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Movies and TV

4 years ago

The ultimate guide to Chicago's fall film festivals, from Oscar contenders to local standouts

37 minutes ago

Architecture and Design

1 year ago

Open House Chicago returns for 2026 with 20 new sites to visit

15 hours ago

Jalen Brunson, NBA champion and Stevenson alum, will host 'Saturday Night Live' season premiere

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Moment of Youth

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'Zero fights' at a Chicago teen beach gathering, but some adults left youth feeling discouraged

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NITA, Chicago's new transit agency, is meeting for the first time. What will it change?

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Southwest Side veteran Ald. Matt O'Shea will call it quits after four terms

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License plate reader abuses worry conservatives too

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They fled the state to tie the knot. Sixty years later, my parents' love remains strong.

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Trump makes 9/11 about himself with lies

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Playoff loss to Rams haunts, propels Bears QB Caleb Williams into new season

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In Englewood, a new sculpture park blooms with murals, vivid color and hope for 'good things'

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Dear Abby: Spoiled brother in his 60s causing trouble for the rest of the family

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The Chicago Mini Crossword

9 days ago

Bearing the Blitz

8 days ago

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

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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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Sept. 11-spawned surveillance is ravaging the country

1 day ago

Anthony Douglas, MD

1 day ago

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

3 days ago

Baseball has eased America out of its slumps

5 days ago

Rejecting cruelty of a nation bent on squashing trans Americans

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Housing and Development

1 year ago

Chicago's plan for more Loop housing hits milestone with opening of Bellwether Residences

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Things To Do

4 years ago

25 things to do in Chicago Sept. 10-16

12 hours ago

Bally's Council committee hearing turns into a political 'circus' with more questions than answers

12 hours ago

Illinois service members killed in combat after 9/11 memorialized ahead of terror attack anniversary

16 hours ago

Mom fatally shot while snuggling with her kids

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

10 days ago

Kiss-cam scandal brewing in Lyons Township between elected officials

12 days ago

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

7 days ago

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

13 days ago

Kiss-cam video serves as backdrop to raucous public meeting in Lyons Township

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Illinois Dems seek DHS probe of federal agents for excessive force during Midway Blitz

1 day ago

Independent governor candidate Collin Corbett aims to give voters 'a home again' in polarized Illinois

1 day ago

Fran Spielman Show

27 days ago

With Ald. Rodriguez not seeking reelection, Johnson loses key City Council ally

17 hours ago

Girl, 6, struck and killed by school bus in Frankfort

23 hours ago

16-year-old boy fatally shot in South Loop

7 hours ago

Des Plaines police officer fatally shoots man while responding to domestic disturbance

8 hours ago

Police investigating death of woman pulled from Little Calumet River

10 hours ago

Man critically wounded in Humboldt Park shooting

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Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick's memory lives on in final film role, directed by his children

37 minutes ago

The Ren isn't shy about artistic risk-taking. This fall is no exception.

1 day ago

The next citywide read will be nostalgic space novel 'Orbital' in expanded One Book, One Chicago program

16 hours ago

Plantasia at Garfield Park Conservatory embraces its roots as a celebration of ambient and electronic music

1 day ago

Arts and Culture

7 months ago

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

1 day ago

Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski help Fire draw franchise-record crowd in 1-1 tie with Inter Miami

7 hours ago

White Sox hitting director Ryan Fuller talks offensive improvement, and the development that remains

9 hours ago

Kevin Gausman allows three homers, but a lot goes wrong for Cubs as Brewers sweep cements Central control

7 hours ago

Amid bullpen panic, Cubs 'still have all the faith' in Jacob Webb, others to recover in time for playoffs

10 hours ago

Sam Antonacci unapologetic after hard slide, elbow, lead to benches clearing in loss to Pirates

6 hours ago

Bears WR Rome Odunze limited in team's first injury report

15 hours ago

What's the worst-case scenario for a Bears team trying to avoid regression?

19 hours ago

What's the best-case scenario for the 2026 Bears as they try to top last season's wild ride?

19 hours ago

Ultimate Bears QB1? Former quarterbacks discuss who was the best

23 hours ago

For the first time in CB Jaylon Johnson's Bears career, he believes the Super Bowl is a 'tangible' goal

1 day ago

Lakers will unveil Phil Jackson statue next year

1 day ago

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

3 days ago

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

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Horoscope for Thursday, September 10, 2026

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Dear Abby: I'm 41, afraid to tell woman 35 years older I'm in love

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Horoscope for Wednesday, September 09, 2026

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

8 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

5 days ago

Food and Drink

1 year ago

Break the 'what's for dinner' rut without breaking the bank by shopping at international food markets

1 day ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

Lincoln-Way East students walk out to denounce racism their classmates directed at Homewood-Flossmoor peers

10 hours ago

High School Sports

5 months ago

After alleged racism, Homewood-Flossmoor weighs future with Lincoln-Way East

17 hours ago

High School Basketball

4 years ago

Ranking the 10 best senior basketball players in Illinois

1 day ago

NCAA won't overturn Michigan's controversial win over Western Michigan

1 day ago

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

1 day ago

Notre Dame pours it on in second half to rout Wisconsin

3 days ago

Bears' Caleb Williams, Bulls players lead PCA cheering section

6 days ago

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

6 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

10 days ago

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

17 days ago

Nation and World

1 year ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

2 days ago

State bill would make gunmakers pay if their weapons are recovered in shootings

1 day ago

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

3 days ago

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

5 days ago

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

2 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

4 days ago

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

6 days ago

Chicago extends program offering free Wi-Fi to CPS students

6 days ago

Chicago School Board

4 months ago

CPS students ordered to stay indoors during extreme heat warning

7 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

5 days ago

Legislative inspector general has some explaining to do

3 days ago

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

3 days ago

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

5 days ago

Obama Center's First Amendment fail

8 days ago

Letters to the Editor

7 years ago

Curbing pay-to-play in Chicago politics

1 day ago

Steinem guided my way

3 days ago

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

5 days ago

Border Protection officer accused of sex assaults became 'perfect mark' for prostitution ring, lawyer says

17 hours ago

Chicago ballparks have seen over 100 arrests since 2021, with the White Sox beating out the Cubs

16 hours ago

3 stabbed in 2 domestic fights in Rogers Park

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Wednesday, September 9, 2026

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41st Printers Row Lit Fest is a feast for Chi book lovers

14 hours ago

What is a poem that has stuck with you?

16 hours ago

Chicago on one year since Midway Blitz

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It's been 40 years since the Oprah Winfrey Show first appeared on TV screens across the U.S.

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