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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 …

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 …

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 …

We asked readers for the oldest recipe that they still cook today. Here’s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: “Years ago in the Sun-Times, I was featured in a food story about making povitica, a sweet nut-filled bread. Povitica …

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 …

La corte federal de apelaciones de Chicago puso un plazo corto a la orden de un juez que buscaba liberar a hasta 615 personas detenidas por las autoridades de inmigración este año, con ciertas condiciones, programando argumentos sobre el asunto …

Benet found an extra gear in the state playoffs last season. Senior Colin Stack says the Redwings had a chip on their shoulder, and a quick look at the Illinois High School Association record books shows one of the reasons …

Aaron Rodgers “owns” the Bears. You’ve probably heard a thing or two about this before. But Rodgers, owner of a bum wrist, is — or is he? — about to quarterback the Steelers, not the Packers, at Soldier Field on …

LAS VEGAS — I had planned to ask professional bettor Bill Krackomberger two, maybe three questions, about a -recent text message. We met late Saturday morning at the South Point sportsbook. On a day filled with so many games, I …

Bears coach Ben Johnson played coy Friday morning when asked whether cornerback Jaylon Johnson would return from groin surgery to play Sunday against the Steelers. Johnson has been practicing for the last week and must be put on the 53-man …

Mario Vergara sat in a wheelchair, his head bent forward, fingers drawn together and rigid. He spoke — in a husky whisper — only when spoken to. Roxana Vergara had accompanied her father, the day before his 93rd birthday, to …

Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was limited in practice Friday and was ruled questionable fore Sunday’s game against the Bears by coach Mike Tomlin. “We’ll see where the weekend leads us,” he told reporters in Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon. Rodgers has …