waiting for from Bears quarterback Caleb Williams might be happening. This is the best he has played, doing so against tough opponents in the thick of a playoff race, and it’s possible he has turned …

A 16-year-old boy was killed and a man wounded in an exchange of gunfire after police say the teen attempted to rob another during a meet-up for a sale arranged online Wednesday in suburban Cicero. The incident unfolded around 3:20 …

A 15-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Thursday in Humboldt Park. The teen was in the 1100 block of North Ridgeway Avenue about 1:35 p.m. when he was struck in the leg by gunfire, Chicago police said. The teen …

In a year when President Donald Trump called Chicago the “most dangerous city in the world” and launched an aggressive deportation campaign, citywide killings ultimately fell to a 60-year low as overall crime continued to drop. The number of murders …

Every year on New Year’s Eve, Asif Amin Cheema’s five children rushed to wake him after he fell asleep before midnight, all vying to be the first to greet him in the new year. Cheema, 63, the owner of Best …

A 7-year-old boy was shot inside a home Thursday in Humboldt Park. The boy was in a residence about 7 p.m. in the 3200 block of West Division Street when he suffered a gunshot wound to his left arm, according …

While the people of the world were getting ready to head out to bars and basement parties, many set to kiss their loved ones at midnight, I was layering up for work. I’m used to this by now. Holidays aren’t …

Since the Christmas break, the Blackhawks seem to have a better idea of what they must do to compete without Connor Bedard and Frank Nazar. It’s still a challenge every game to execute the plan, but at least they’ve halted …

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and major decisions from 6 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. After that, the moon moves from Gemini into Cancer. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day This is a low-energy day. If you …

Days after her dad was handcuffed and dragged off his landscaping job site by masked federal agents in November, 9-year-old Danna was visibly out of sorts at school. When one of her favorite teachers at Eliza Chappell Elementary School in …

You haven’t heard of Lorenzo Elano. He’s hoping to change that. Elano, who’s 18 and lives in West Ridge, is one of the country’s best figure skaters, and he’s had a big year. Lorenzo Elano is the reigning U.S. junior …

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together 23 years, married for almost nine. We are in our 60s. It’s the second marriage for both of us. I retired due to having to move to another state for his …

A rare bottle of bourbon — with deep ties to the Chicago Blackhawks, the Wirtz family and historic distillers — sold last month for $71,375 through Ravenswood-based auction house Unicorn Auctions. But it wasn’t even the priciest transaction for the …

The recent horrific tragedy of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s murders in West Hollywood is a stark reminder of how paper-thin the margin is between seeming to have everything and having nothing at all. Those we envy and those …

We asked readers what moment in Bears playoff history they either cherish or agonize over the most. Here’s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: “Wilbur Marshall running down the sidleines escorted by his teammates after recovering a fumble …