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Los residentes de un edificio de apartamentos en Chicago, donde ocurrió la redada por agentes federales de inmigración, están luchando por encontrar lugares donde vivir después de que una jueza del condado de Cook denegó su solicitud de más tiempo …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: An attorney and a law firm for the Chicago Housing Authority were sanctioned almost $60,000 for using ChatGPT in a court case. 🗞️ Plus: An exclusive look inside the Obama Center’s first finished building, an Englewood …

The Bears are putting playoff single-game tickets on sale on their website starting at 11 a.m. Thursday, with season-ticket holders given early access at 10 a.m. Were the regular season to end today, the Bears would be the seventh seed …

Hanukkah begins Sunday evening. With Christmas close behind, and all the buying of presents that both holidays demand. Let’s not mince words: giving gifts is hard. Part mind-reading, part scavenger hunt, part potlatch. Even when you know exactly what to …

The Department of Homeland Security says the man they detained in Elgin Saturday is a suspected member of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang. Immigration agents detained Luis Jesus Acosta Gutierrez after an hourslong standoff, DHS said in a statement …

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week’s episode begins with Two Takes and then Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen break down some first impressions of the season—talking about teams, players and trends that …

ORLANDO, Fla. — Anthony Kay knew it was a time limit overseas for him. From the moment he signed his contract to pitch in the Nippon Professional Baseball league he knew that he wanted to return to the states. Kay, …

Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday that bars civil immigration arrests from being made in or near courthouses, and gives residents more leeway to sue federal agents over alleged civil rights violations. Illinois’ “ICE out” legislation was approved this fall …

Federal prosecutors in Chicago say a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer committed multiple “gunpoint sexual assaults” of four women in the suburbs who offered him money and referenced their children as they begged him to stop. The alleged assaults …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Schedule provided by Jack Gleason. Send schedule updates to hsbballjg@gmail.com. Tuesday, December 9, 2025 RED CENTRAL Dyett at King, 6:30 Englewood at Kenwood, 5:00 Phillips at Hyde Park, 6:00 RED NORTH Amundsen at …

Last week, the Sun-Times and the r/chicago subreddit came together to hold an AMA, or Ask Me Anything, on federal immigration enforcement in Chicago and the suburbs. National politics reporter Tina Sfondeles, federal courts reporter Jon Seidel and news reporter …

As coach Neil Alexander wrapped up the first couple of weeks of his 49th season as a high school basketball head coach this past weekend, he didn’t give any thought to what the four wins his Lincoln Railsplitters have secured …

Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson pushed back Tuesday against the Trump administration’s threat to cut off federal transit funding unless the Democratic leaders “take immediate action” to bolster CTA security. Citing the horrific case of a woman doused …

Rejoice, New Year’s dieters: Oreos are getting a sugar-free option. Mondelez said Tuesday that Oreo Zero Sugar and Oreo Double Stuf Zero Sugar will go on sale in the U.S. in January. They’re a permanent addition to the Chicago company’s …

In 2006, Merriam-Webster named “truthiness” its Word of the Year. Coined by comedian Stephen Colbert, the word was defined as a “seemingly” truthful quality supported not by facts, but “because of a feeling that it is true.” In 2022, the …

Sam Rinzel’s season has not gone the way he or the Blackhawks hoped. After entering the year as the Hawks’ No. 1 defenseman, Rinzel gradually slipped down the depth chart and struggled on the ice until the organization decided to …

The first time singer-songwriter Michael McDermott walked through the gates of Cook County Jail was Nov. 23, 2002, after being arrested at the House of Blues for cocaine possession. He returned this week in a different capacity: musician. It was …

A U.S. citizen who in October was dragged from her SUV by masked federal immigration agents in West Town testified before a congressional public forum in Washington Tuesday that she has experienced panic attacks and daily nightmares after being held …

Hundreds of Catholics took part in a procession down 26th Street in Little Village on Tuesday, marking the beginning of Our Lady of Guadalupe festivities. The mini-pilgrimage — which mirrors larger-scale celebrations happening in Des Plaines and Mexico City — ended …

Gov. JB Pritzker sent a warning shot across the border Tuesday, declaring Illinois Democrats are “ready to stand up” and gerrymander a new congressional map if Indiana Republicans follow through with a redistricting plan ordered by President Donald Trump. Indiana’s …