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The visas of seven international students and recent grads of the University of Chicago have been revoked amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration. University officials said Wednesday that the visa terminations of three students and four graduates were found …

A man was killed and a woman injured Wednesday afternoon in a drive-by shooting outside a church in Austin on the West Side. The man and woman were on the sidewalk in the 300 block of North Cicero Avenue around …

Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III raved in 2019 to a red-light camera executive about Steak 48, the swanky downtown Chicago steakhouse where Jones said he’d visited “countless, countless, countless, countless” times — and always got the “Wagyu filet.” Jones sat …

Alex Reinhardt wrestled and played football in high school and continued his football career at Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa. Reinhardt died Feb.  26, 2023, at 20, but his athletic story continues. From Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, Reinhardt donated the …

Maryam Belopolskaya said it was “very hard” growing up in Ukraine under the shadow of World War II. Her family fled fighting and persecution. And after the war, when her family moved to Kyiv, Belopolskaya said her mom made sure …

Illinois is pushing back on the Trump administration’s demand that the State Board of Education and school districts certify that they reject diversity, equity and inclusion programs. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Education released Wednesday evening, State …

CLEVELAND — The stage was set for the White Sox. The bases were loaded and they needed two runs to tie the game in the ninth inning. A seemingly dormant offense had picked up momentum off one of MLB’s best …

A fire broke out in the kitchen of a restaurant in downtown Chicago Wednesday evening. Firefighters were called to 17 N. Wabash Ave., for a fire that had broken out in the kitchen on the second floor, the Chicago Fire …

There are 47 different wands and vomit-flavored jelly beans. And that is just the tip of the wizard’s hat when it comes to the magical stuff (wands start at $39) you’ll encounter at the new Harry Potter Shop Chicago that …

The Bulls had an opportunity Wednesday to move past the Heat and boost their chances to host a game in the first round of the Eastern Conference Play-In Tournament. They took advantage. Josh Giddey had his seventh triple-double with 28 …

LAS VEGAS — By winning their first eight games, the Dodgers were on the precipice of cashing an impressive Westgate SuperBook proposition before the first Monday in April. Would they reel off a 10-game winning streak this season? The number …

Moon alert Avoid shopping or important decisions from 2:30 to 8:30 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Virgo into Libra. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day This is a curious day because there are two very …

Jewelry company Catbird will open a store in Lincoln Park on Thursday as part of a nationwide expansion from its Brooklyn, New York base. Catbird, founded in 2004, is known for minimalist jewelry such as knuckle rings, thin stacking rings …

Anat Kimchi was studying the criminal justice system because she thought she could help make it fairer. Kimchi, 31, a University of Maryland grad student, wanted to figure out which nonviolent offenders were the most likely to abide by the …

Corneal Westbrooks lowers the collar on his white T-shirt and exposes a tattoo. It reads: “Genesis 4:9.” That’s the Bible passage in which Cain asks God, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” Westbrooks says one of his missions in life was …

June 29, 2023, and Henry Graham, a lost soul in one of America’s wealthiest neighborhoods, was strolling Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. Again. For years, Graham had ricocheted back and forth among Chicago, Evanston and South Bend, Indiana. He’d bounce from homeless …

Long before producing and co-directing a moving documentary about interfaith harmony in a faraway place, Chicago native John Block got the inspiration for it from the day that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Block was a student at …

Mariana and her coworkers from Volaris were hungry. It had been a long flight to Midway Airport on the Mexican airline, and they hadn’t had breakfast. So, on Nov. 13, 2023, after checking in at their hotel, the young flight …

“Avoid screens before bed” is one of the most common pieces of sleep advice. But what if the real problem isn’t screen time — it’s the way we use social media at night? Sleep deprivation is one of the most …

DEAR ABBY: My husband retired three weeks ago, and he has been driving me crazy ever since. I’m a night owl, and he’s known it since we met 10 years ago. Today, he told me he’d be playing golf with …