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Letters to the Editor

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New transit authority, new opportunity

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The Chicago Mini Crossword

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Natalie Y. Moore

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Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ staff

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Key education endorsements for CPS School Board candidates

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Housing and Development

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Foundry Park developers break ground on $3 billion project

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Rainforest Cafe property owner ordered to pay $11.5 million on loan

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Man charged with fatally stabbing man near Avondale railroad tracks

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Charges pending after hourslong police standoff on Far South Side

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Huntley school bus driver charged with possession of child sexual abuse materials

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Chicago Shakespeare Theater chief Kimberly Motes to step down

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Time is an ingredient in Sen Morimoto's fourth studio album

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Halas Intrigue podcast: Bears keep it rolling

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Previewing Week 10's top high school football games

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Bears' handoff to G Joe Thuney on trick play disallowed

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Bears pay tribute to Mike Ditka on 'Thursday Night Football'

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Bears should focus on modest upgrades with trade deadline fast approaching

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Ex-Bears kicker Robbie Gould steps down as coach at St. Viator

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Bulls hoping that whupping in season debut in Toronto was rock bottom for rebuild

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Bulls add much-needed size with veteran Zach Collins finally returning

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Horoscope for Thursday, October 22, 2026

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Museums and Zoos

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Pilsen nonprofit a finalist in national affordable housing solutions program

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Food and Drink

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Art and food collide at singer and chef Lizz Wright's new cafe, the Hunt, in Woodlawn

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Evanston students say some New Trier fans spat on them, used racist, homophobic slurs at NU's Ryan Field

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Little Village won the White West, so why hasn't CPS promoted them to the prestigious Red conference?

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Illinois men's basketball at No. 3 in preseason Top 25, matching second-highest ranking ever

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Miami takes top spot in AP Top 25 for 1st time since 2002; BYU is No. 2 after beating Notre Dame

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Notre Dame's last-minute drive comes up short in loss at BYU

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Adam Amin will call first quarter of Bulls' opener alone to acknowledge late Stacey King

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After years of false hope, Bulls first-round pick Caleb Wilson feels inevitable

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Bulls rookie Caleb Wilson not putting too much pressure on his debut

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Blackhawks need to improve their breakouts, and thousand-gamer Ian Cole knows how they can

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Why Blackhawks fans are frustrated by United Center parking changes, price increases this season

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Pope Leo XIV

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Pope Leo's doctors say tests show he needs no further treatment for lung cancer

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2 Chicago area members of Congress again received 'suspicious' packages

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Illinois Commerce Commission approves $81M Nicor rate hike

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Northwestern University student pulled from waters of Lake Michigan

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5 fatally shot in Mundelein home in apparent murder-suicide

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2nd woman alleging sexual assault at a University of Chicago frat house feared she was drugged: police report

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UChicago students, high school senior reflect on issue of campus sexual assault

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Another woman says she was sexually assaulted at a University of Chicago fraternity party

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MAGA is wrong. The unrest in France has nothing to do with immigration.

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Rulings on traffic stop, child custody case uphold civil rights

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Animals in the wild are worthy of personal pronouns

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Thrifting is for need, not for greed

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Take it easy and mail in your midterm election ballot

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Greg McCarty, beloved parking garage attendant at lakefront condo building, dies at 74

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Man charged in early morning shooting at Chicago's Federal Plaza

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WBEZ's Weekly News Recap, Oct. 23, 2026: Mayor Johnson unveils proposed budget, Bears pay tribute to legendary coach Mike Ditka, and more

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Thursday, October 22, 2026

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Amid ICE fears, some Chicago immigrants are shifting their daily lives to the night

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Chicago Public Media's new digital public square is here!

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