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No matter what Caleb Williams’ dad says, Chicago isn’t where quarterbacks go to die. It’s where wide receivers go to die. That was the declaration made by former Bears receiver Mushin Muhammad in 2008. Last season was the year it …

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to buy his childhood home after the south Chicago suburb’s board voted unanimously Tuesday to purchase the property, hoping it will breathe new life into a village saddled with financial woes. Since white smoke …

Wednesday’s party for Chicago rapper Mello Buckzz was supposed to be a celebration of the release of her new album, “Hollyhood.” Instead, it erupted into chaos as a drive-by shooting unfolded outside Artis Restaurant and Lounge in River North where …

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump’s $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final congressional passage Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve his signature second-term policy package before a Fourth of July deadline. The tight …

LOS ANGELES — Michael Madsen, the actor best known for his coolly menacing, steely-eyed, often sadistic characters in the films of Quentin Tarantino including “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill: Vol. 2,” has died. Madsen was found unresponsive in his home …

A beluga whale at the Shedd Aquarium became the first to recover from general anesthesia used during surgery this week. The 12-year-old female whale, named Kimalu, underwent a first-of-its-kind surgery Tuesday to remove a growing network of cysts near her …

NASCAR regresa a la ciudad este fin de semana para la tercera —y quizás la última— carrera en Chicago. Te compartimos lo que necesitas saber si planeas asistir o simplemente verla desde casa. Haz clic aquí para el sitio web …

Two women were shot during a robbery in a South Shore apartment early Thursday, Chicago police said. A 37-year-old woman and a 29-year-old woman were in the apartment with a man they know just after midnight in the 7100 block …

With the U.S. House securing the passage of President Donald Trump’s landmark tax bill, health care advocates and Illinoisans are sorting out the sprawling impacts of a measure that could shutter nine hospitals in the state, kick more than 427,000 …

Margarito “Jay” Flores Jr. ascendió al mundo del narcotráfico, pasando de hacer hamburguesas en un McDonald’s en La Villita a convertirse en el cliente más confiable del rey del Cártel de Sinaloa de México, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera. El …

A man was arrested after stealing a vehicle with a 7-month-old baby girl inside at a Lawndale gas station on Thursday morning. A 36-year-old woman was standing near her vehicle at a gas station in the 1200 block of South …

Un abogado de la familia de la oficial de la Policía de Chicago, Krystal Rivera, quien fue asesinada por su pareja de policía, Carlos Baker, dijo el miércoles que Baker nunca debió ser oficial de policía, dado que una queja …

Natasha McClendon worked about three days each week during the school year as a substitute teacher assistant for Chicago Public Schools. But she wasn’t able to land a job for the summer. The 48-year-old Englewood mom worries her struggles to …

NASCAR is back in Chicago this weekend, and it brought a new broadcaster. TNT takes over coverage of the Cup Series Chicago Street Race from NBC, which aired it the last two years. Before debuting last week in Atlanta, TNT …

The setting for the NASCAR Chicago Street Race gets a lot of attention, and rightly so. But what about the racing? “The biggest challenge for the drivers is that there’s zero margin of error anywhere on the entire track.” Yikes! …

Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz, who was scheduled to start against the Cubs Thursday night, was placed on non-disciplinary leave on Thursday due to a gambling investigation by Major League Baseball, two people with knowledge of the investigation told The …

LOS ANGELES — Famed Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested for overstaying his visa and lying on a green card application and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges, U.S. federal officials said …

The WNBA has until October to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement with the players — but judging by this week’s comments, the two sides aren’t exactly meeting in the middle. Union vice president Satou Sabally called the league’s opening …

July 30, 2017. While in a hotel room waiting to play the Cubs the next day, the Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte received a call informing him that his mother, Elpidia Valdez, had been killed in a car accident in his hometown …

LOS ÁNGELES — El famoso boxeador mexicano Julio César Chávez Jr. ha sido arrestado por ingresar ilegalmente a los Estados Unidos y será deportado a México, donde enfrenta cargos por crimen organizado, informaron funcionarios federales el jueves. El arresto ocurrió …