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Lonnie Bunch III, Chicago historian named secretary of Smithsonian, to step down at end of year

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High School Sports

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Second racist Lincoln-Way East incident alleged by Homewood-Flossmoor

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Art Institute unveils ode to 'relentless experimenter' Mary Cassatt, including tale of long-lost Chicago mural

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Operation Midway Blitz by the numbers: 68 days, 4,000 detained, 2,700 deported

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A look back at how Operation Midway Blitz played out

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Photos: What Operation Midway Blitz left behind

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9 killed, 30 wounded in Labor Day weekend violence

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Michigan falls out of AP Top 25 as LSU moves into the top 10

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Bears coach Ben Johnson plays security guard in Mannings' video

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Dear Abby: Would rather not keep in touch with talkative old friend

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The Chicago Mini Crossword

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Anthony Douglas, MD

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Big Tobacco, toymakers pay for the harm they've caused. Why not gunmakers?

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Baseball has eased America out of its slumps

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Northwestern must elevate — not retreat from — African studies program

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Bearing the Blitz

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'You want to show the world and bear witness': Sun-Times, WBEZ reporters on last fall's deportation campaign

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Midway Blitz 1 year later

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A Chicago couple was poised to open a new Lincoln Avenue bistro. Then the city shut down their street

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Man dies after jumping from moving Red Line train, police say

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Body found in car on Dan Ryan near Rate Field

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Boeing's image is deeply bruised, but the company's campaign money is still good with Illinois politicians

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Kiss-cam scandal brewing in Lyons Township between elected officials

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Did Trump detain the 'worst of the worst'' in Chicago last fall?

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After lobbyist who's under 65 got tax breaks for seniors, Cook County made him pay up. Then, it renewed them.

11 days ago

6-month-old dead, 7 others hurt in rollover crash on I-57 in south suburbs

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Nation and World

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Armed man charged toward Democratic candidate for Ohio governor at fair, police say

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Fuel prices at record Labor Day high in US thanks to Iran War and refinery issues

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Federal investigators probe Amazon cargo jet's runway crash that killed 5 in Miami

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Lincoln's blood-stained gloves from his assassination resurface in California museum

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Death of CTA passenger shoved off moving Red Line train at 69th Street probed as homicide

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Hourslong SWAT response concludes in Logan Square

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Pregnant 16-year-old girl shot in Little Village

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Cop responding to call hurt in Near West Side crash

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Food and Drink

1 year ago

In new cookbook 'Kari,' curry gets its due, with a Midwestern accent

9 hours ago

EDM-heavy ARC Music Fest brings 'house home' with international DJs, local up-and-comers like Virago

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Things To Do

4 years ago

New serial killer exhibition in Chicago offers rare artifacts from John Wayne Gacy, H.H. Holmes

3 days ago

Murals and Mosaics

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Roseland 'cop house' mural features the neighborhood teens want to see

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10 storefront theater shows to see in Chicago this fall

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Bears WR Rome Odunze 'day-to-day' with injury; Ben Johnson 'hopeful' he'll play in season opener vs. Panthers

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Bears name 5 captains for 2026 season

3 hours ago

Soccer spotlight to be on Chicago when Robert Lewandowski and the Fire host Lionel Messi's Inter Miami

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High School Football

5 months ago

Winless Simeon stays optimistic due to talented sophomores Jalonny Billingsley and Aki King

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Bears have had plenty of elite players — just not at quarterback

8 hours ago

The Bears won the Panthers trade — and now need to win because of it

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Bears practice report: RB Kyle Monangai returns

1 day ago

If Bears can't answer abounding questions about their defense, they're headed for a .500 season

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'I'm really going to miss that light': Former Bears FB Matt Suhey, part of 1985 championship team, dies at 68

8 hours ago

Bears RB D'Andre Swift somehow 'finding another gear,' sees fast start coming for rushing attack

3 days ago

Is the Bulls' Matas Buzelis almost a forgotten man? It feels that way

2 days ago

Chicago sports' bright future on display as Bears, Bulls, Cubs stars have 'started something pretty cool'

3 days ago

Bears' Caleb Williams, Bulls players lead PCA cheering section

4 days ago

Horoscope for Tuesday, September 08, 2026

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Dear Abby: Boyfriend wants to live with her, but not with her son

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Horoscope for Monday, September 07, 2026

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Have you been swarmed by biting flies? Why they're 'no joke'

3 days ago

Man dies of heat-related causes on South Side, raising Cook County's heat death toll to 14

3 days ago

No relief from the heat as September kicks off. Is this normal?

6 days ago

New Sox Park? Future owner Justin Ishbia announces proposal for riverside stadium at 'The Railyards'

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Housing and Development

1 year ago

Once the largest Methodist church in the Midwest is slated for demolition

3 days ago

What do you think of efforts to build data centers in Chicago? Here's what you told us

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Top five moments from Bears QB Caleb Williams' 'Hot Ones' debut

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Create the perfect bite with spicy shrimp with sweet corn salsa

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Try this simple no-cook tomato sauce to beat peak summer heat

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Lincoln-Way East students plan walkout over racial harassment incident at Homewood-Flossmoor football game

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New country, new sport: Odurose Acheampong, an exchange student from Ghana, tries out football at Young

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Super 25 Football Rankings

16 days ago

Michael O'Brien's Super 25 high school football rankings for Week 4

2 days ago

Notre Dame pours it on in second half to rout Wisconsin

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Northwestern's defense bends but doesnt break in season-opening win

2 days ago

Illinois opens season with 42-23 victory against visiting UAB

4 days ago

Kendall Gill, Will Perdue, Scott Williams, Robbie Hummel expected to be in Bulls' TV analyst rotation

5 days ago

Bulls' Noa Essengue earning short leash as a puppy that won't bite

9 days ago

The Caleb Wilson hype train is real and full steam ahead for the Bulls

16 days ago

Do the Blackhawks have a path to fourth place in the Central Division?

2 days ago

Blackhawks' Frank Nazar hopes to convert more opportunities this season with new teeth, new teammate

9 days ago

Alex Vlasic eager to speak playoffs into existence for Blackhawks: 'It's a matter of time'

16 days ago

At least 5 dead after Amazon cargo plane barrels off runway at Miami airport

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Illinois joins lawsuit against latest Trump admin push to cut funding for youth gender-affirming care

3 days ago

Federal judge told 'things are no longer quiet' as Midway Blitz lawsuit faces critical November ruling

5 days ago

Mega hailstone officially broke state record during 'most severe year for weather in recent memory'

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Back-to-back bond rating upgrades for Illinois boost Pritzker's reelection bid

6 days ago

Suburban woman facing murder charges after killing 2-year-old before attempting self-harm

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Under pressure following drug arrest, Rosemont's Mark Stephens resigns as chairman of Triton College's board

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Mother charged with killing 2-year-old child in Frankfort before trying to harm herself

4 days ago

Extreme heat warning canceled early on third day of brutal temperatures in Chicago area

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Chicago extends program offering free Wi-Fi to CPS students

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Chicago School Board

3 months ago

CPS students ordered to stay indoors during extreme heat warning

6 days ago

Craig Counsell or Pat Murphy? We went to Whitefish Bay for the answer

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The remarkable story of the Holocaust survivor who made Barack Obama's tan suit

3 days ago

Legislative inspector general has some explaining to do

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Weariness, wariness likely to follow blue-collar union voters to the polls

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Chicago's highest-ranking cops must answer for subordinates' misconduct

3 days ago

Obama Center's First Amendment fail

6 days ago

Letters to the Editor

7 years ago

Steinem guided my way

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Employee-owned businesses do a good job protecting, uplifting workers

3 days ago

Bears can stay. Suits can take a hike.

4 days ago

Man seriously injured, woman missing after vehicle plunges into Little Calumet River in West Pullman

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2 men shot to death in Englewood home; 1 in custody

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West Garfield Park

16 hours ago

2 men wounded in West Garfield Park shooting

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Special Episode: Bearing Witness to the Blitz

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Friday, September 4, 2026

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Can we really separate the art from the artist?

3 days ago

WBEZ's Weekly News Recap: Dangerous heat, two more beluga whale deaths, and more

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Thursday, September 3, 2026

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