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Horoscope for Tuesday, December 16, 2025

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Trump administration's 'worst of the worst' includes pregnant, postpartum women

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DePaul University lays off 114 staff members

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Entertainment and Culture

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Rob Reiner reflected on career in WBEZ event celebrating new book on making of 'This Is Spinal Tap'

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The best reads of 2025, curated by our bookish staff

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Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis | WBEZ

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Ethan Schwabe | WBEZ

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Four Corner Hustlers chief facing life in prison after jurors hand him second conviction in four years

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Food and Drink

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Beat Kitchen owner sues city of Chicago over Riverwalk restaurant, cites racial bias

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Budget talks stall after offer to drop plan to raise garbage collection fees fails to sway Mayor Johnson

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Decorated Navy vet imprisoned 28 years in his wife's death gets $13 million settlement

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Michael Puente | WBEZ

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Chance the Rapper gets into holiday spirit with a bike giveaway for 100 children in Chicago Ridge

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Nudia Hernandez | Vocalo

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High School Sports

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Some observations now that the boys basketball sectional assignments are out

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Why Caleb Williams' rivalry rematch could be a defining moment for the Bears QB

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High School Basketball Scores

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Monday's high school basketball scores

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Dear Abby: Man's holiday party could end up being a lonely event

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The Chicago Mini Crossword

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Chicago is a drinker's paradise — even for the sober and the sober-curious among us

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Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu

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Things To Do

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Your complete Chicago holiday theater guide to December, from classics to boozy shows

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Mike Davis | WBEZ

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It's officially 'Nutcracker' season. Here are three affordable and creative remixes on the classic

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Hannah Edgar | WBEZ

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What to know about Christkindlmarket 2025: This year's mugs, new Krampus event

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Cop planned hit on investigator: lawsuit

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10 things to know about Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino

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Meet the teens raising money to help classmates with parents in immigration detention

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Ruling expected soon from judge overseeing lawsuit brought by Cicero diner against Illinois Gaming Board

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Chicago Housing Authority subject of HUD audit citing immigration and criminal activity, records show

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Alden Loury | WBEZ

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Soaring property taxes add to obstacles facing many Black homeowners

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Walking in Chicago's parks confirm's city's greatness

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Gov. JB Pritzker 'could have gone either way' on Illinois' new right-to-die law

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Nation and World

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Gunmen kill at least 15, wound 42 in Hanukkah attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach

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14-year-old Chicago girl dies in Springfield highway crash

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Humboldt Park fire injures two, including firefighter

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Illinois native sets Guinness record visiting 185 places of worship in Chicago in a month

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Border Protection officer to be held in custody while awaiting trial on sexual assault claims

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Charges filed in mistaken-identity slaying of South Holland teen described as 'great young man'

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Hersey High School wrestling coaches placed on leave amid internal investigation

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Chicago's head tax was long called a job killer, but is there evidence to back that up?

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Mariah Woelfel | WBEZ

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Amy Qin | WBEZ

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Greg Bovino's the star of Trump's deportation show. We trace his roots.

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Dan Mihalopoulos | WBEZ

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Ignored, misdiagnosed, left to die — Illinois prisoners' health in hands of new provider with shoddy track record

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Property tax foreclosures illegally stripped Cook County homeowners of their equity, federal judge rules

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Chicago Fashion Awards 'paving roads for people to be seen'

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Five Chicago writers recognized with Chicago Review of Books 2025 awards

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Murals and Mosaics

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Japanese tiger mural roars from soon-to-open Logan Square sushi restaurant

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Lillstreet Art Center marks 50 years of enabling the love of craft

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Theater and Stages

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Steep Theatre to get own home, boosting Edgewater/Uptown area's reputation as a performance district

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Mike White, who led Illinois to 1983 Big Ten title, Rose Bowl, dies at 89

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Bears in prime position for playoff berth, but it's delicate heading into final 3 games

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Ben Johnson: Bears have to protect Rome Odunze from himself in injury rehab

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Bears LB Tremaine Edmunds returning to practice

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Packers star Micah Parsons: 'I will rise again' after season-ending injury

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WATCH: Bears hand out game balls after win vs. Browns

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Halas Intrigue podcast: Dawg trainers

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Packers' Micah Parsons leaves 34-26 loss to Broncos with knee injury

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With Bears pass-catchers down, DJ Moore picked the perfect time to heat up

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Bears defenders say they taught Browns QB Shedeur Sanders to 'stay in a rookie's place'

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White Sox feel they can 'see the light at the end of the tunnel' as they leave winter meetings

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What the Cubs' signings say about their approach to building the 2026 bullpen

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Cubs sign left-handed reliever Hoby Milner to one-year deal

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Super 25 Basketball Rankings

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Kyle Williams' Super 25 high school girls basketball rankings for Dec. 14

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Stronger, aggressive Rykan Woo helps No. 1 DePaul Prep take down No. 3 Kankakee

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Michael O'Brien's Super 25 high school basketball rankings for Dec. 14, 2025

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Sunday's high school basketball scores

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Horoscope for Monday, December 15, 2025

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Dear Abby: Effort to be a good grandpa doesn't go as planned

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Bears fans layer up and tailgate before fourth-coldest Soldier Field game

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Bitterly cold temperatures forecast for the weekend, officials urge residents to stay indoors

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Adopt a pet? PAWS Chicago hopes to find homes for 125 animals over the holidays

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Brinshore Development and CHA had bumpy relationship before developer put 20 Chicago properties on sale

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Housing and Development

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Last remaining residents move out of troubled South Shore building raided by feds

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A. Finkl & Sons to pay state $125,000 over emissions of harmful nitrogen oxide at Far Southeast Side plant

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Wrigleyville pop-up bar offers Hanukkah twist for holiday revelers

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Architecture and Design

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Stanley Tigerman-designed Arby's in Streeterville is long gone but not forgotten

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Reservations now open for more than 500 Chicago Restaurant Week 2026 participants

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High School Basketball

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Jaxson Davis seals Warren's win against Waukegan with steal in final seconds

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Saturday's high school basketball scores

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Jake Nawrot, Charlie Pomis and Logan Luxem step up in the clutch as Hersey beats Palatine in triple overtime

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Fernando Mendoza wins Heisman Trophy as college football's top player

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Where does Bears QB Caleb Williams need improvement the most? Here's how you voted on that

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They say Marcus Freeman's race, Notre Dame's CFP exclusion aren't connected — yet the situation seems off

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This latest Bulls 20-game sample size screams only one thing: Tank!

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Bulls' offense goes cold in loss to Pelicans

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Matas Buzelis to defend more on the perimeter as Bulls experiment with lineups

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Injured Blackhawks star Connor Bedard to miss several weeks, will be re-evaluated in January

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Blackhawks prospect Vaclav Nestrasil blowing away his own expectations at UMass

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Blackhawks powerless to stop Patrick Kane, Red Wings in first game without Connor Bedard

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Advice for Bears' Caleb Williams: 'Closed ears, open eyes,' former NFL star says

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Northwestern caved in a rotten deal with Trump administration

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Cook County Board of Review bears a lot of blame for your home's property tax increase

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Curbing wetland protection will water down Chicago area's natural safety system

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Letters to the Editor

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Chicago-Calumet River system lacks a master plan

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CTA inches closer to green-lighting improvements for 5 busy corridors

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Chuy Garcia's career centered on uplifting Latino community

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Actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife found dead with stab wounds in Los Angeles home

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Chicago's Jewish community mourns victims of mass shooting at Hanukkah celebration in Australia

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14-year-old boy shot in foot in Roseland

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Trump pledges retaliation after 3 Americans are killed in Syria attack

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Federal Reserve cuts key rate, sees healthier economy next year

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Lurie expands inpatient psychiatric unit amid ongoing youth mental health care shortage

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A Cicero woman's baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.

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Winter weather advisory issued for Chicago area with several inches of snow expected overnight

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3 Chicagoans in custody after woman, 73, bound and robbed at gunpoint during Homer Glen home invasion

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Altered church Nativity scenes, one with a zip-tied baby Jesus, critique Trump's deportation campaign

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Krishnamoorthi donates campaign cash from Trump adviser Shyam Sankar to immigrant rights groups

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UChicago, Northwestern students receive prestigious Marshall scholarship

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Most residents don't know Chicago is moving to an elected school board, poll finds

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CPS Board approves $17.5 million settlement for former student sexually abused at Little Village high school

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'Say More' debates the best movies of 2025

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History, evidence don't fully back up corporate head taxes are 'job killers'

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Chicago book worms share the best things they read in 2025

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WBEZ's Weekly News Recap, Dec. 12, 2025: City budget battle, frigid temps and more

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The year in sports

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