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Many Illinois residents will be able to store their driver’s licenses and IDs on their cellphones starting Wednesday, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced. Digital IDs will first be available for iPhones and Apple Watches via the Apple Wallet …

El domingo por la mañana, el púlpito del reverendo Michael Woolf estaba adornado con minifiguras de Jesús mientras le hablaba a su congregación. Bajo su traje, su cuerpo estaba marcado por moretones que, dijo, sufrió cuando fue arrestado por la …

Bears safety Jaquan Brisker spent part of the spring training with Aaron Rodgers. The Steelers quarterback focused in on Brisker’s team — the one with whom he used to be sworn rivals, and the franchise he once claimed he owned …

DENVER — It didn’t take long for the team’s enforcer to get onto the scene. All 195 pounds of him, and that’s on a good day, likely with shoes on. Then again, Bulls guard Dalen Terry wouldn’t have it any …

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas is joining the 2027 race for mayor of Chicago, but she doesn’t want to talk about it until after she is safely reelected next year to an eighth term in the job she has held …

One of Música Mexicana’s most popular bands will headline Sueños Music Festival in Grant Park next spring. Sueños organizers C3 Presents announced Tuesday that Fuerza Regida, a 5-member band from San Bernardino, Calif., will headline the fifth year of the …

In another sign of the sudden ramp-down of federal immigration enforcement in Chicago, a Justice Department lawyer told a judge Tuesday the population of a controversial holding facility in the western suburbs had recently dwindled to only four people. It’s …

The scent of burning hair permeated the smoky air as Michael Thomas descended an escalator at the Clark/Lake Blue Line subway station, where he saw a woman lying on the platform Monday night. “She had severe burns all over her …

Fifty years since the release of Patti Smith’s signature single “Gloria,” the song’s opening line is as brash and arresting as ever. “Jesus died for somebody’s sins, but not mine,” sang the punk poet in her adaptation of “Gloria” by …

Ald. Bennett Lawson (44th), the city’s acting Zoning Committee chair, said Tuesday he has given Mayor Brandon Johnson a year-end ultimatum: Make his committee post permanent with control over his own staff or he’s done with the time-consuming job. Lawson …

The founder of a Chicago-based cryptocurrency company has been indicted on federal money laundering charges, accusing him of laundering at least $10 million in wire fraud and drug crime proceeds, according to a recently unsealed indictment. Firas Isa, 36, of …

Twenty-three House Democrats on Tuesday joined Republicans in a resolution admonishing Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia’s last-minute resignation that paves the way for his chief of staff to be his successor in Congress. The 236-183 vote happened a day after House …

DePaul Prep guard Rykan Woo is a thoughtful kid who spends a few seconds ruminating before he answers a question. But the Brown recruit didn’t pause at all when asked what fans should expect this season from his teammate Rashaun …

The Blackhawks‘ surprising early-season success has not affected their amateur scouting department, which continues to evaluate 2026 NHL draft prospects the same way they always do. The process of narrowing down the top players in the class is shaping up …

Ben Johnson is bringing in a player from his past. The Bears signed former Lions linebacker Jalen Reeves-Maybin to the practice squad, the team announced Tuesday. The eight-year veteran was a special teams stalwart in Detroit, where he was named …

Left-hander Shota Imanaga will be returning to the Cubs after accepting the $22.025 million qualifying offer for 2026, sources confirmed Tuesday. Imanaga was one of four players who accepted the qualifying offer before Tuesday’s deadline, joining Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham, …

We legacy media skew old. The grizzled goat in front of me, picking up press tickets at the Steppenwolf Theatre on Sunday night, asked, “Where’s the bathroom?” That seemed a smart idea. We were about to see the Peter Shaffer …

Martin Castro no está listo para bajar la guardia ahora que los agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza y del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) parecen haber abandonado o reducido su actividad en el área de Chicago en …

A man suspected of having a gun sustained injuries that were not life-threatening after being shot by police in an alley Tuesday morning in the Washington Park neighborhood. The suspect “is going to be OK,” said Chicago police spokesperson Tom …

Silverio Villegas González tenía cocaína en su sistema y sufría de una grave enfermedad hepática cuando un agente federal de inmigración le disparó y lo asesinó durante una parada de tráfico a principios de este año en el suburbio de …