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The insurance industry’s continued embrace of fossil fuel projects is worsening climate change, which ultimately hits consumers in the form of higher premiums for homeowners insurance, consumer groups said Wednesday. The four organizations — U.S. PIRG, Consumer Federation of America, …

Yes, this is a recipe for salad, but it’s really about the ricotta. More specifically, it’s about whipped ricotta. We all know ricotta as the ubiquitous filling in lasagna and other filled pasta dishes. What you may not know is …

The Bears will open the preseason by hosting the Dolphins on Aug. 10 (a Sunday) at 12 p.m., the team announced Thursday. Details for that game were left unspecified when the league released the schedule last week. They also will …

Chicago does not appear to have substantially expanded safety protocols for its busy calendar of events and festivals this summer, despite deadly attacks this year in New Orleans and Vancouver and calls from at least one alderman to bolster protections …

Kevin Cassidy has been in charge of Audacy’s six Chicago radio stations for just over 18 months. In that span, one station has required more attention than the others. The Score is working to move on from a tumultuous time …

New Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill will have to win over skeptical fans with results. Granted, basically anyone the Hawks hired — once top candidate David Carle decided to stay at the University of Denver — would’ve had to do that. …

Paul Simon may have broken the record for standing ovations Wednesday night at Symphony Center. The first was simply for stepping out on a Chicago stage for the first time in seven years. Since launching a farewell tour in 2018 …

Vindaloo is an Indian dish of Portuguese influence that typically is associated with the state of Goa on India’s southwestern coast, but the curry is popular around the world. Made with pork, lamb or chicken, it’s notable for its vinegary …

The six-legged alien Stitch from “Lilo & Stitch” doesn’t choose to be bad. He’s just genetically programed that way. Kind of like the way Disney is apparently programmed these days to strip mine its old animated stories to make poor …

The powerful, one-two punch of Beyoncé and the National Restaurant Association Show set a daily record for hotel occupancy last weekend, but Chicago needs to spend far more on marketing to maintain that tourism momentum in uncertain economic times. That …

Political leaders in Illinois and across Chicago, along with advocacy groups supporting Jewish and Muslim people, condemned Thursday the killings of two Israeli Embassy staff members who were shot Wednesday night. Gov. JB Pritzker said a member of his staff …

John Wayne Fry didn’t interact with his neighbor much. In hindsight, he wishes he would have talked to him about the war in Gaza. His neighbor, Elias Rodriguez, was arrested for fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington, …

The Trump Tower operator agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle allegations that its cooling-water intake system illegally sucked in and killed thousands of fish from the Chicago River over a years-long period. The proposed settlement, announced Thursday, has to …

Two years ago when she was a senior at Butler, Xamiya Walton got what looked like the opportunity of a lifetime. The current Northwestern freshman was invited to a Nike basketball event at the Brooklyn Nets facility. She was part …

Una parte del Rate Field ha sido dedicada permanentemente al apasionado aficionado de los White Sox, el Papa León XIV. El lunes, los White Sox revelaron un mural en honor a Robert Prevost, oriundo de Chicago quien se convirtió en …

Sueños regresa a Chicago para el fin de semana del Día de los Caídos y el programa de este año incluye a Shakira, Peso Pluma, Don Omar y Grupo Frontera. Más de 40 artistas locales y de renombre mundial se …

Una de las estrellas de más rápido ascenso en la música regional mexicana tiene el mundo a sus pies. Óscar Maydon, de 25 años de edad, es un cantautor de un pueblo fronterizo de México. Se presentará en el Sueños …

Federal agents arrested at least four people who showed up for their regularly scheduled hearing inside Chicago’s immigration court on Thursday. Agents dressed in civilian clothes waited on the 15th floor at 55 E. Monroe in downtown Chicago. One woman, …

Summer can be the perfect time to pick up a new book, a work of creativity that introduces the reader to exotic locations, compelling characters and intricate plots. But only if they’re real. The news that the Sun-Times ran an …

Jewish institutions in the Chicago area are focused on safety following the fatal shootings Wednesday evening of two Israeli Embassy aides outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. and the arrest hours later of a Chicago man who was …