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DENVER — NBA teams tend to fall back on minutes restrictions starting this time of the year. On Sunday, the Bulls showed they’re more like “minutes suggestions.” Guard Coby White, making his season debut against the Jazz after dealing with …

A pedestrian is dead after a hit-and-run in Morgan Park on Monday afternoon, police said. The 45-year-old pedestrian was hit by a van driving southbound in the 11700 block of South Marshfield Avenue about 4:45 p.m., according to Chicago police. …

DENVER — Josh Giddey’s offense continues to be All-Star-caliber. Before finishing with 21 points and 14 rebounds against the Nuggets in a 130-127 victory Monday night that ended the Bulls’ five-game losing streak, he was fresh off his third triple-double …

It seems unlikely longtime Bears nemesis Aaron Rodgers will play Sunday in what likely would be his final game at Soldier Field, but it’s still murky. Rodgers, now the Steelers’ quarterback, suffered what ESPN reported to be “a slight break” …

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Rocker Billy Corgan is anything but one note. For decades, he’s poured what he describes as a strong Midwest work ethic into seemingly endless ventures, from his 1990s rock group, the Smashing Pumpkins, to a professional wrestling league, an artisanal …

In 2017, Stephanie O’Donnell, her husband, Terrence, and their young children Millie and Poppy left their beloved home in Oak Park and moved to Dublin, Ohio. In doing so, they left much of their collective hearts in the middle of …

Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser discuss whether the first-place Bears can reach the postseason. 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 you …

The best fourth-quarter team in the NFL isn’t going to start thinking about the playoffs until the fourth quarter of the season. ‘‘Once we make it through the three-quarter mark, then we’ll start shifting our focus,’’ Bears head coach Ben …

The Bears are firmly in the playoff field after beating the Vikings to get to 7-3, and for a team that has been decisively out of the picture by mid-November each of the last four seasons, that’s a big step. …

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Police are looking for three assailants who opened fire on a crowd waiting for a bus, hitting a woman late Monday on the Southwest Side. Around 11:50 p.m., the 54-year-old woman was seated among group at the stop in the …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Mayor Brandon Johnson experienced a significant defeat Monday as City Council’s Finance Committee rejected his $600 million tax package built on a corporate head tax. 🗞️ Plus: Local groups share lessons learned as feds …

A 9-year-old boy and a woman were seriously hurt by a group of attackers Monday afternoon in South Deering on the Far South Side. The group confronted the pair — who were walking — and hit them multiple times just …

Illinois residents will be able to store their driver’s licenses and IDs on their cellphones starting Wednesday, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced. Digital IDs will first be available for iPhones and Apple Watches via the Apple Wallet app, …

El domingo por la mañana, el púlpito del reverendo Michael Woolf estaba adornado con minifiguras de Jesús mientras le hablaba a su congregación. Bajo su traje, su cuerpo estaba marcado por moretones que, dijo, sufrió cuando fue arrestado por la …

When Aaron Rodgers decided to sign with the Steelers this offseason, he pointed to playing at Soldier Field as a perk of his new job. He still has a chance to do that. Rodgers broke his left wrist Sunday against …

DENVER — It didn’t take long for the team’s enforcer to get onto the scene. All 195 pounds of him, and that’s on a good day, likely with shoes on. Then again, Bulls guard Dalen Terry wouldn’t have it any …

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas is joining the 2027 race for mayor of Chicago, but she doesn’t want to talk about it until after she is safely reelected next year to an eighth term in the job she has held …

One of Música Mexicana’s most popular bands will headline Sueños Music Festival in Grant Park next spring. Sueños organizers C3 Presents announced Tuesday that Fuerza Regida, a 5-member band from San Bernardino, Calif., will headline the fifth year of the …