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New Chicago Public Health Commissioner Ige calls mental health a top priority in 2024

Opioid deaths, HIV and infectious diseases, the racial life expectancy gap and social inequality are Chicago health challenges.

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Neuqua Valley beats Antioch, eyes a spot in the Wheeling Hardwood Classic title game

Neuqua Valley’s Luke Kinkade has been a hot name in recruiting circles lately. The senior scored 18 points and grabbed six rebounds.

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Best new TV of 2023: Netflix’s ‘Beef,’ the year’s top debut, boiled over with brilliance

The old-school detective series ‘Poker Face’ and the therapy comedy ‘Shrinking’ also stood out in a great year for streaming.

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Bears QB Justin Fields ‘not really’ concerned with future, focused on Falcons

The final two games of the season could be Fields’ last with the Bears, who are on track to get the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.

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Johnson on CNN repeats calls for better coordination between state, local governments on migrant crisis

“What I’ve worked to do instead of having chaos is provide some structure and calm around this situation, and without significant federal support. This is not sustainable,” the mayor said on the national news network.

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Chicago’s Big Monster Toys lays off staff, shuts future operations

The toy design studio on the Near West Side, known for its whimsical workspace, is closed to new business, said partner Sam Unsicker.

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Rookie Connor Bedard scores game-winner in overtime as Hawks top Jets

The hockey world still was buzzing about Bedard’s ‘‘Michigan’’ goal Saturday, then he scored both of the Hawks’ goals in their 2-1 victory Wednesday.

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Here are the top stories that made the news in Chicago in 2023

New arrivals and a new mayor grabbed city headlines while old political figureheads went down and long-standing conflicts flared up. The Sun-Times was there for it all.

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Tom Smothers dies at 86; was half of Smothers Brothers comedy duo

“The Smothers Brothers” show was a turning point in TV history, with its sharp eye for pop culture and daring sketches ridiculing the Establishment and railing against the Vietnam War. Network censors and CBS abruptly canceled the program in 1970.

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Father of Highland Park massacre suspect files for bankruptcy

Robert Crimo Jr. faces mounting legal costs since the 2022 Fourth of July parade shooting in which prosecutors say his son fired an assault rifle from a rooftop, killing seven people and wounding 48 more.

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Bears practice without TE Cole Kmet, WR Darnell Mooney

Kmet hurt his knee Sunday. Mooney is in concussion protocol, too, after reporting symptoms on Monday morning.

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Wednesday’s high school basketball scores

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How we tracked recipients of guaranteed income

Guaranteed income pilot programs in the Chicago area have been part of a national movement testing the effects of unrestricted cash assistance on households struggling to make ends meet.

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Concealed carry license holder, companion struck by bullets during shootout with attempted carjackers

A man being carjacked early Wednesday in West Garfield Park fired a gun at the attackers, who fled after shooting him and a woman in the 100 block of North Kostner Avenue, police said.

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Wrapping up Angler of Year instead of Fish of the Year

Elliott Webster, 8, earns Angler of the Year, instead of the usual end-of-the-year Fish of the Year.

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Chicago could move away from school choice. Here’s what that means for parents and students.

Many selective enrollment and magnet schools were created to integrate schools, but Mayor Brandon Johnson says the system creates a ‘Hunger Games’ scenario.

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New Titanic-inspired cookbook plays out against the real — and reel — worlds of the ill-fated ship’s milieu

Celebrate the culinary elegance and history of the Titanic as seen through the lens of James Cameron’s blockbuster film.

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Man fatally shot in New City

The man, who police estimate to be around 35, was found unresponsive in an alley suffering from multiple gunshot wounds shortly after midnight.

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Two found dead in Avondale home

Police conducting a well-being check found a 66-year-old woman and 70-year-old man about 9:15 p.m.

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Man trapped for 6 days in wrecked truck in Indiana rescued after spotted by passersby. ‘It’s a miracle that he’s alive.’

Two men were scouting fishing locations when they found the man along Interstate 94 near Portage, Ind., according to Indiana State Police.

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Dear Abby: I’m dumping man who lied about his drug house visits

Boyfriend insists he’s done getting high and relationship shouldn’t end over his ‘mistake.’

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Civics education is crucial to getting young people engaged in democracy

The late Sandra Day O’Connor spoke often about the importance of civics education. Encouraging democratic participation and civic learning among students is essential, two political science professors write.

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Mayor Johnson promised to stand up for Chicago Public Schools families. Instead, he’s shutting them out

The administration’s refusal to engage families in any public process has created distrust and is a far cry from the inclusive governance he talked about during his campaign, two nonprofit leaders write.

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Ed Burke and City Council members who call his conviction ‘a tragedy’ suck the life out of Chicago

What’s sad is that corruption continues to be so normalized in this town, an Irving Park resident writes.

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Stories you can’t tell on the migrant beat

Hitting the streets, I saw the glaring proof of why so many migrants can’t go back home, despite the beautiful things they miss from there.

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