Today is Friday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2025. There are 26 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 5, 1952, the Great Smog of London descended on the British capital; the unusually thick fog, which …
Today in History: December 5, Great Smog of London descends Read MoreDEAR ABBY: My best friend of more than 10 years, “Ian,” ghosted me! Related Articles Dear Abby: I’ve saved up for an exotic dream trip. Is it OK to go without my wife? Dear Abby: After the thrilling kiss, I …
Dear Abby: I worry that my ex-friend might tell my wife what I said about her Read MoreDEAR MISS MANNERS: I am the “last hostess standing” in my family and an associated circle of older friends. Everyone else has a reason why folks cannot gather at their house. Related Articles Miss Manners: Why would someone refuse a …
Miss Manners: She commandeers my kitchen to prepare the simplest potluck item Read MoreDEAR HARRIETTE: I go to a dog park weekly, and there’s one dog owner who keeps letting their dog jump all over me and my dog, even though I’ve repeatedly tried to set boundaries. Related Articles Harriette Cole: I was …
Harriette Cole: Everyone at the dog park laughs when I’m disrespected by another owner Read MoreFive-time Los Angeles Lakers champion Magic Johnson feels Austin Reaves has done just about enough to earn his first All-Star nod this season. Johnson was in awe of Reaves’ performance on Thursday, when the undrafted guard finished with 44 points, …
Magic Johnson Calls for Lakers Guard to Make First All-Star Team: ‘Dominant Play’ Read MoreThe state has warned national rental car companies that federal immigration enforcement agents switching the vehicles’ assigned license plates with other plates violates Illinois law, and the firms ultimately could be held liable. Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office …
License-plate tampering a no-no, Illinois warns fed immigration agents, car rental agencies Read MorePatrick Finley and Jason Liessr break down the Bears’ chances against the Packers, make their picks for Sunday’s game and examine the team’s playoff chances. New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on the podcast’s …
Halas Intrigue Bears podcast: It’s Packers Week! Read MoreThe Chicago Elite Classic is back for its 14th year. The annual early-season event at UIC’s Credit Union 1 Arena this weekend is bigger than ever with 13 games and 26 teams. Plus, the event features players at or near …
Previewing the Chicago Elite Classic Read MoreChicago’s second straight budget stalemate is not about the City Council vs. Mayor Brandon Johnson, or left vs. centrist. It’s about Wall Street rating agencies and an almost certain downgrade in the city’s bond rating “if we don’t get this …
Chicago headed for a bond rating drop if City Hall doesn’t get budget right, Civic Fed president says Read MorePlease send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Schedule provided by Jack Gleason. Send schedule updates to hsbballjg@gmail.com. Thursday, December 4, 2025 RED CENTRAL Hyde Park 64, Englewood 32 Phillips 63, Perspectives-MS 57 Kenwood at Dyett, 6:30 RED NORTH Lane 72, …
Thursday’s high school basketball scores and schedule Read MoreJustin Baren, a Chicago-area musician who as a teenager shot to the upper echelon of the music industry in the pop band the Redwalls, has died. The band announced his death Tuesday. Baren was 40. Martin Baren, his father, declined …
Redwalls vocalist and bassist Justin Baren dies at 40 Read MoreU.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is making one last effort to push a bill ensuring a legal pathway to citizenship for child immigrants through Congress before his upcoming retirement. Durbin, D-Ill., and Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, introduced the Development Relief and …
Durbin reintroduces DREAM Act in hopes of paving citizenship pathway for child immigrants Read MoreFrom time to time, David Kaplan would be inspired to record what he called a “REKAP,” a video several minutes long in which he’d recap a game in his usual energetic tone and post it on Twitter. He didn’t benefit …
The rise of The REKAP, with David Kaplan and Ryan McGuffey — nearly a quarter of a million served Read MoreOne of the three men killed while standing outside the scene of a three-vehicle crash in West Pullman early Wednesday was described as a loving person “who brought joy and laughter to everyone around him.” Ruben Lujano, whose age wasn’t …
2 of 3 killed in I-57 crashes in West Pullman identified Read MoreBears safety Jaquan Brisker is on a text thread with a few of his former Penn State teammates, including star edge rusher Micah Parsons. During training camp, after Parsons requested a trade from the Cowboys, Brisker playfully lobbied via text …
Bears have their ‘hands full’ with Micah Parsons, whose presence on Packers changed NFC North Read MoreIt looked like the great collective-bargaining agreement war was ending. Months of terse negotiations had gone quiet. The players’ union and the league extended their bargaining deadline without trading public insults. Then a surprising proposal from the league leaked: They …
Battle to define revenue sharing in the WNBA continues Read MoreMayor Brandon Johnson’s administration on Thursday delivered a pointed rebuttal to sharply higher taxes and fees for garbage collection, off-premise liquor sales and rides on Uber and Lyft proposed by a City Council majority determined to avoid the mayor’s proposed …
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration shoots down Council members’ alternate budget ideas Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The first full-length book by Pope Leo XIV to come out in the U.S. will be published next year. HarperOne announced Wednesday that it had acquired world rights to “Peace Be With You! My Words to …
Pope Leo XIV’s first full-length U.S. book, ‘Peace Be With You,’ to be released in February Read MoreLOS ANGELES — The day Blackhawks forward prospect Roman Kantserov will finally move from Russia to America is approaching. In the meantime, Kantserov continues to elevate his stock. The 21-year-old winger leads the KHL, arguably the second-best league in the world, …
Blackhawks prospect updates: Roman Kantserov showing ‘bulldog mentality’ in Russia as NHL arrival nears Read MoreWatching Kobe Bryant play at the Staples Center in Los Angeles was always a bucket-list item for me. I moved to L.A. in 2013 for school eager for the opportunity. I never got the chance. Kobe missed most of that …
Review: ‘Elf the Musical’ falls short of capturing the magic of the movie Read More