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DEKALB, Ill.— Way back in the summer, when the high school football season was just getting started, there was a buzz around Brother Rice’s defensive line. Seniors King Liggins (Illinois) and Michael Fitzgerald were expected to combine with junior Brayden …

This season felt like a redshirt year for the Bulls’ 12th overall draft pick Noa Essengue anyway. Now, who knows when the rookie will even be a contributor? Two years from now? Three? It won’t be in the 2025-26 campaign, …

Illinois and Cook County officials are beefing up government services to help more residents obtain REAL IDs, and avoid a new $45 penalty that will be instituted next year for air travelers without the updated identification. Illinois Secretary of State …

A year after Lacramioara Beldie was killed by her estranged husband, who’d been ordered to stay away, her family has sued Cook County and the company that operated his tracking device. In the months leading up to her death, Beldie …

Workers at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry have voted to approve their first union contract. The contract with the Hyde Park museum covers roughly 120 employees, and includes an average 8% pay raise and 3% annual increase over …

Rosemont police say they have found no evidence to back up actress Tara Reid’s claim that she was drugged at a hotel bar late last month, leading her to be hospitalized. Police said in a statement Wednesday said that, while …

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH A former suburban St. Louis police officer admitted that over several months last year, he pulled over 20 women’s vehicles and searched their phones for nude photos and videos. Related Articles Ex-missionary from Ohio charged with sexually …

LOS ANGELES — Khary Darlington and the UCLA football recruiting staff had a whirlwind last few months. Commits dropped like flies as the university fired head coach DeShaun Foster – a fairly expected occurrence after a coaching change – after …

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — One of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell ‘s most vocal accusers urged judges on Wednesday to grant the Justice Department’s request to unseal records from their federal sex trafficking …

A prominent orthopedic surgeon denied during testimony Wednesday, Dec. 3 in the Tyler Skaggs wrongful death trial that he was informed of the Los Angeles Angels pitcher’s issues with opioids when he performed Tommy John surgery on him in 2014. …

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and LAURA UNGAR WASHINGTON (AP) — A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — appointed by Republicans and Democrats alike — issued a scathing denunciation of new FDA assertions casting doubt on vaccine …

By STELLA MARTANY IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The United States inaugurated a massive new consulate compound Wednesday in Irbil, the capital of northern Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region. Related Articles Newly released photos show ‘disturbing look’ into Epstein Island Pentagon knew …

LOS ANGELES — If Sean McVay learned anything from the injury luck his Rams have had along the offensive line the past three seasons, it’s that depth is an absolute necessity at the position. It’s all well and good to …

By MATT BROWN WASHINGTON (AP) — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang met separately with President Donald Trump and Republican senators Wednesday as tech executives work to secure favorable federal policies for the artificial intelligence industry, including the limited sale of Nvidia’s …

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and GARY FIELDS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after President Donald Trump and has planted the president’s name on the organization’s headquarters despite an ongoing fight over the …

Sean Payton has pulled back from the void twice, in his adult life. Twice, the competitive arena he craves has faded away, and his fire has been left with no match to burn. Twice, there’s been no need for the …