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Movies and TV

4 years ago

Top movies we saw at this year's Chicago International Film Festival: Reginald Ponder's picks

7 hours ago

Food and Drink

1 year ago

We scoured Chicago's booming bakery scene for a perfect croissant. We found 12.

7 hours ago

Music fans rally to support Dean Schlabowske of Waco Brothers after leukemia diagnosis

7 hours ago

The new transit authority has unprecedented power to develop land. How could this change your neighborhood?

3 hours ago

Sexual assault allegations arise from Country Thunder music festival, this time at Arizona locale

7 hours ago

In UK, police dogs are trained to sniff out date-rape drugs, but it's not something cops here have embraced

7 hours ago

Livestream execution plans may have pushed more Americans to rethink death penalty

2 hours ago

Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade returns for its 12th year

23 hours ago

Ex-Blackhawks defenseman Seth Jones isn't exactly welcomed back, has no hard feelings

16 hours ago

Blackhawks' frustrations mount as breakdown leads to third straight loss

16 hours ago

Optimist vs. Pessimist: There's no limit to what the Bears can do over the final 10 games

22 hours ago

Dear Abby: Mom isn't keen on walk down memory lane with son

7 hours ago

The Chicago Mini Crossword

1 month ago

Natalie Y. Moore

1 month ago

New transit authority, new opportunity

3 days ago

I'm not shocked that systems fail sexual assault survivors

5 days ago

Hate comes for South Asians — again

9 days ago

Griffin MSI defends its criticized Welcome Hall design

4 days ago

Lake Street bridge closure for CTA Green, Pink lines extended 2 days

1 day ago

Is the Magnificent Mile's long-awaited revival here?

2 days ago

What Chicago ghost story or urban legend did you grow up with? Here's what you told us

2 days ago

How we photographed the new baby penguins at Brookfield Zoo

2 days ago

Ann Tighe, attorney who was a finalist in consideration to be city's top federal prosecutor, dies at 87

2 days ago

Kennedy Expressway traffic is still a nightmare after 3 years of work

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This Illinois law was supposed to help families. It's failing them instead.

4 days ago

Data centers will cost ComEd $3 billion, but consumer groups worry Illinois households will be on the hook

3 days ago

Almost all lawsuits brought in Chicago's federal court over deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes have been resolved

6 days ago

2026 Illinois Midterm Elections Voter Guide

5 days ago

CPS Elected School Board 2026: Find your candidates and understand the races

1 month ago

What you need to know about Chicago's historic school board election

1 month ago

Meet the candidates for Chicago School Board president

1 month ago

Chicago's 20 school board races: How the campaigns are taking shape

7 days ago

4 takeaways from CPS School Board president forum

11 days ago

Key education endorsements for CPS School Board candidates

1 month ago

Cash floods CPS School Board races, with big money groups outraising Chicago Teachers Union 5:1

5 days ago

Long a foregone conclusion, property tax hikes will no longer be a given under elected CPS board

13 days ago

Should Chicago close more schools? Candidates for school board president diverge on key issue

1 month ago

CPS high school graduation and college enrollment rates rise, but many students still struggle to finish

2 days ago

DOJ allowed to join lawsuit against Evanston reparations program for Black residents

2 days ago

Tell us your Kennedy traffic horror story

2 days ago

CPS approves $300,000 for family of girl who endured years of racist bullying

3 days ago

Police issue photo after CTA passenger battered at 95th/DanRyan Red Line stop

1 hour ago

Second man dies following shootout at West Garfield Park gas station

6 hours ago

Woman hit by CTA bus in Lincoln Park critically hurt

6 hours ago

Man, 26, gunned down in Greater Grand Crossing

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Housing and Development

1 year ago

Salt Shed owners eye amphitheater expansion across from popular West Town venue

2 days ago

A jury set to decide who owns the work of Henry Darger, Chicago's most famous outsider artist

2 days ago

Arts and Culture

8 months ago

5 places in Chicago you may not know were haunted

3 days ago

Theater and Stages

1 year ago

Review: 'Mud Row' encapsulates universal experience of Black families and conflict that tears many apart

2 days ago

Chicago Shakespeare Theater chief Kimberly Motes to step down

3 days ago

Optimist vs. Pessimist: Bears could struggle to dig out of NFC North hole

21 hours ago

Bulls slowly figuring some things out, but schedule about to turn brutal

19 hours ago

Super 25 Football Rankings

2 months ago

Michael O'Brien's Super 25 high school football rankings for Week 11

1 day ago

Bears QB Caleb Williams fined $11,941 for wearing Tom Brady-backed Caddix cleats; another fine likely coming

1 day ago

Bears' defense looks great one moment, shaky the next, so what exactly is this group?

1 day ago

Must the Bears — as lucky as they are good — always dance with danger?

1 day ago

It's time to give Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen his props

2 days ago

Bears QB Caleb Williams kept making major strides in fundamentals in sparkling performance to beat Patriots

2 days ago

Bears get surge from Colston Loveland, Luther Burden at just the right time

2 days ago

Bears coach Ben Johnson on failed trick play: 'Shooters shoot. ... We missed'

2 days ago

Bulls fall to the Wizards as tough love lessons continue being learned

1 day ago

Bulls' Noa Essengue was back on the bench but out of the doghouse

1 day ago

Bulls coming up with plan for rookie guard Dailyn Swain, and it involves G League

2 days ago

Horoscope for Monday, October 26, 2026

13 hours ago

Dear Abby: Neighbor's unruly granddaughter skates on thin ice

1 day ago

Horoscope for Sunday, October 25, 2026

1 day ago

After a year of unusual weather in Chicago, should you brace for winter?

3 days ago

ComEd's Lincoln Park substation shouldn't be built, judges say

3 days ago

Months after storm, Gary residents are plagued with blackouts

4 days ago

Driver killed after dump truck overturns at Plainfield-area quarry

1 day ago

Mayor Johnson announces plan to expand food access, create indoor public markets

3 days ago

Chicago passengers could see fuel surcharge on taxi fares

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

A new Chicago brewery is making Korea's oldest alcoholic drink

7 days ago

Illinois is America's pumpkin capital; here's why

6 days ago

High School Football

6 months ago

Eric Couper to Peter Panagiotopolous connection sets records, drives Notre Dame deeper into the 6A playoffs

1 day ago

Oswego East takes down Curie to win its first playoff game in 10 years

1 day ago

Mark Williams sparkles in the clutch as Naperville Central beats Warren in the 8A playoffs

2 days ago

Even with first-time starter at QB, Illini knock off visiting Ducks

1 day ago

Offense puts on a show for No. 24 Wildcats vs. Rutgers

1 day ago

College football second-half preview and Week 8 predictions

2 days ago

Bulls' Caleb Wilson shows he's far from the usual rookie in clutch victory

2 days ago

Bulls will broadcast 20 home games in Spanish via SAP

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

For Blackhawks to score, they need to shoot — it can be that simple

1 day ago

Canadiens much further along in their rebuild than Blackhawks are in theirs

2 days ago

Connor Hellebuyck trade shakes up Central Division, but Blackhawks must stay focused on themselves

2 days ago

Pope Leo XIV

15 days ago

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

4 days ago

Museums and Zoos

1 year ago

Sixth beluga whale rescued from Canada dies in San Diego, following four deaths at the Shedd

5 days ago

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

4 days ago

Fearing ICE, some Chicago immigrants shift work, daily life to nighttime hours

5 days ago

Illinois' electric grid is under a lot of stress. What does that mean for consumers?

5 days ago

Chicago Archdiocese clears retired priest accused of sexual abuse, approves return to ministry

1 day ago

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

3 days ago

DuPage County confirms measles case for vaccinated resident who traveled through O'Hare Airport

4 days ago

CPS board approves new lunchroom workers contract that raises wages

3 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

3 days ago

After Bears' latest win, we can say it: Chicago sports seems to be having a moment

3 days ago

Early voting numbers ominous for Republicans

4 days ago

Obama Center values, respects its workers

2 days ago

Restrict surveillance systems before America falls down an Orwellian abyss

5 days ago

Put in the work to equip Americans in manufacturing jobs

5 days ago

Letters to the Editor

7 years ago

Screening, support for people with dyslexia can transform their lives

2 days ago

Poignant words touch reader who had recent cancer scare

3 days ago

Animals in the wild are worthy of personal pronouns

5 days ago

1 critically wounded in Little Village shooting

13 hours ago

Man, 18, shot multiple times in Little Village

1 day ago

How bad is Chicago traffic?

48 minutes ago

Playlist: Say More listeners pick the songs that bring the fall vibes

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

Thursday, October 22, 2026

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

3 days ago