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El gobernador de Illinois, JB Pritzker, visitó al Papa León XIV en el Vaticano, llevando consigo cerveza del estado natal del pontífice y una invitación para que viniera a Chicago. El miércoles, Pritzker anunció su audiencia con el papa en …

With the 2025-26 season fast approaching, it’s time for seniors in the Class of 2026 to shine. Their development will continue, but their experience warrants even bigger production and headlines this season. The following list is a combination ofseniors who …

Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson practiced in full Thursday for the first time since having groin surgery, making a return to game action Sunday a possibility. “He looks like he hasn’t missed a step,” cornerback Tyrique Stevenson said. “Definitely excited to …

It sounds increasingly likely the Steelers will let quarterback Aaron Rodgers make the call on whether he plays Sunday at Soldier Field against the Bears. And given his history with them, it’s hard to imagine he’d miss what likely would …

PORTLAND, Ore. — For a few seconds, there was nothing “calming” about Nikola Vucevic. There was a quick turn and taunting fist pump for the bystanders in the Moda Center, a shove of excitement for Kevin Huerter and his other …

La Coalición para el Liderazgo Espiritual y Público dijo que el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) utilizó “una comunicación cambiante, contradictoria y a menudo sospechosa” para negar a los clérigos la capacidad de rezar con los detenidos en la instalación …

Bears fans of a certain age know former middle linebacker Mike Singletary as “Samauri Mike.” Others have seen him in old game highlights, menacingly shouting, “We’re gonna be here all day” and “I like this kind of party.” Very few, …

A Chicago police officer shot a man Tuesday after he discarded a gun in an alley in the Washington Park neighborhood and tried to go back for it, according to a preliminary investigation by Chicago police oversight officials. Anthony Nelson, …

The Bears’ Week 14 game in Green Bay will get the late-afternoon treatment. The NFL announced Thursday that the Dec. 7 game at Lambeau Field was moved from noon to 3:25 p.m. and will be broadcast on Fox. The Bengals-Bills …

Chicago State University enrolled its largest freshman class in a decade this fall — an encouraging trend at the state’s only predominantly Black university, which has struggled with declining enrollment and funding cuts in recent years. Undergraduate enrollment was up …

A Chicago police officer is facing dismissal after he tested positive for methamphetamine and marijuana just months after he was arrested for allegedly driving drunk and groping a woman at a bar on the Near North Side. Officer Aramis Williams, …

When some members of the Blackhawks‘ young generation aren’t together on the ice, you might be able to find them on the battleground instead. There’s no health or injury risk, though. These battlegrounds exist solely within the virtual worlds of …

Thirty Illinois House Democrats have urged the City Council to spike Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal to tax online sports betting for fear that it would invite other municipalities to do the same, drive online sports betting underground and send state …

Sean Morrison, the sole Republican on the Cook County Board of Commissioners, will not seek reelection, he announced in a message Thursday evening. Morrison stepped down as the chair of the Cook County GOP in April, saying it was “time …

The clock ticked toward the two-minute warning, the air heavy with snowfall and the nerves of a sold-out Soldier Field. The Bears were losing by a field goal with the ball at the Giants’ 46 two weeks ago. The Bears’ …

Mayor Brandon Johnson said Thursday that an “absolute failure” of the criminal justice and mental health systems allowed a “seriously disturbed” man with a history of dozens of felony charges to douse a woman with gasoline, authorities say, and light …

The Cook County Board voted unanimously Thursday to approve Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s $10.1 billion budget for next year, a spending plan without a deficit or layoffs, new taxes, fees or fines. The budget was also widely popular among commissioners …

A Texas man has been convicted of federal charges after he defrauded 1,000 investors out of $14 million with a crypto currency scam, according to court documents. Robert Dunlap, 54, was convicted Monday by a Chicago jury on two counts …

Donations have poured in to help a South Deering family relocate to a new home after the mother and her 9-year-old son were attacked on the Far South Side Monday afternoon. Chicago police on Monday said a group of attackers …

The Chicago Plan Commission had a busy meeting Thursday, approving several long-awaited projects vying for a green light that moves them closer to breaking ground. DePaul University received the first city approval needed to build a $42 million practice facility …