What does the typeface used on the U.S. State Department’s website have to do with a crowdfunding campaign for a Cinnabon worker fired for using racist slurs? Both are fallout from the Trump administration’s insidious war on diversity, equity and …
Trashing ADA-friendly typeface and Somali community are examples of MAGA’s intolerance Read MoreA burger and fries can set you back $24 at the upscale RL Restaurant at Chicago and Michigan avenues. And don’t forget to tip. You used to be able to get pretty full on that corner with a two-for-one coupon …
Stanley Tigerman-designed Arby’s in Streeterville is long gone but not forgotten Read MoreU.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia has spent his entire public life fighting for immigrant families like mine — families this country routinely overlooks. His legacy is not theoretical. It is lived and measurable, and it has reshaped futures for people …
Chuy Garcia’s career centered on uplifting Latino community Read MoreDEAR ABBY: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions. It has increasingly gotten on my mom’s nerves (she has also become more impatient and snappy lately), and she has been yelling at …
Dear Abby: Family’s collective mental health is declining rapidly Read MoreAbsorbing the news about the brutal treatment of detainees, to say nothing of the outright murder of “suspected” drug runners in the Caribbean, I think back to a conversation I had in February of this year. My interlocutor was a …
Trump administration’s ‘worst of the worst’ includes pregnant, postpartum women Read MoreA motorist has died after plowing head-on into a median late Thursday near 63rd Street Beach in the Jackson Park neighborhood. Officers responded to the crash around 11:50 p.m. after the driver struck a median while going south in the …
Man dies in wreck near 63rd Street Beach Read MoreA 33-year-old woman was given several citations after she ran a red light and plowed into a police car Thursday night in Fuller Park on the South Side. Around 10:50 p.m., the officers were in a marked squad car going …
Woman runs red light, crashes into cop car in Fuller Park Read MoreLAS VEGAS — If not for Derrick Henry and Lamar Jackson, perhaps even Dak Prescott, Christian McCaffrey’s trophy case would, by now, glimmer like a disco ball. At Alabama, with 2,219 rushing yards in 2015, Henry won the Heisman Trophy. …
NFL picks: 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey is working his magic Read MoreAt the beginning of the week of winter meetings, the Cubs talked over the metamorphosis of their bullpen throughout last season. “What we thought about our bullpen going into the season, … we were wrong,” manager Craig Counsell said in …
What the Cubs’ signings say about their approaching to building the 2026 bullpen Read MoreGood morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: U.S. Border Patrol commander-at-large Gregory Bovino is at the center of President Donald Trump’s deportation show. Our reporters traveled across the country to trace his roots. 🗞️ Plus: The truth about corporate head tax …
Who’s Gregory Bovino? Our cross-country investigation Read MoreHolding candles and flowers, a crowd gathered around an Evanston church’s Nativity display, where the familiar figurines stood quietly in the snow. But the Nativity display of Lake Street Church looked different this year, transformed to pay tribute to those …
Altered church Nativity scenes, one with a zip-tied baby Jesus, critique Trump’s deportation campaign Read MoreLos funcionarios de Chicago y del Condado de Cook advierten al público que se mantenga abrigado y cálido mientras la ciudad se prepara para temperaturas frías y amargas este fin de semana. Después de un breve aumento de las temperaturas …
Sugieren precaución ante temperaturas bajo cero este fin de semana Read MoreLa representante estadounidense Delia Ramírez y la senadora Tammy Duckworth se enfrentaron a altos funcionarios de la administración de Trump en audiencias separadas en Washington el jueves, donde Ramírez pidió una investigación sobre las “acciones potencialmente demandables” de la secretaria …
En Washington, la representante Ramírez llama mentirosa a Noem y Duckworth cuestiona despliegues de Trump Read MoreLa voz de la mamá de la oficial de policía de Chicago, Krystal Rivera, temblaba cuando hizo una pregunta el jueves mientras anunciaba una demanda por muerte injusta contra el Departamento de Policía de Chicago y el oficial Carlos Baker, …
‘¿Dónde está la justicia para Krystal?’ cuestiona mamá de Krystal Rivera después de presentar demanda Read MoreThree Chicago suspects remained in custody Friday after two robberies in suburban Will County, including one involving a 73-year-old woman who was bound and robbed at gunpoint during a home invasion earlier this week. The 73-year-old was able to escape …
3 Chicagoans in custody after woman, 73, bound and robbed at gunpoint during Homer Glen home invasion Read MoreA pedestrian was fatally struck by an SUV driver early Friday in Rogers Park on the North Side. Around 5:50 a.m., the 34-year-old man was on the street in the 6800 block of North Sheridan Road when a blue SUV …
Pedestrian fatally struck by SUV in Rogers Park Read MoreWorkers at the Alder Planetarium voted to unionize on Thursday. The union will form with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 and represent 70 employees responsible for every aspect of the institution’s operations, union officials …
Adler Planetarium workers vote to unionize Read MoreWe asked readers about the city’s plan to close the State/Lake L station until 2029 for a $444 million rebuild? Here’s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: “Money well spent. The station is from the 1800s. … If we …
CTA’s State/Lake L station 3-year rebuild plan prompts unhappy responses from Chicago transit riders, others Read MoreLAS VEGAS — As East Texas handicapper Paul Stone drove up State Route 79 to I-20 and headed east to Bossier City, Louisiana, last Friday morning, he listened to Chris Fallica on the Vegas Stats & Information Network (VSiN). A …
Stone’s throw for the CFP: Watch out for the Hurricanes Read MoreA massive tiger pushes up off a boulder with its two front legs and looks back over his left shoulder with an open mouth, white-capped waves lapping at both the rock and his feet. You can find that tiger as …
Chicago murals: Japanese tiger roars from Logan Square sushi restaurant Read More