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8 months ago

Pineapple on pizza? Jordan Abell wants you to argue about this and other hot-button issues.

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High School Football Scores

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2026 IHSA state football playoff pairings and scores

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High School Football

6 months ago

Playoff pairings quick takes: Loyola vs. Mount Carmel rematch, Huntley and St. Rita are the bracket winners

1 day ago

Bears beat Falcons 31-23 in QB Caleb Williams' return

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Malcolm X College West Campus reopens with Danny K. Davis Community Center

1 day ago

'No Kings' rallies across Chicago area call for election participation: 'Make your voice heard'

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WBEZ, Sun-Times, Chalkbeat and Block Club Chicago staff

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Analyzing Game 1 of the WNBA Finals

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Halas Intrigue podcast: Bears ground Falcons

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Dear Abby: Judgmental sister demands childcare commitment

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The Chicago Mini Crossword

1 month ago

Illinois is the Land of Lincoln, the Prairie State and... America's Pumpkin Capital. Here's why.

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Hate comes for South Asians — again

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Chicago Public Media special correspondent

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Lookalike tan suit Barack Obama wore on Larry David's HBO show is missing

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Root out abuse built on white supremacy, religious intolerance

5 days ago

Is your house the spookiest on the block? Share photos with us.

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WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times Staff

9 days ago

Pope Leo leaves Rome's Gemelli hospital 4 days after lung cancer surgery

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Housing and Development

1 year ago

Rising mortgage rates and home prices sidelining buyers but now is the time to purchase, report says

1 day ago

Which Chicago neighborhood feels like a small town? Here's what you told us

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Chicago civil rights leader Al Raby is memorialized with a street dedication

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A Chicago billionaire is now a chief foe of Mayor Johnson and the CTU. Just who is Michael Sacks?

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Paycheck Protection Program

3 days ago

More PPP fraud by Chicago cops found; city's inspector general now says 44 cheated COVID relief programs

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Lobbyist campaign cash helps fuel Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton's run for U.S. Senate seat Dick Durbin is leaving

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Woman confronts former Mormon leader she says molested her decades ago as a child at Chicago-area church

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How to vote in the November 2026 Illinois general election

17 days ago

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

27 days ago

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

27 days ago

Meet the candidates for Chicago School Board president

24 days ago

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

2 hours ago

4 takeaways from CPS School Board president forum

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Key education endorsements for CPS School Board candidates

27 days ago

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

15 hours ago

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

5 days ago

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

1 month ago

Immigrant crosses project honors Silverio Villegas González at parish he attended

6 hours ago

Handful of competitive suburban races rev up November General Assembly elections

1 day ago

Chicago School Board

5 months ago

Insufficient evidence that Chicago School Board candidate engaged in sexual misconduct, watchdog report finds

2 days ago

Lawsuits accuse Chicago delivery robot companies of collecting biometric data

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Mayor Johnson's campaign cash dips below $380,000, while front-runner Giannoulias has $19 million

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Humboldt Park man charged with murder in September fatal shooting

12 hours ago

16-year-old boy was shot in the back in South Chicago

13 hours ago

4 injured in Austin drive-by shooting near Loretto Hospital

13 hours ago

4 men killed overnight in Chicago

13 hours ago

Old Town School of Folk teacher Ted Johnson, who shared 'magic' of music with decades of students, has died

2 days ago

Verne Allison of The Dells, R&B group from Harvey that hit big with 'Oh What a Night,' has died at 90

2 days ago

Share your spookiest Chicago pumpkin pics!

3 days ago

Chance the Rapper prevails again in legal battle with former manager

3 days ago

Private event venue planned for 96th floor of former Hancock building

3 days ago

Bears notebook: Coach Ben Johnson won't do anything 'rash' in response to pile of penalties vs. Falcons

5 hours ago

Bears CB Kyler Gordon gets 3 sacks in return from injury in 31-23 win vs. Falcons: 'Everything I wanted'

6 hours ago

Bears' grades are in. How did they do against the Falcons?

7 hours ago

Bears' next opponent: Patriots top Jets 26-19 behind Drake Maye's 3 TD passes

8 hours ago

How the NHL's proliferation of no-trade clauses affects the Blackhawks

10 hours ago

Bears add Mike Ditka patch, pay tribute on what would have been his birthday

13 hours ago

Tyson Bagent will be the Bears' backup QB vs. Falcons

13 hours ago

Bears coach Ben Johnson brought it all on himself

1 day ago

Bears QB Caleb Williams in line to start Sunday

1 day ago

Bears activate CB Kyler Gordon

1 day ago

Bulls exec Bryson Graham ready for the high-wire act as season starts

11 hours ago

Ready or not ... Bulls will begin the 2026-27 regular season this week

11 hours ago

Bulls guard Josh Giddey is preparing himself for the upcoming air show

2 days ago

Horoscope for Monday, October 19, 2026

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Horoscope for Sunday, October 18, 2026

1 day ago

Dear Abby: Daughter with grudges makes herself hard to love

1 day ago

First frost of season possible Saturday morning

2 days ago

A 'historically' strong El Niño is expected to make for a milder Chicago winter

3 days ago

Chicago area smashes nearly 2-decade record high heat

5 days ago

Chicago puts in bid to host 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup

2 days ago

Illinois Commerce Commission approves $81M Nicor rate hike

2 days ago

Cubs parking lot expansion greenlit by Plan Commission but with less spaces

3 days ago

Betty Liu's Sesame-Cumin Chicken is double-fried for flavor and crispiness

4 days ago

Ming-Na Wen's recipe for Popo's wontons is as good as gold in her family

5 days ago

Rising fuel prices another blow to Chicago restaurants

8 days ago

High School Sports

7 months ago

Evanston, New Trier investigate reports of racist, homophobic slurs during football game at new Ryan Field

3 hours ago

Super 25 Football Rankings

1 month ago

Michael O'Brien's Super 25 high school football rankings for Week 10

12 hours ago

Instant predictions: Picking every game in the 2026 IHSA Class 8A state football playoffs

1 day ago

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

10 hours ago

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

1 day ago

Northwestern nips Michigan State, ex-coach Pat Fitzgerald 24-21 in down-to-wire affair

1 day ago

Nic Claxton expected to be only Bull not available to start season

2 days ago

Bulls guard Tre Jones sees a second unit loaded with weapons and talent

3 days ago

Bulls would love to see versatile big Jalen Smith continue spacing out

4 days ago

Stars hand Blackhawks first loss with Connor Bedard this season

1 day ago

Kevin Korchinski is stuck in purgatory, and the Blackhawks have no logical solutions

1 day ago

Analyzing Connor Bedard's first two games back with the Blackhawks: 'Special player doing special things'

2 days ago

Pope Leo XIV

7 days ago

First images released of Pope Leo celebrating Mass at hospital after cancer surgery

2 days ago

Nation and World

1 year ago

More roller coasters shut down as authorities investigate fatal fall at Georgia amusement park

2 days ago

Teen shooter kills 4 at Oregon elementary school before being shot by a witness

2 days ago

Trump denies Illinois disaster relief request for summer storms

10 days ago

Family of Silverio Villegas González seeks damages over fatal ICE shooting near Chicago

10 days ago

Former Itasca, West Chicago police officers charged with felony misuse of Flock cameras

12 days ago

Gun jammed when neo-Nazi attempted mass shooting at Hindu temple in Aurora, prosecutors say

3 days ago

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 proposes closure of 2 elementary schools

4 days ago

Palatine man, 19, plotted mass shooting at Hindu place of worship, police say

4 days ago

No arrests in wake of reported sexual assault at University of Chicago frat house, police say

4 days ago

University of Chicago reported assault puts fraternity safety problems in spotlight

3 days ago

Former Hyde Park Academy principal, AD plead guilty in contract fraud scheme

4 days ago

Northwestern's run-in with Pat Fitzgerald, Michigan State (Go, Green!) is here. Who wins at Spartan Stadium?

2 days ago

A letter to the late Lindsey Graham

2 days ago

To close the death gap, hospitals must get active where patients live

4 days ago

Wildfire smoke preparedness is essential to protect most vulnerable Chicagoans

11 days ago

As a proud Italian American, I can't get behind the Christopher Columbus adoration

11 days ago

Letters to the Editor

7 years ago

Thrifting is for need, not for greed

1 day ago

Take it easy and mail in your midterm election ballot

2 days ago

Remembering a mother's anguish over Our Lady of the Angels School fire

4 days ago

3 kids hospitalized after ingesting 'unknown substance' at South Side school

1 day ago

4 men injured in Little Village drive-by shooting

1 day ago

4 Chicago area congressional offices receive suspicious letters amid wave of preelection threats

2 days ago

Friday, October 16, 2026

2 days ago

Say More's 2026 fall theater guide, plus the theater of the mind with David Byrne

2 days ago

WBEZ's Weekly News Recap, Oct. 16, 2026: Gubernatorial candidates face off, legendary Bears coach Mike Ditka dies, and more

2 days ago

Thursday, October 15, 2026

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How do you put your money where your mouth is when it comes to the environment?

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