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Moon alert Avoid shopping or important decisions from 12:30 to 2:15 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Virgo into Libra. (The lunar eclipse peaks at 1:55 a.m.) Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Last night the …

SAN JOSE, Calif. — NHL players and referees have a special form of communication that features plenty of profanity and angry quips exchanged back and forth. It’s accepted and, to some extent, embraced by both parties. So Connor Bedard and …

Tom Wagner was working as a rideshare driver when he got shot during a carjacking on the West Side in 2021. The shooting left a jagged scar across his abdomen where bullets pierced his gallbladder, colon and liver.  After three …

Cynthia Green lost two sons to gun violence. A third was left paralyzed. She thinks she knows when detectives are doing their jobs. “I do think it makes a difference who you are or who they think you are and …

If the news can sometimes get to you, let these teenagers and their stories get to you, too. They’re different. These writers have been selected from high school students who tried their hand as guest columnists in our Chicago’s Next …

I can still remember my father’s words: “We’re gonna make it” and “Leaders help people to be the best that they can be.” Now, in his absence, I find myself finding new ways to carry on the lessons he left …

DEAR ABBY: I am married with two children, 6 and 4. I love them and my wife. When I met her, I knew she was a little messy. I am neat, tidy and generally organized. Over time, her behavior (specifically, …

Joseph Shea, who sells athletic wear in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, wonders and worries about the food he eats. The chemical ingredients with mystifying names. The references on product labels to unspecified natural or artificial flavors. The junk food that …

On Wednesday, March 18, 1925, a catastrophic weather event scoured three states, Illinois in particular. What came to be called the Great Tri-State Tornado touched down in southeastern Missouri and stayed on the ground continuously — first across that corner …

In the summer of 2022, drama was stirring up at Lake in the Hills. A bakery was hosting family-friendly drag shows to bring in more business, a man responded by breaking windows and spray painting hurtful messages, and officials then …

LONDON — Each episode of “Adolescence,” a four-part now streaming on Netflix, was filmed in a single continuous shot. While shooting the British show, which traces the emotional fallout after a teenage stabbing, the camera was handed between operators like …

A car hit a motorcyclist, killing him early Friday on the outbound Stevenson Expressway in the McKindley Park neighborhood. The driver was believed to be stopped in the middle lane when he left the motorcycle and was hit by a …

Only four active baseball stadiums remain where Babe Ruth once played: Wrigley Field, Boston’s Fenway Park, and two in faraway Japan. This, as it happens, is largely why the Cubs season will begin in Japan on Tuesday. There were several …

Chicago police have released photos of four people wanted for the shooting of a tourist walking her 11-year-old son near the AMC River East 21 movie theater in Streeterville on Sunday night. The four were described as males under 20 …

By JANIE HAR, BRIAN WITTE and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two federal judges handed down orders requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to rehire thousands, if not tens of thousands, of probationary workers let go in mass firings across …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy plans to cut 10,000 workers and billions of dollars from the U.S. Postal Service budget and he’ll do that working with Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to a letter sent …

By MORGAN LEE, Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A representative for the estate of actor Gene Hackman is seeking to block the public release of autopsy and investigative reports, especially photographs and police body-camera video, related to the …

By KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare as Democrats confront two painful options: allowing passage of a …

By AMANDA SEITZ, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will testify before the Senate Finance Committee on Friday morning. The 64-year-old was a respected heart …