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Overspending is catching up with Atlanta real estate tycoon Charlie Croker (Jeff Daniels) in “A Man in Full.” NETFLIX Tom Wolfe was a breathtakingly gifted wordsmith whose writings have been adapted with varying success by Hollywood. Wolfe’s 1965 Esquire article …

Moon Alert Caution: Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 4 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Aquarius into Pisces. Aries (March 21-April 19) At this time, your chart has a strong emphasis on …

DETROIT, MICHIGAN – OCTOBER 08: David Montgomery #5 of the Detroit Lions celebrates after scoring a touchdown in the first quarter against the Carolina Panthers at Ford Field on October 08, 2023 in Detroit, Michigan. Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty …

Corinne Bailey Rae (shown at the Rock in Rio Festival in 2022) is among the artists set to perform in Millennium Park as part of the 2024 music series at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago. Wagner Meier/Getty Images Music …

Activists mark five years since the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outside Belmarsh Prison in London on April 14, 2024. David Cliff/AP WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been imprisoned in London for five years, while Texas journalist Priscilla Villarreal …

The injectable drug Ozempic is shown Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Houston. Starting July 1, Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Mounjaro will be covered for state employees in Illinois. David J. Phillip/AP The country’s obesity rates have …

Mayor Brandon Johnson is being urged to ensure that city-funded affordable housing is accessible to tens of thousands of low-income Chicagoans with disabilities. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Over the past 35 years, the city of Chicago has invested billions of dollars in …

A white electric vehicle charges at a charging port in a parking garage owned by Millennium Garages. Provided If Illinois wants to meet Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s goal of 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, more needs to …

Faux flowers decorate the entrance to Gino & Marty’s Italian at 844 W. Randolph St. in the West Loop. Chicago business owners hope the decor offers a warm welcome to patrons. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere / Sun-Times They slither, curl and …

The stabbing happened in the first block of North Lotus Avenue about 10:30 p.m., police said. Sun-Times file A man is dead after being stabbed during an argument in an Austin apartment Wednesday night, police said. The man was arguing …

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been imprisoned in London for five years, while Texas journalist Priscilla Villarreal was only briefly detained at the Webb County Jail. But both were arrested for publishing information that government officials wanted to conceal. Assange …

  The LA County Fair opens on Friday, May 3, 2024, and runs Thursday-Sunday through May 27 (Memorial Day) at Fairplex in Pomona. In the file photo, a worker moves a ticket booth in preparation for the opening of the …

Sacramento politicians need to get real. Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-Glendale, has once again brought back for consideration legislation that would pay out unemployment benefits for striking workers. In addition to being a terrible idea, as a piece of legislation it …

Marcus Smith is reportedly dead (Picture: Supplied) A suspected burglar shot dead by a homeowner in a botched burglary has been pictured for the first time. Marcus Smith, 19, has been named locally as the man who was fatally shot …