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Bulls coach Billy Donovan steps away after six seasons at the helm

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Judge tosses lawsuit over Trump's push to deploy National Guard to Chicago after his Supreme Court loss

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Movies and TV

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Doc10 film fest comes out swinging bigger after Trump's arts cuts

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Mike Davis | WBEZ

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Will transparency fold under Gov. Pritzker's plan to revamp the Illinois Gambling Board?

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O'Neill Burke wouldn't publicly denounce Trump because she wanted to 'maintain' ties with feds, emails show

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Review: Court Theatre's 'Out Here' searches for, rather than delivers, a coherent score

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Steven Oxman | For the Sun-Times

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Emails reveal why O'Neill Burke wouldn't denounce Trump

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Everson Pereira breathing some life into White Sox outfield

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High School Basketball

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City/Suburban Hoops Report: IHSA looks at new seeding process; Deerfield and Oswego East look for new coaches

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We can't keep failing the environment

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Dear Abby: Husband's shrinking world invades wife's space

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The Chicago Mini Crossword

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Illinoisans overwhelmingly want to impose strict rules on data centers

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Assistant editor, innovation

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No, my Sun-Times colleague, Violet Miller, and I are not the same person

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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin excels at exposing injustice. His overseas arrest deserves the same scrutiny.

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I grew up on Zoom and social media. Protect Illinois kids, teens from the dangers of AI

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Arts and Culture

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Gold pocket watch of Titanic's wealthiest passenger goes up for sale in Chicago

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CTA ends unarmed guard contract, redirects money to officers 'better equipped' to keep riders safe

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Bridge lifts on Chicago River resume Wednesday

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Whole Foods grocery stores coming to Wicker Park, Lake View

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Theater and Stages

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Review: Tarell Alvin McCraney's 'Windfall' weaves a powerful, if familiar, story of violence. But with a spectral twist

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Larry Hoover's former Gangster Disciples No. 2 man says he's drowning in debt from court-ordered fine

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Chicago cops did little to probe gun stolen from police station and used in three shootings, new records show

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Peter Nickeas | Illinois Answers Project

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Casey Toner | Illinois Answers Project

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Flooding in Chicago is getting worse. Here's why.

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City owed millions from its own employees, who aren't being forced to pay up

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The Onion launches new bid to take over Alex Jones' Infowars and turn it into a parody platform

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Tim Cook will step down as Apple CEO

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Housing and Development

11 months ago

Trader Joe's considers opening North Park store

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Tracking every known federal prosecution in Chicago tied to Trump's deportation blitz

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Cinco de Mayo parade in Little Village canceled for second year as immigration enforcement concerns persist

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Whitney Young High School principal shot at while driving in Washington Heights

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Man found fatally shot in car in South Chicago

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Pedestrian killed by semitruck in Chicago Lawn

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Charges pending for gunman who opened fire on CTA bus outside Midway Airport

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Review: Writers Theatre's 'Job' is a nail-biting thrill ride about Big Tech and its irreversible impact

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As Chicago's indie venues struggle, local musicians face their own financial burdens

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How we photographed Oscar-winning Tarell Alvin McCraney

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Murals and Mosaics

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Women's suffrage murals that started in Chicago are growing across U.S.

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Life on the road inspired Chicago band Friko's sophomore album 'Something Worth Waiting For'

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Phillies-Cubs game delivers goosebumps in third inning

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Cubs flash leather all over field in sixth consecutive victory

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Cubs reliever Luke Little finding little to do in return to majors

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Sky race to lay foundation amid training camp injuries, absences

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Mike Vasil embraces new role as White Sox cheerleader during recovery from Tommy John surgery

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Bears should count on Coby Bryant to carry them at safety rather than sink major draft capital into position

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Bears QB Caleb Williams eyes leap, says 2025 'really wasn't anything'

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Bears QB Caleb Williams: I'll probably talk 'Iceman' with George Gervin soon

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Bears picking up Darnell Wright's option for 2027

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Bears TE Cole Kmet back for seventh season, says, 'Never really felt I would be playing anywhere else'

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Bulls have started interview process with candidates to lead front office

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With two picks, Bulls' keepers next season will be draft-dependent

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Hall of Famer Oscar Schmidt, the 'Holy Hand' of Brazilian basketball, dies at 68

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Horoscope for Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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Dear Abby: Man spends money meant for daughters on himself

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Horoscope for Monday, April 20, 2026

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Des Plaines River cresting, but flooding along Fox expected to worsen

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Flood warnings remain in effect for suburban rivers with no rain currently forecast this coming week

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Loyola University's lab turns used cooking oil into fuel to run buses

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New AI platforms hand hackers powerful new tools for cracking cybersecurity

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Brookfield breaks ground on 4-building industrial campus in Back of the Yards

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Ford City Mall on the verge of shuttering after owner fails to make repairs

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PopUp Bagels will pop open Friday in Lincoln Park

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Technology always wins, but we can make our own magic until then

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Push to slow increase of Chicago's subminimum wage fails

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High School Football

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Practice makes prospect for Montini QB Israel Abrams

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An early look at 15 teams to keep an eye on ahead of the 2026-27 boys basketball season

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John Holecek returns for a second stint as Loyola football coach

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Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore gets probation

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Wagers on Munetaka Murakami for Rookie of the Year make sense, even if White Sox continue to flounder

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Old-school gets it done for Fenwick's Jake Thies

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Viewership of NBA regular-season games up 86% over last season

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Gut-check time for coach Billy Donovan as the Bulls await his decision

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Now that Bulls have captured a second first-round pick, what can they do?

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Blackhawks players set playoffs as 2027 goal, but Kyle Davidson knows that'll require enormous leap

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Takeaways from Blackhawks exit interviews: Summer training schedules could overlap in Chicago

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Connor Bedard feels ready for Blackhawks' captaincy, and his teammates agree: 'He's our guy'

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How the war in Iran is affecting Chicago colleges, from canceled research to uncertain postgrad plans

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Nation and World

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Trump says Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire

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For college applicants with a criminal record, 'checking the box' can be a barrier to education

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West Suburban Medical Center reopening some clinics amid eviction fight

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Treasury says 53 million filers used new Trump tax breaks before the deadline

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Joliet teacher charged with grooming, trying to meet with student outside school, police say

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Six dogs killed, found in garbage bags near Crete

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Schiller Park woman found dead in Chicago River on South Side

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After Mather student and mom detained by ICE, a school and soccer community are left reeling

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Illinois House revives school cellphone ban; bill awaits scrutiny in Senate

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CPS will be in session on May 1, but agreement with CTU encourages students to attend afternoon rally

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Luis Robert Jr. — once the 'next Mike Trout' — just trying to get to 'pretty good' with struggling Mets

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Sky are new, but I'm not sure they're improved

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Cubs couldn't fall apart like these miserable Mets ... or could they?

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How to spot health misinformation that's fueling rise in disease outbreaks

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Future of food in Illinois includes farms — and labs

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Ban handguns that are easily turned into illegal machine guns

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Letters to the Editor

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Rude cabdrivers need etiquette training

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Pope Leo XIV channels Cardinal Bernardin's teachings to stand against Iran war

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CPS students need more time in classroom, not May Day off

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No one injured in Austin fire that spread to multiple homes

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Chicago gang boss says he had 'nothing to do with the Four Corner Hustlers' as judge sets life sentence

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Transformer blows at Kluczynski Federal Building in the Loop

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Premiere of 'Ámmo'naka (In A Beginning)' invites us to consider our connection to the earth

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How are Latino-owned businesses faring since the end of Operation Midway Blitz?

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Chicago's new Zoning chair on affordable housing, construction projects

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Chicago weed culture six years on from legalization

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The latest on measles, COVID and vaccines

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