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With the country’s longest government shutdown finally over, Illinois officials say they expect full SNAP food assistance to begin flowing Friday and that the nearly 2 million people in the state that rely on the program to buy groceries will …

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Virgo. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Today you might have to put your emotional consideration second to the demands of someone else. …

Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security announced that the scores of federal agents deployed in and around Chicago the last several weeks were responsible for a “historic drop in crime” in Chicago. “Since initiating Operation Midway Blitz in …

In a TV interview this summer, amid an aggressive immigration operation in Los Angeles that led to a war of words with Democratic leaders in California, U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino described himself as “apolitical” in how he does …

Staff at Nourishing Hope food pantry started building holiday boxes last month. Stacks of stuffing mix, canned vegetables and other Thanksgiving trimmings were piled high at the organization’s headquarters in West Town. The boxes will go out to an estimated …

Ricardo Aguayo Rodriguez was bicycling home from a grocery store in Melrose Park, where he has lived for decades, when U.S. Border Patrol agents approached him. Aguayo, 54, ditched the bike and ran. When the feds caught up with him, …

Democrats and other democracy well-wishers are spilling gallons of ink and a profusion of pixels on the question of whether ending the government shutdown was a blunder or not. I submit that either way, it won’t matter very much if …

The Scottsdale Research Institute grows psilocybin mushrooms in Arizona with permission from the Drug Enforcement Administration. Late last month, the organization announced that it will use those mushrooms in a state-funded study testing their effectiveness in treating post-traumatic stress disorder. …

I am a high school teacher at Little Village Lawndale High School. La Villita currently faces a crisis few understand. The fear that once gripped our students due to gang violence years ago has returned. But as of the last …

DEAR ABBY: I often see ads about stopping smoking. I’d like to share my story of success in overcoming this filthy habit in the hope that it may help someone else. I smoked four packs of non-filtered cigarettes every day. …

Welcome to the NFL’s juiced-ball era. The league passed a rule this spring that allows teams to spend all season preparing their own K-balls, or balls reserved specifically for kicks and punts. From 1999-2024, teams were only allowed to doctor …

A man was shot to death in Auburn Gresham early Friday on the South Side. The 61-year-old man was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his chest around 1:25 a.m. in a gangway in the 7600 block of South …

LAS VEGAS — How poorly have the Titans and rookie quarterback Cam Ward been playing? “We [rear end],” is how Ward summed it all up, and he wasn’t even referring to their most recent horrible executions and exceptional failures. (Ward …

Mike McCarthy has a unique place in Chicago sports media. Since 2020, two regional sports networks have launched in the city, and he has run both of them. After serving as general manager of Marquee Sports Network, he became president …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets — we look into federal immigration agents’ tactics over the last three months and a possible surge in enforcement next spring. 🗞️ Plus: The pressure on food pantries, …

A woman was fatally hit by a CTA Blue Line train in the subway near the Logan Square station Friday morning. It happened about 4:30 a.m. near the Logan Square subway station, 2620 N. Milwaukee Ave., according to an alert …

Two Amur leopard cubs have officially made their public debut at Brookfield Zoo. Amur leopards are considered one of the rarest and most endangered big cats. The female cubs, born on July 14, can now be seen playing and exploring …

LAS VEGAS — On Monday afternoon in Boston, Sam Panayotovich interrupted his text messaging with Jordan Lynch, the football coach at his alma mater, Mount Carmel High in Chicago, to dig into the NFL. The Caravan have been aiming for …

Do you believe in miracles? How about manifesting outcomes? Let’s try it together, Sky fans. Picture the pingpong balls popping. The first combination is drawn. A league employee calls out: “With the No. 1 pick in the 2026 draft … …

One of the mentally ill men recently spotlighted in the media for attacking women in public places in the city has been sentenced to prison for seven years. Derek Rucker, known on social media as a “puncher” because of his …