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Flowers are placed in the snow covering the plaques at the monument to the victims of the massacre at Columbine High School, which took place 25 years ago, on Saturday, April 20, 2024, in Littleton, Colo. David Zalubowski/AP As the …

DEAR ABBY: I have been divorced for nine years. Before that I was a stay-at-home mom raising four children. I had an in-home business, and most of the money went to our family’s needs. My husband became an alcoholic 20 …

Sun-Times file photo Sun-Times Four armed robberies were reported in downtown Chicago over 30 minutes early Thursday, police said. Eight people were targeted in the robberies that took place between 12:25 a.m. and 12:55 a.m., according to Chicago police. In …

“The People’s Joker” director Vera Drew also stars as a frustrated trans comedian who takes on an alter ego. Altered Innocence As much as I’ve admired many a modern-era superhero movie over the last two decades, some of the more …

Ted Xenohristos, Cava co-founder and chief concept officer, visits the chain’s new location at 1484 N. Milwaukee Ave. on Wednesday. Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times Nearly 20 years after opening in Maryland and expanding to more than 300 locations, Cava finally will enter …

Rendering of the proposed new Bears stadium. Chicago Bears The public finally got a good look Wednesday at the Chicago Bears $4.7 billion lakefront stadium plan. But the big reveal showed something far deeper than pretty renderings, impressive architectural animation …

Since 2020, documented hate crimes have increased 275% in Chicago. Sun-Times file We often say that hate has no home here, but in the last year, it has seemingly begun to take root in Chicago. Since October, antisemitic messages have …

House Music 40 founder Vince Lawrence (far left) is joined by Wayne Williams, Curtis McClain, Byron Stingily, Chip E. and Marshall Jefferson, who are scheduled to perform as part of the Chicago House Music Showcase at this summer’s NASCAR weekend …

The United States and 17 other countries on Thursday called for the release of all hostages held by Hamas. Leo Correa/AP WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders issued a joint statement Thursday calling for Hamas to release …

Northwestern students set up a protest camp on Deering Meadow on Thursday morning. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Dozens of Northwestern University students set up an encampment Thursday morning on Deering Meadow on the university’s campus in Evanston in protest of the Israel-Hamas …

California schools may soon need to provide halal and kosher meal options for students. Dubbed the Halal and Kosher School Meals Act, a proposed bill in the California Legislature would require schools to provide kosher or halal meals if more …

By Wyatte Grantham-Philps |  The Associated Press The Federal Trade Commission is sending more than $5.6 million in refunds to consumers as part of a settlement with Amazon-owned Ring, which was charged with failing to protect private video footage from …

ANAHEIM — Back in the first week of the season, Jo Adell was at the plate in Miami, with an 0-and-2 count. There was one out, and a runner at third base. Adell punched a fly ball into right field, …

California’s public schools, with nearly 6 million students, are feeling the financial impacts of a quintuple whammy. Billions of federal dollars to cushion the impacts of COVID-19 have been exhausted, school closures during the pandemic magnified declines in enrollment, chronic …

ARCADIA – Almost all of America’s top thoroughbred trainers spend the winter and spring trying to get their best 3-year-olds into the Kentucky Derby, planning the way in like cat burglars casing the Louvre. Michael McCarthy, this year, is different. …

While restaurants may come and go in the tough food business, there are some Los Angeles eateries that have defied the odds and stayed open for a century or more. Many of these places have rightfully become local icons often …