Column: In the NBA Cup era, Chicago Bulls and other teams are encouraged to run up the score — like it or not
This is the new norm in the era of the NBA Cup, which not only accepts but encourages leaving in starters to pile on in ...
Chicago Bears defense has lost its closing touch — perhaps the biggest surprise amid a 5-game free fall
The Chicago Bears season is in a disorienting free fall, and the defense’s unraveling is among the most startling ...
Column: The lights of the holidays blaze on, including in a little park in Streeterville
Neighborhood residents gathered last Thursday at the firehouse off Michigan Avenue for an annual neighborhood tradition.
10 of the best books of 2024: The surprising reads that stuck
“Everyone Who is Gone is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis” by Jonathan Blitzer (Penguin, ...
Woman in good condition after suffering smoke inhalation from a burning dumpster overnight on the Near West Side
Chicago firefighters responded to a call overnight for service on the Near West Side and found a burning dumpster next to a building where a 57-year-old woman suffered smoke inhalation, Chicago ...
FBI mole and ex-Ald. Daniel Solis back on stand in Madigan corruption trial
Former Ald. Daniel Solis will resume testifying Monday in the corruption trial of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan about his ...
President Joe Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs
Millions of Americans with obesity would be eligible to have popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic covered by ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to restore consent decree positions in Chicago police budget
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is reversing course on plans to cut back on Chicago police positions dealing with the federal ...
Sonat Birnecker Hart: A 35% tax hike on alcohol would seriously hurt city businesses like Koval Distillery
A 35% tax increase would jeopardize Koval Distillery’s growth. In such a competitive industry, I cannot raise prices any ...
Asking Eric: Managing familial expectations
I just read the letter from “Sunny Side,” whose mother called multiple times a day with anxieties and would call Sunny Side’s ...
47-year-old woman in custody after driving into convenience store on Northwest Side
A 47-year-old woman was taken into custody after she drove a sedan into a convenience store Monday night in the O’Hare neighborhood in Chicago Ridge, Chicago police said. Shortly after 8:35 ...
Woman fatally struck Monday night on South Side, citations pending toward driver
A woman was pronounced dead after she was struck by a vehicle when running into the street Monday night on the South Side in the Parkview neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly before 11:30 ...