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Because no intellectual property shall go unexploited, HBO is back at the “Game of Thrones” well and hoping a lot of viewers follow along for “House of the Dragon,” a prequel series that takes place nearly 200 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen.

CHICAGO — Under pressure to address skyrocketing street crime last summer, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a $1 million reward program for people who report illegal guns.

In the Orwellian universe in which we now marinate, that uncomfortable reality in which rumors seamlessly transform into facts, and disinformation invades our bloodstream like a mutant virus, I wonder what the proper balance is while cowering under the bed and wearing a helmet, face mask and noise-cancelling headphones.

The Illinois State Fair’s butter cow is back in all its creamy glory.

As schools reopen around the country, they could take a page out of the “greatest generation’s” lesson plan — and help save the world.

CHICAGO -- It was 422 days at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

SEATTLE — The Chicago Bears beat the Seattle Seahawks 27-11 on Thursday night at Lumen Field. Here’s what you need to know about the game.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Darren Bailey, who had tempered his criticism of Chicago since winning the Republican nomination for governor, returned to calling the state’s largest city a crime-ridden “hellhole” Thursday in playing to a downstate crowd during the GOP’s annual day at the Illinois State Fair.

CHICAGO — The link in the NBC Sports Chicago tweet Wednesday begged to be opened.

CHICAGO — The push to move a coyote from its cage in a Cook County forest preserve to a wildlife sanctuary got a celebrity endorsement recently from comedian Ricky Gervais.

CHICAGO — For the first time after two decades of swirling allegations, R. Kelly’s former goddaughter has taken the stand as a prosecution witness in a case against the disgraced singer.