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Immigration enforcement operations will continue in Chicago this weekend, says Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, even as the city celebrates Halloween and the Day of the Dead and hundreds of thousands of families are expected to be out on the …

A strong run game has been Bears quarterback Caleb Williams’ best friend this season, albeit an unreliable one. Friday, it got worse. The Bears ruled out running back D’Andre Swift, who has battled a groin injury for weeks, for Sunday’s …

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch on Friday defended the revenue choices state lawmakers made to deliver a $1.5 billion mass transit bailout that he believes will serve as a long-term fix for Chicago area transit agencies. The package that …

DePaul men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann had been riding his players hard. So, before the last day of the team’s summer conditioning program, in mid-August, he put the pedal down and made it even worse. “When does the sun rise …

The Bulls are winning games as though they’re — how to put this? — maybe even kind of good. The Blackhawks aren’t getting rolled over night after night themselves. What sick, twisted world is this? In this week’s “Polling Place,” …

Three weeks ago, a federal judge in Chicago ordered federal immigration officers that have been sweeping area streets to add individual IDs to their uniforms, an order she repeated Tuesday in court directly to the Trump administration’s top immigration enforcer …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. FIRST ROUND Games listed in bracket order. CLASS 8A: Pairings #32 Loyola at #1 Mount Carmel, Sat. 4:30 #17 Belleville East at #16 West Aurora, Sat. 6 #25 Palatine vs. #8 Young at …

The Bears don’t run into Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase often, but they likely will hear his name all game Sunday. Chase is right there with the Vikings’ Justin Jefferson as the best player at his position, and the Bengals …

When homeowner Leo Feler went to his local police station to report that federal immigration agents had entered his property without a warrant, he says officers turned him away — twice. Construction workers who were hired to replace windows and …

As a top editor for the Chicago Sun-Times, Ken Towers guarded the integrity of the newspaper. When, in 1985, one of his reporters was accused of fabricating a scene inside a rural Texas bar full of good-ol’-boy fans of the …

U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino no longer has to worry about a daily check-in with a federal judge, after an appeals court ruled Friday that the meetings would infringe on the separation of powers. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court …

Don’t blow it, fellas. There’s one weekend of games to go before the initial College Football Playoff rankings are revealed on Tuesday (7 p.m., ESPN). If you’re unbeaten, you’re in great shape. If you’ve lost once, you still might be …

Diego Castro estaba ayudando a su pasajera de Uber a sacar su maleta de la cajuela la mañana del viernes pasado cuando una camioneta SUV negra se detuvo frente a su auto. Momentos después, agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza le …

Dozens of people attended a protest Friday morning at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview. Several protesters were dressed in Halloween costumes. Illinois State Police troopers were passing out candy, which most protesters refused with some chanting, …

For months, immigrants held at the federal Broadview ICE facility have been describing terrible conditions they’ve experienced: overcrowding, poor food, nowhere to sleep, isolation from the outside world — including no access to legal counsel. On Thursday, immigrants rights lawyers …

EDMONTON, Alberta — Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill is almost like an MLB manager in terms of how he thinks about balancing player workloads. He favors unconventional lineups composed of 11 forwards and seven defensemen — compared to the usual 12 and …

The Bears’ defense sure looks incredible when it’s forcing fumbles and snaring interceptions. Linebacker Tremaine Edmunds and safety Kevin Byard fly all over the field looking for a pass to pluck, and cornerback Tyrique Stevenson and defensive end Montez Sweat …

A 15-year-old boy was shot and killed Friday afternoon in Little Italy, according to police. Someone fired shots from a car that pulled next to the boy around 4:15 p.m. in the 1300 block of West Grenshaw Street, Chicago police …

Two federal judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration must fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the nation’s largest food aid program, for November — just one day before the food stamp program was set to expire. Judge Indira Talwani …

Agentes federales detuvieron el jueves a dos hombres, incluido uno que irrumpió en un salón de clases de una escuela secundaria en Gurnee, tras una persecución a alta velocidad de 10 minutos que comenzó en Waukegan y provocó accidentes. En …