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Chicago Sun-Times - Top Stories

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Paycheck Protection Program

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Top cop benches Chicago police officer who racked up the most complaints in recent years

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The Chicago Mini Crossword

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Architecture and Design

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Will a vacant modernist bank in Skokie designed by SOM be razed or reused?

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Deerfield man charged with possession of child pornography

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Man killed in North Lawndale shooting

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Chicago launches first support center for formerly incarcerated women in Pilsen

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Murals and Mosaics

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Eris mural at Irving Park restaurant represents Greek goddess of chaos

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One Bears fan opens up his closet of 350 jerseys

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Theater and Stages

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A new play about Martin Luther King Jr. humanizes the man and his pivotal year in North Lawndale

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Country star — and Ben Johnson's former teammate — will play Bears halftime Sunday

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Chicago police brass rejected troubled cop's move to elite unit before he fatally shot partner

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Indiana's Pat Coogan, Miami's Marquise Lightfoot, Justin Scott representing Chicago in CFP championship

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Illinois vs. Indiana stadium competition puts Bears in the driver's seat

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Bulls big man Jalen Smith has found his way — and the numbers show it

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Horoscope for Sunday, January 18, 2026

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Dear Abby: Couple's relationship has withered on the vine

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Snow causes delays at O'Hare International Airport, slippery roads

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How will the extreme cold affect Bears and Rams players? A doctor weighs in

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Gusty flurries set to dust Chicago while cold temps usher in Bears game

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Ticket demand high for Rams-Bears, but cold weather appears to be bringing down prices

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Harold's Chicken CEO Kristen Pierce-Sherrod dies at 55

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Where to watch the Rams-Bears divisional-round matchup Sunday

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Whether you are cold or sick, Chicago has a soup for that

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High School Basketball

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Evanston flashes its offensive firepower and contains Mason Lockett to take down Oswego East

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High School Basketball Scores

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Saturday's high school basketball scores

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Neuqua Valley's Mason Martin commits to Illinois

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Blackhawks helping Andre Burakovsky become more responsible defensive player

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Nation and World

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Trump administration reverses cuts to mental health, substance abuse programs

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Illinois schools should get minimum funding increase, state board says

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U.S. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court revives downstate Illinois challenge to late-arriving mail ballot law

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Jim Fleming, former Chicago Sun-Times copy editor, dies at 84

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ICE is a law-breaking 'law enforcement' agency

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Letters to the Editor

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In defense of Trump

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What kind of training do ICE agents get?

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Athletes should give 'all the glory to God' in private

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Casinos and Gambling

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The underground schools that field MLK's 1966 Chicago Freedom Campaign

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