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Merely by the Bears getting to 7-3 and giving themselves a chance at the playoffs, regardless of how it turns out, they’ve unlocked a valuable phase in quarterback Caleb Williams’ development. Every game the rest of this season will be …

Federal authorities say a man with “no business being on the streets” approached a 26-year-old woman scrolling through her phone on a CTA Blue Line train Monday night, doused her with gasoline and set her on fire. And then, 50-year-old …

Muchos residentes de Illinois podrán llevar sus licencias de manejo y documentos de identificación en sus teléfonos celulares a partir del miércoles, anunció el secretario de Estado de Illinois, Alexi Giannoulias. Las identificaciones digitales estarán disponibles primero para iPhone y …

Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser preview Sunday’s Steelers game and talk all about Aaron Rodgers. New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on the podcast’s hub page. You can also listen to “Halas Intrigue” wherever …

It’s rare for a top-ranked preseason team to talk about practice a lot. For several decades, the Sun-Times’ No. 1 team was stacked with star players and featured a superstar. The mood was more Allen Iverson than Tom Kleinschmidt. “We …

ESPN and Major League Baseball appeared headed for an ugly separation after the network opted out of its rights deal in February. Nine months later, it appears to be the best thing to happen to both parties. ESPN has a …

Northwestern Medicine is launching a behavioral health institute with a $25 million gift from the Kent and Liz Dauten Family Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic investments in behavioral health in the region, according to the hospital system. The Northwestern …

The Illinois Commerce Commission slashed a proposed $314 million rate hike by suburban gas company Nicor by nearly half Wednesday. Nicor had asked to sharply raise rates by $314 million for infrastructure upgrades and “affordable decarbonization that includes both gas …

Two students with ties to Illinois are among this year’s class of Rhodes Scholars headed to Oxford University next year on the coveted scholarship. Among this year’s class are Oklahoma-raised University of Chicago student Tori Harris and Duke University student …

Here’s a look at the the area’s top 50 boys high school basketball players. For the past few years I’ve left out incoming freshmen as a policy. They have plenty of seasons ahead of them to prove it on the …

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker paid Pope Leo XIV a visit in the Vatican, bearing some beer from the pontiff’s home state and an invitation to come to Chicago. Pritzker announced his audience with the pope on social media early Wednesday …

Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball is back for a 12th season. This episode is all about the preseason Super 25 rankings. We go in-depth on the top teams and discuss each of the …

White Sox fans shouldn’t plan on much outside reinforcement coming to help the team next season. “We’re not actively looking to move anyone, but naturally there is some interest in our players,” general manager Chris Getz said Wednesday. He then …

Recently released documents by Congress from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are shedding new light on the disgraced financier’s relationship with prominent Illinois civic figure Thomas Pritzker. Pritzker, Gov. JB Pritzker’s cousin, exchanged at least 20 back-and-forth …

One Chicago restaurant earned a coveted Michelin star Tuesday night, while another was upgraded from one star to two during a ceremony in Philadelphia. Chicago’s Kasama was elevated from one star to two stars. The Ukrainian Village Filipino restaurant is …

A data breach at St. Anthony Hospital could have exposed the personal information of patients, staff and others, according to hospital officials. In February, the hospital learned a “small number” of employee accounts had been accessed by an “unauthorized actor,” …

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporate head tax is not dead — even after being voted down by the City Council’s Finance Committee — because his veto threat creates a threshold that cannot be overcome, a powerful mayoral ally said Wednesday. Budget …

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has been through a lot in the NFL, but it’s still early in his career. He’s barely past the halfway point of his second season, so plenty of new challenges lie ahead. This week, in his …

White Eagle Events and Convention Center in Niles, which hosted dinners for numerous celebrities, a pope and a president, will permanently close at the end of the year. Ted Przybylo opened the business in 1947 in Chicago and moved it …

The Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security used “shifting, contradictory, and often opaque communication” to deny clergy the ability to pray with detainees at the ICE facility in Broadview, including late immigrant activists …