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The city of Chicago unveiled an initiative to cut red tape to make it easier and faster to open and run small businesses, at a time when many local owners face a litany of challenges. “As my administration continues our …

In the days after the horrific burning of a woman on a CTA train, allegedly by a clearly deranged habitual criminal suspect last month, some in the news media immediately focused on their go-to issue: The Safety, Accountability, Fairness and …

Police are warning residents after three women were sexually assaulted and robbed in Woodlawn. The most recent assault occurred about 11 a.m. Wednesday in the 6400 block of South Drexel Avenue, police said. The others occurred Oct. 3 at 3 …

Police are warning residents after two women were the victims of attempted sexual assaults in Logan Square. The attacks occurred Friday in the early morning hours — the first around 2:32 a.m. in the 2600 block of North Sawyer Avenue …

A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried the actions of …

LAS VEGAS — Stroll into this fourth-story abode, and a narrow kitchen to the left soon gives way to a field of fudge-colored carpet that might typically feature a dining table and massive sectional. Instead, straight ahead, a wide desk …

In a heartbeat, Ruben Lujano and two other men, good friends Daekwon Cunningham and Martese J. Williams, died together this week after stepping out of their cars following an accident on I-57 in West Pullman. As Lujano, 50, drove home …

Some rust was expected once Bulls backup center Zach Collins returned from injury, and it didn’t take long to notice Friday night. Making his season debut against the visiting Pacers, Collins — who needed surgery after hurting his left wrist …

Firefighters battled a multi-alarm fire at a multi-unit apartment complex in the O’Hare community on the Northwest Side on Friday afternoon. The blaze broke out about 4 p.m. at 8629 W. Foster Ave., prompting a response from the Chicago Fire …

Four tanker cars of a freight train derailed Friday afternoon in South Deering on the South Side, the Chicago Fire Department said. Firefighters responded to the scene near 99th Street and Marquette Avenue. Preliminary reports suggest there was no leakage …

Bolingbrook’s Brady Pettigrew had almost the entire half court to himself and some time to mull over how he was going to finish his fastbreak basket against visiting Oswego on Friday. “I was kinda wide open, so I figured, why …

It seems like the kind of conversation Bulls coach Billy Donovan would remember, but “that situation with Giannis has never been communicated to me one way or the other,” he said Friday. He was referring to the latest Bulls rumor …

Former Cook County Judge Patricia Martin was sentenced Friday to four years of probation after pleading guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from World War II veteran Oscar Wilkerson Jr., who was one of the last surviving Tuskegee …

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Music flowed out of Humboldt Park United Methodist Church on Friday morning but not because there was a service. Community members were celebrating the start of work to transform the historic Logan Square structure, on the corner of Mozart Street …

Frank O. Gehry, the architectural titan whose music pavilion and its accompanying serpentine-like bridge helped turn a sunken and forlorn section of Grant Park into the globally celebrated Millennium Park, died Friday. The Canadian-born Mr. Gehry, who lived in Santa …

On Monday, Matt Songler, 27, of Bronzeville, was driving and did not see a pothole because of the falling snow. Luckily, his tire didn’t burst, and he was able to use a portable air pump that he had to fill …

I am deeply troubled by Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s decision to expand the Expedited Felony Review (a misnomer) pilot program citywide in low-level gun cases. This policy change will allow Chicago police officers to file charges in …

DEAR ABBY: I’m a man in my 70s. My girlfriend is eight years younger. We were first introduced 42 years ago by relatives who believed we would be a good match. I was an only child; she was from a …

A decade ago, Ashley Thompson created the ready-to-eat overnight oats company Mush — a brand that bills itself as a healthier breakfast with nutrient-dense ingredients, free of fillers and additives. The Chicago-based company has sold more than 200 million cups, …