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Federal prosecutors in Chicago are being asked to turn over “White House communications” by attorneys defending six people — including four Democratic politicians — charged with a conspiracy tied to protests outside an immigration holding facility in Broadview. A defense …

Thousands of lower-income residents in the Chicago area will be eligible for new discounts on their electric bills starting next year as energy costs soar. ComEd will roll out a low-income discount program starting Jan. 1 for households with incomes …

A Justice Department lawyer warned Thursday that it’s “wrong” to assume the deportation campaign that hit Chicago this fall is over, even though U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and others have left town for other cities. With a judge …

Former Cubs director of pitching Ryan Otero is leaving the organization to join the Red Sox as a special assistant to the chief baseball officer, league sources told the Sun-Times. Tyler Zombro, who for the past year served as a …

As the Bears try to get their passing game off the ground, they have a perennial 1,000-yard wide receiver in DJ Moore ready to explode. Not in a bad way like the Eagles’ A.J. Brown has done amid their struggles, …

After 13 years in prison, Maria Garza needed a place to live. But finding housing was not easy for Garza, who left Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln in June 2021. While living in homes of friends and family, as well …

A man faces six felony charges and is accused of being involved in a kidnapping and series of armed robberies in North Lawndale that took place in less than an hour early Wednesday, according to Chicago police. Marquis Terry, 21, …

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions from 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. After that, the moon moves from Gemini into Cancer. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Today has its challenges because the moon …

LOS ANGELES — In most ways, the Blackhawks are punching above their weight talent-wise this season. They absorbed a punch in the form of a five-game losing streak and are now riding another point streak, which they extended to three …

A city panel unanimously approved preliminary landmark status for 30 N. LaSalle St., the 44-story skyscraper for which architects Adler and Sullivan’s historic Chicago Stock Exchange Building was demolished — causing a civic uproar — in 1972. The Commission on …

The lunch hour at Minna’s Restaurant last week hummed with activity. Families packed into booths, men lining the long counter bolted down tacos while their impatient phones beeped at their sides. Stacks of to-go orders formed little towers on the …

It’s beginning to look a lot like Krampus around Chicago. If you haven’t met the mythical holiday figure yet, consider yourself lucky — or on the perma-nice list. This towering half-goat, half-demon adorned with horns, a long red tongue and …

Robert Payne lost his brother at a young age. The 66-year-old said he “tried to use drugs and everything else (so that) I could not feel and remember what had happened.” He said that when the money would run out, …

Enrique Espinoza has an unusual perspective for an immigration lawyer, having moved from Mexico nearly two decades ago and become an American citizen. He’ now guides his Chicago-area clients through an immigration system far different from the one he navigated. …

DEAR ABBY: My best friend of more than 10 years, “Ian,” ghosted me! We used to talk about everything — wives, children, jobs. We spent hours together and helped each other sort out our problems. He knew more about me …

If you followed the twists and turns of the Jeffrey Epstein saga over the last few weeks, you already know that several prominent names emerged from the tranche of emails that the Epstein estate released. Former Treasury Secretary and Harvard …

The warning signs of a mental health or substance use crisis vary. Some people may be agitated, express suicidal thoughts or appear disconnected from reality. Others may withdraw or become unable to care for their basic needs. When a person …

Four people were injured in a three-vehicle chain-reaction crash late Thursday in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side. Just before midnight, a gray car was going north in the 6200 block of South King Drive when it rear-ended …

LAS VEGAS — In the middle of the third quarter, inside their Huntington Bank Field and trailing only 10-8, the Browns doomed themselves with a horrible fourth-down play in their territory. Terrible special-teams debacles greased a deficit that would become …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: How the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a wing of the Department of Homeland Security, is now being turned against the immigrants they were meant to help.  🗞️ Plus: The State/Lake train station’s closing, Mayor Brandon …