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Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping down from Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; successor to be named soon

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease eight years ago, is stepping down from the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the influential Chicago-based civil rights organization he founded through its predecessor, Operation PUSH, more than 50 years ago.

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Nina Metz: Hollywood actors are on strike — here’s what you need to know

The union representing Hollywood actors announced Thursday its plans to strike, joining TV and film writers, who have been on strike since May. The last time both unions were on strike at the same time was in 1960.

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My worst moment: ‘The Bear’ star Liza Colón-Zayas and the bloody stage mishap

In its first season, “The Bear” generated all kinds of sweaty, shouty drama inside a Chicago Italian beef sandwich shop. One of the kitchen’s key figures is longtime veteran Tina, played by Liza Colón-Zayas, who is initially skeptical of change. But by Season 2, which premiered last month, we see…

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Shakeia Taylor: How the Double Duty Classic connects Chicago’s rich baseball past with its future

CHICAGO — It’s commonplace for Chicagoans to claim our importance in American history. And yes, that’s exactly what I’m doing now as it pertains to Black baseball.

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Editorial: Americans are moving to other states as they sort themselves by ideology. It’s a worrying trend.

The “Harry Potter” books famously feature a sorting hat, a magical way of determining in which house Hogwarts students truly belong: Gryffindor? Slytherin?

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Commentary: The IRS has an alternative to TurboTax. But will that widen the racial wealth gap?

The Internal Revenue Service recently announced that it will begin a pilot program during the 2024 tax season to start preparing and filing Americans’ taxes in-house, relieving them of the need to use an accountant or tax preparation software such as TurboTax.

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Weather officials confirm multiple tornadoes Wednesday in northeast Illinois, still surveying damage

CHICAGO — National Weather Service officials said Thursday multiple tornadoes were confirmed in northeast Illinois but they still had survey teams out exploring twister touchdowns.

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Northwestern dismisses Jim Foster as head baseball coach amid controversy

CHICAGO — Northwestern University has relieved Jim Foster as head baseball coach days after news surfaced of controversy surrounding him.

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‘Project Greenlight’ review: In Season 5, Issa Rae and friends take over for Matt Damon and Ben Affleck

Intentionally or not, the fifth season of “Project Greenlight” makes a persuasive argument that writers are the backbone of Hollywood.

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How do you buy a home with little or no credit? Turn rent payments into credit score points

Zhiqiang Su, 50, and Yuping Liang, 50, moved from China to Chicago in 2020, seeking a life with better education opportunities for their now 21-year-old daughter and more freedom.

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‘Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake’ review: 2 ‘Real Housewives of New York’ are dropped into small-town Illinois

For a time, I used to watch various incarnations of Bravo’s reality franchise “The Real Housewives.” Brightly lit and filled to their Botox gills with aspirational bunkum, the shows require little by way of mental engagement. These tantrums of the wealthy (and pretend wealthy) function as an easy distraction from…

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Paul Sullivan: The MLB All-Star Game — with generic uniforms and a slew of new faces — has morphed from ‘Who’s who’ to ‘Who’s that?’

CHICAGO — Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodríguez was asked about his approach during his ninth-inning at-bat against Craig Kimbrel in Tuesday’s All-Star Game.

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From thousands of miles away, an Army veteran and ‘big brother’ fights to keep a promise in aftermath of war

The pleading text messages would come at all hours of the day and night from Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Pat Fitzgerald’s coaching future in question after details of hazing incidents are revealed in Northwestern’s student newspaper

CHICAGO — Northwestern begins its 2023 football season Sept. 3 at Rutgers.

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Cubs put shortstop Dansby Swanson on 10-day injured list with hope of minimum stint

NEW YORK — The Chicago Cubs and shortstop Dansby Swanson are playing it safe with his injury.

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Editorial: Government should not suppress speech on social media. The price is always too high

On Tuesday, a Louisiana federal judge ruled that the Biden administration could not quietly contact social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to remove protected free speech.

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University of Chicago partners with Massachusetts firm to incubate startup companies in Hyde Park Labs

CHICAGO — Chicago’s life sciences industry is about to get another much-needed shot in the arm. The University of Chicago signed a partnership agreement with CIC, a Massachusetts-based operator of shared workspaces and labs, to incubate dozens of faculty-led startup companies within the university’s leased space in Hyde Park Labs,…

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Civilian Office of Police Accountability acknowledges complaint against Chicago officers for alleged sex with migrant housed at station

CHICAGO — For months, migrants bused to Chicago from Texas have found themselves housed in Chicago police stations in difficult circumstances, leaving city and state leaders stunned Friday by allegations that officers at one of the police facilities may have had sexual contact with at least one of those seeking…

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Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald suspended 2 weeks without pay over hazing incidents

CHICAGO — When Pat Fitzgerald signed a 10-year contract extension in January 2021 to continue coaching Northwestern football, the program was riding high.

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Civilian Office of Police Accountability acknowledges complaint against Chicago officer for alleged sex with migrant housed at station

CHICAGO — A complaint submitted Thursday to the Civilian Office of Police Accountability spurred an internal Chicago Police investigation into allegations of at least one officer having sexual contact with a migrant housed at a West Side police station.

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Wife obtained order of protection against husband before he shot and killed her and daughter, 15, prosecutors say

CHICAGO -- Late Sunday evening, Karina Gonzalez was at home with her family, her two teenage children sitting together on the couch while she was in the kitchen, prosecutors said.

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My worst moment: When Zeljko Ivanek alarmed Mary Tyler Moore — multiple times

With the latest spinoff, the bad guy on AMC’s “The Walking Dead: Dead City” is no longer Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s once-notorious Negan, but Zeljko Ivanek, who plays the Croat.

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Shakeia Taylor: With breakups in life and in sports, ‘it’s not what you do but how you do it’

CHICAGO — Breakups happen to the best of us. Different kinds of ‘ships — relationships, situationships, friendships, championship teams — eventually come to an end. But when that end catches us off guard, we’re left with a lot of questions.

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Commentary: Bombing Mexico to stop drug cartels from supplying US with fentanyl is a terrible idea

The early stretch of the 2024 presidential campaign is underway — and with it a boatload of bad ideas and policy initiatives. One of the worst but increasingly popular proposals, uttered by several politicians aspiring for the highest office in the land, is to use the military to combat the…

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Commentary: Should the TSA end the 3-ounce liquid restriction?

The plot to bring liquid explosives onto flights from London to the U.S. and Canada in 2006 prompted the Transportation Security Administration to institute a limitation of 3 ounces on all liquid and gel containers placed in carry-on bags.

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