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Letters to the Editor

2 years ago

Photos: Lorde, John Summit headline Lollapalooza Day 1

19 hours ago

Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ staff

19 hours ago

Ahead of Lollapalooza performance, Charli xcx meets fans for a chat at Chicago's Reckless Records

13 hours ago

Bears coach Ben Johnson on Jaguars' Liam Coen's shot at QB Caleb Williams: He can handle it

36 minutes ago

After decades behind bars, Ivy Kelly was given a choice: Walk free or keep fighting to clear his name

15 minutes ago

Chip Mitchell | WBEZ

3 hours ago

Chicago School Board

2 months ago

Chicago School Board approves budget that reverses layoffs, but counts on shaky state funds

14 hours ago

Sarah Karp | WBEZ

15 days ago

Trump administration stops work on Great Lakes Asian carp project near Joliet

12 hours ago

One man's fight to clear his name

1 hour ago

Letters to the Editor

7 years ago

Sun-Times reporter's Lithuania ties resonate

3 hours ago

Trump is our cold-blooded leader

3 hours ago

Senate finally starts defying Trump

3 hours ago

Trump isn't funny — just mean

3 hours ago

Dear Abby: Wife wouldn't be counted among musician's biggest fans

3 hours ago

The Chicago Mini Crossword

7 months ago

Review: John Summit may be having the most fun at Lollapalooza

10 hours ago

Review: Sombr, with margarita in hand, struts into Lollapalooza like he owns the place

10 hours ago

Lollapalooza 2026 kicks off in Grant Park — Day 1, what to know

19 hours ago

One stage. Five minutes. How does a local band prep for a big Lollapalooza moment?

2 days ago

60 songs we're listening to ahead of Lollapalooza 2026

6 days ago

Natalie Y. Moore

1 month ago

Memorial to Burge torture victims is about acknowledging pain, healing

7 days ago

Visual artist captures broader picture of South Asian, Muslim immigrant communities

14 days ago

A root canal AND rotator cuff surgery? Lucky me.

9 days ago

WNBA's Sophie Cunningham is the woman of the moment

5 days ago

Contractor who died in Downers Grove storm sewer identified

2 hours ago

ChiArts funding vote postponed as CPS board debates budget consequences

13 hours ago

Westchester man died from heat stress, autopsy finds

17 hours ago

Illinois SNAP recipients kicked off the federal food program are getting $400 from the state

19 hours ago

As Illinois House Speaker Emanuel 'Chris' Welch navigates a new crisis, an older scandal remains unresolved

2 days ago

At Joliet prison, desperate men set themselves on fire

7 days ago

Shannon Heffernan | The Marshall Project

7 days ago

Chaotic, crowded Chicago immigration mega court hearings are fueling record deportation orders

7 days ago

Adriana Cardona-Maguigad | WBEZ

4 months ago

Secrecy over sex abuse permeates traditionalist Catholic group whose leaders were excommunicated by Pope Leo

7 days ago

Architecture and Design

1 year ago

Imani Village brings senior housing with style to Cottage Grove Avenue

1 day ago

Latino high schools hit especially hard by teacher cuts in CPS budget heading for vote

1 day ago

Suburban cemetery workers arrested by ICE join nationwide effort to hold federal agents accountable

1 day ago

Mayor makes a last appointment to Chicago school board, choosing leader on school integration plan

1 day ago

City Council urged to postpone police superintendent search until after mayoral election

1 day ago

Chicago police searching for man who injured woman in hit-and-run crash on Lake Front trail

10 hours ago

Man accused of shooting woman in Lincoln Park in June

10 hours ago

Family mourns Des Plaines woman killed in Fox River boat crash over the weekend

18 hours ago

2 people, dog fatally shot inside Harvey home

17 hours ago

Museums and Zoos

1 year ago

After tumultuous period, new Chicago History Museum president looks to the future

20 hours ago

Things To Do

4 years ago

18 things to do in Chicago July 30-Aug. 5

1 day ago

'Joker' producer defrauded Illinois investors in $100 million Ponzi scheme, feds say

1 day ago

Glen Hansard, Irish singer with deep roots in Chicago, dies at 56

1 day ago

Prominent Chicago dance venue damaged by flood following heavy storms

1 day ago

Jaguars coach bemoans attention given Bears QB Caleb Williams

4 hours ago

DiJonai Carrington jumps back in and helps the Sky finish

11 hours ago

One Wrigley Field memory still haunts Yankees skipper Aaron Boone

12 hours ago

White Sox again put in extra effort to beat Yankees

12 hours ago

Northwestern coach David Braun professes championship mentality for Wildcats

12 hours ago

Buzz builds for Bears' Luther Burden, even as 2nd-year WR leaps have proven tricky

20 hours ago

Bears WR Rome Odunze backtracks on 'new normal' comment, says foot is 'completely fine'

20 hours ago

Bears Training Camp Report: Practice No. 2

22 hours ago

Bears boss George McCaskey umpired for Savannah Bananas at Wrigley Field

1 day ago

Bears DE Montez Sweat back from illness

1 day ago

Bulls have sneaky depth with a few outsiders trying to crack rotation

5 days ago

Trump calls LeBron James 'maybe a racist' compared to Michael Jordan

6 days ago

LeBron James will close out his career with the Philadelphia 76ers

6 days ago

Horoscope for Friday, July 31, 2026

9 hours ago

Dear Abby: Needy neighbor is constantly asking for things

1 day ago

Horoscope for Thursday, July 30, 2026

1 day ago

What to know after tornadoes tore through Chicago suburbs

1 day ago

Two more tornadoes confirmed, brings Monday total to 7

16 hours ago

Oak Lawn man's death tied to mid-July heat wave

20 hours ago

Housing and Development

1 year ago

Developers break ground on Chicago's first all-electric geothermal apartment tower

2 days ago

Is Hawthorne Race Course being torn down for a data center? Cicero thinks so.

3 days ago

Furniture to tech: Lithuania's economy a bright spot amid Trump's tariffs

5 days ago

Food and Drink

1 year ago

A Rohingya Muslim immigrant dreamed of opening a restaurant. Now she owns Asian Homecook in West Ridge

2 days ago

Southern chef and cookbook author Vivian Howard embraces okra and aims to change minds with her recipes

2 days ago

Laos' famous beer brand Beerlao makes a splash in the Midwest

6 days ago

High School Basketball

4 years ago

A different summer. The college recruiting scene has drastically changed in local high school basketball.

23 hours ago

Crane's Jamier Montgomery and Bolingbrook's Brady Pettigrew made the most of summer basketball

23 hours ago

TF North basketball coach and former Simeon star Tim Bankston found fatally shot in Auburn Gresham home

1 day ago

Michigan State coach Pat Fitzgerald embracing his fresh start

1 day ago

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema is bullish on the Big Ten

2 days ago

Big Ten football media days preview: The war for four (natties, that is) is on

3 days ago

Bulls' Derrick Rose chosen for cover of NBA 2K27 video game

8 days ago

Bulls' Caleb Wilson is a summer winner after dazzling in Vegas

12 days ago

How Bulls might replace late TV analyst Stacey King — here are 5 candidates

14 days ago

How Blackhawks rookie Roman Kantserov is preparing for the NHL: 'I can do this'

1 day ago

Forecasting Blackhawks' lines with Patrick Kane and Bowen Byram — but without Connor Bedard

5 days ago

Patrick Kane determined to help Blackhawks' new generation make the playoffs

6 days ago

Temporary protected status ends for Haitian and Syrian immigrants

3 days ago

Women's pro baseball comes home to Illinois, paving the way for next generation of ballplayers

3 hours ago

New Illinois law lets courts wade into pet disputes involving unmarried couples

1 day ago

A new Illinois law keeps hospital finances hidden from the public

4 days ago

5th tornado confirmed from Monday's storms

1 day ago

Bomb threat cleared at Evanston hospital

2 days ago

4 tornadoes confirmed to have hit Chicago area during Monday's storms

2 days ago

At least 5 Chicago School Board races to be uncontested as another candidate kicked off ballot

2 days ago

Gov. JB Pritzker signs Illinois school cellphone ban into law to make classrooms 'more conducive to learning'

2 days ago

CPS reverses course, says no staff furloughs ahead of budget vote

2 days ago

Trump's new tariffs are just as questionable as his previous ones

3 hours ago

Bears' Ben Johnson, Ryan Poles tell all — with a little help from a translator — on eve of training camp

20 hours ago

Many Americans are paying for data centers. They shouldn't have to.

3 days ago

ComEd's $15 billion grid plan fuels questionable spending

2 days ago

'Act of God' an excuse for government's poor flood preparation

4 days ago

Pete Hegseth should know more testosterone won't make a tougher soldier

6 days ago

Illinois stacks the deck against independent candidates

2 days ago

Breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug illustrates importance of research

4 days ago

Canada wildfire smoke ignites urgency for climate action

6 days ago

Project Exploration students know what they did this summer

13 hours ago

Lawyer for man shot by Chicago police officer disputes whether he got into gunfight with cops

14 hours ago

Other cities also struggle with 'teen takeovers.' What can Chicago learn from them?

18 hours ago

Chicagopalooza: local musicians take the Lolla stage

1 hour ago

What song keeps the blues away?

19 hours ago

Why is everyone suddenly playing Mahjong?

19 hours ago

Success stories and setbacks: What it's like to take GLP-1

1 day ago

GLP-1s are changing the way doctors are treating and talking about obesity

1 day ago