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The Chicago Housing Authority is back at the drawing board: One of its top CEO candidates withdrew from consideration last month. Candidate Jillian Baldwin decided to remain as the CEO of a housing authority in Bridgeport, Connecticut, after negotiations with …

Bears coach Ben Johnson has lit a fire under his players a few times in his first year on the job, and he went there again in hopes of getting their attention ahead of the wild-card game against the Packers …

The Packers didn’t play their starters Sunday but the Bears did. While coach Ben Johnson defended his decision after the game — “Some teams, they rest their starters [but] we don’t, we play football,” he said — the playoff schedule …

An Illinois appellate court upheld a $2.8 million judgment against the Chicago Transit Authority last week for a woman struck by a CTA bus in 2018, even though she was later convicted of killing and dismembering her landlord in an …

In March, the Rev. Walter McCray, a West Garfield Park resident and the pastor of Greater Union Baptist Church on the West Side, was billed $818.76 for the first installment of his property taxes. In December, he was billed more …

Chicago heating bills could get even higher next year under a proposed rate hike from Peoples Gas that would increase the average household natural gas tab by up to $11 per month. The city’s gas utility submitted a request to …

Bob Pulford, a Hockey Hall of Famer who spent 30 years as a Blackhawks coach, general manager and executive in a variety of roles, died Monday. He was 89. Pulford, a native of Ontario, already had enjoyed a lengthy playing …

WASHINGTON — The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of cutting the number of vaccines it recommends for every child — a move that leading medical groups said would undermine protections against half a dozen diseases. The change is effective …

Leaders of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private agency that has steered federal funding to PBS, NPR and hundreds of public television and radio stations across the country, voted Monday to dissolve the organization that was created in 1967. …

BOSTON — Questions about Bulls guard Coby White’s calf issues aren’t going away anytime soon. And until they do, neither are the restrictions on his playing time. White, who missed three games after tightness in his right calf caused him …

The village of Broadview approved changes to its zoning laws, enacting further restrictions on prisons and detention centers following widespread protests at its Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility late last year. The Broadview zoning board backtracked Monday, recommending the village …

Loyola didn’t start Monday’s game against Naperville Central in its trademark man-to-man defense. Instead, the Ramblers sagged off sophomore Jaliyah Brown, and had junior forward Emily Naraky providing help on Naperville Central star Trinity Jones. Brown hit two early threes …

BOSTON – Monday wasn’t it for Coby White. His first game back from yet another calf setback and a dismal 2-of-7 shooting night against Boston while trying to deal with minutes restrictions hanging over his head, obviously wasn’t ideal for …

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. After that, the moon moves from Leo into Virgo. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day You make a marvelous impression on others …

Tickets for the 14th annual Chicago Theater Week go on sale today for 75 shows across the city at a discounted rate. “The biggest thing about Chicago Theater Week is access,” said Alexis Davis, director of marketing at the League …

U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino’s mouth has got him in legal trouble again — this time in Tennessee. In Chicago, a federal judge found that Bovino lied in a court deposition in November about his own use of tear …

DEAR ABBY: My wife’s nephew is getting divorced. The process seems to be amicable; there was no cheating or abuse. They have two children. Even though the soon-to-be-ex, “Michelle,” has always been welcoming and nice, my wife’s family has circled …

University of Chicago professor Robert Pape, director of the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, painted a bleak picture on the path ahead when it comes to President Donald Trump’s unprecedented attack on Venezuela, the arrest of President Nicolas Maduro …

While I remain hopeful that Venezuela — a place my father called home after leaving Colombia, where my two sisters were born and where many of my cousins still call home — can finally realize true self-governance and self-determination, I …

Chicago’s Grant Park Music Festival announced its season lineup Tuesday, offering the first glimmer of hope that the city’s summer cultural season isn’t too far off. The annual classical series features the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus and will bring …