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Theater owners are preparing for more Minion mayhem. “Minions & Monsters” will lead the box office over the July 4 weekend, with the seventh installment in Universal and Illumination’s “Despicable Me” franchise aiming for $80 million from 4,000 North American …

Three men were shot, including one fatally, late Monday during a drive-by shooting in Chatham. The three men, two 20-year-olds and one 19-year-old, were walking in the 8200 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue about 10:40 p.m. when a black …

Con sólo una guitarra acústica y una presentación digital, Juan Díes compartió historias de heroísmo, desafío y tragedia en el Chicago History Museum el sábado. Cantando en español y narrando en inglés, Díes cautivó a una pequeña audiencia con relatos …

Over an intense six-week period last fall, Netflix went from an initial phone call between co-CEO Ted Sarandos and Warner Bros. Discovery chief David Zaslav to sealing an $82.7 billion deal to buy Warner Bros.’ streaming and studios business. But …

Author Harlan Coben and Netflix proved to be a match made in mystery-thriller heaven with the impressive launch of “I Will Find You” earlier this month — and even more so with the limited series’ Week 2 numbers. On Tuesday, …

Inquiring minds want to know: When will the Sky’s practice facility actually be done? Will it be ready in time for All-Star weekend, which begins in 24 days, after the Sky volunteered to host and planned to hold events there? …

States can block transgender athletes from playing on teams that match their gender identity, the Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision on Tuesday. The closely watched decision upheld state laws in West Virginia and Idaho that prohibit trans girls …

Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox division has backed out of a deal with IO Interactive to fund and publish a new game, as the company re-evaluates investment decisions. IO Interactive, the maker of “Hitman” and popular new release “007 First Light,” plans …

Robin Byrd made a career of exposing herself – literally. The bisexual former porn actress earned fame and cult status for hosting “The Robyn Byrd Show,” a late-night adult-themed public access television talk show that ran in New York City …

A Cook County circuit judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit arguing that two city ordinances upzoning nearly 2 miles of Broadway, from Montrose to Devon avenues, should be overturned. The Broadway land use plan, approved in October 2025, includes more …

Video footage released Tuesday shows an Oak Park police officer firing nine shots as a man he had pulled over at a gas station ran away, fatally shooting him. The officer had stopped Christian Wallace, 38, just after 9 p.m. …

On a warm, muggy Monday night Dani Salazar lifted boxes and bags from cars and SUVs and carried them into the basement of the Coppin Community Center in the Washington Park neighborhood. Vehicles pulled up by the dozens to drop …

The NHL’s weakest free-agent market in recent memory, strongest trade market in recent memory and fastest-rising salary cap in history creates a strange dynamic heading into Wednesday. That dynamic is particularly strange for the Blackhawks as general manager Kyle Davidson …

Want to make your vegetables taste better and have your friends love you? Char the hell out of some on the grill and then toss them in a bacon vinaigrette, using this recipe from my cookbook “Chasing the Gator: Isaac …