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What kind of White Sox winter will it be? Look to the last two as templates. Chris Getz’s slow-moving rebuilding project is not without its big positives as the 2025 campaign comes to a close. Not only could the team …

Preparing to confront Chicago’s $1.15 billion shortfall after two straight years of deficit spending, Mayor Brandon Johnson claimed this week that Chicago has a “revenue problem,” not a “spending problem.” But most Chicagoans strongly disagree with the mayor’s assessment, according …

My pregnancy with our son Owen was generally normal until, at full term, Owen’s heartbeat couldn’t be found. In spite of my low-risk pregnancy, Owen died before he got the chance to live. It turns out low-risk just meant undiagnosed …

A person is in custody after allegedly firing a gunshot at the home of a far southwest suburban state lawmaker early Tuesday. One shot was fired at the Shorewood home of Democratic state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, and three shots …

Esta semana fue al menos la segunda vez en el pasado siglo que el gobierno federal implementó un reforzamiento de la vigilancia migratoria en el Día de la Independencia de México en Chicago. Hace siete décadas, la administración del ex …

A growing memorial for political activist Charlie Kirk in his birthplace of Arlington Heights will be allowed in North School Park through Sunday, park district officials decided. Park district workers on Tuesday were scheduled to relocate the items — including …

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth is demanding Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins abandon his plan to use 12 parking spots at Edward Hines, JR. VA Hospital as a “staging area” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Duckworth’s letter …

Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling vowed Wednesday to resist any attempt to eliminate altogether 984 police vacancies — even as Mayor Brandon Johnson struggles to erase a $1.15 billion shortfall after two straight years of deficit spending. Johnson has ordered …

A gunman who fatally shot Lincoln Middle School Assistant Principal Nerissa Lee and another person turned the gun on himself outside the school in suburban Berwyn, officials said Wednesday. The two victims, Lee, 46, and a 76-year-old woman, died of …

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — No. 24 Notre Dame faces a familiar predicament — two early-season losses has left no margin for error. The circumstances have changed, though. This time, it’s the usually stout Fighting Irish defense searching for answers as …

The expectations and standards for Bears quarterback Caleb Williams will rise as his first season with coach Ben Johnson goes along. It might take until midseason for them to really click, but, in the meantime, Williams needs to deliver results. …

Bears cornerback Tyrique Stevenson hasn’t been good enough. “What I put on tape was definitely not who I am, or my standards, or this team’s standards,” he said Wednesday. Alarmingly so. He has allowed a perfect 158.3 passer rating when …

Theater Elizabeth McGovern (“Downton Abbey”) stars in “Ava: The Secret Conversations,” a new play based on a series of real-life interviews between Hollywood legend Ava Gardner and writer Peter Evans (Aaron Costa Ganis), which unveil details about her life story, …

The Blackhawks enter the first full day of training camp Thursday with some interesting things going on but nothing earth-shattering to discuss. The same can’t be said about their division rivals to the north, the Wild, who are reckoning with …

Seven women filed federal lawsuits Wednesday against Logan Correctional Center staff members they said sexually assaulted them while they were incarcerated. The lawsuits detail how the women were sexually assaulted by correctional and internal affairs officers in broom closets and …

A woman is in critical condition after being rescued Wednesday afternoon from Lake Michigan, according to Chicago police. The woman was rescued from the water near 31st Street Beach at 2:40 p.m. and she was taken to University of Chicago …

The feds say immigration agents are arresting “the worst of the worst” during an aggressive deportation campaign that was launched earlier this month in the Chicago area. President Donald Trump’s administration has named dozens of immigrants who have been swept …

The journey of the Leo Catholic High School choir on the TV show “America’s Got Talent” has put Auburn Gresham, where the school has sat for nearly a century, on the national map. The results of the choir’s semifinals performance …

The Blackhawks avoided entering training camp without a young piece of their defense by signing Wyatt Kaiser to a new two-year contract Wednesday. Kaiser had been a restricted free agent with no arbitration rights or offer-sheet eligibility, giving him little …

A man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for using a credit card skimmer across Chicago and parts of New Jersey to steal more than $175,000, according to federal court documents. Florin Nicolae Tarta, 40, who …