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With Blues Brothers Con, Dan Aykroyd tries to ‘purge’ the bad karma from Joliet prison

Aykroyd and Jim Belushi will team up to perform at the fest, which also features local blues music and a…

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky lose Game 1 of 1st-round series, 98-91, as Liberty close with 13-0 run

CHICAGO — Minutes away from their first win of the 2022 WNBA playoffs, the Chicago Sky fell completely out of…

Chicago Tribune

10 key games on Bulls' schedule, including January matchup against Pistons in Paris

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls open their 2022-23 season Oct. 19 against the Heat in Miami and take on the…

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Take the Tiger Woods South Side golf course off the table

The Chicago Park District should focus instead on upgrading Jackson Park and South Shore courses.

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Chicago CRED grads celebrate high school diplomas and look to future careers

The program mentors young adults dealing with gun violence and helps them get their GEDs. They want to show them…

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Sky fans look ahead to playoffs in hopes of back-to-back championships: ‘This team comes together’

If the Sky succeed in their bid for a consecutive championship, they will be the first WNBA team to do…

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COVID-19 safety pact between Chicago Public Schools and teachers’ union near as CTU plans vote on latest offer

The district and teachers’ union have negotiated all summer in hopes of avoiding the contentious battles of the past two…

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Sky coach James Wade is calling on Chicago fans to shave their chests for the WNBA playoffs

Wade wants to see real PASSION out of the Chicago crowd.

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Southern abortion rights advocates arrive in Chicago for ‘Black August Freedom Rides’

Activists from Louisiana, Tennessee and Mississippi traveled to Chicago to strengthen ties with local organizations as abortion bans go into…

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The Mix: Cool Things to Do in Chicago, Aug. 18-24

The Chicago Air and Water Show, Chicago Ribfest, and Sunday in the Park with Lyric are among the entertainment highlights…

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Underdogs no more, Sky carry confidence into WNBA playoffs as they seek 2nd straight title

CHICAGO — The Chicago Sky entered this season with a neon target on their backs.

Chicago Tribune

Police reform is failing in Chicago. Mayor Lightfoot must fix that.

More than three years into the consent decree, the city continually fails to make key reforms. The federal monitor’s most…

Chicago Sun-Times

Yes, Chicago has problems. But no one can convince me this isn’t the greatest city in America.

Every moment people give in to cynical attacks on Chicago — levied for political posturing and nothing else — you’re…

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Opening arguments made as R Kelly faces trial on sex charges

R Kelly kept an ugly side of his life hidden as he escaped poverty in Chicago and rose to pop…

Irish Independent

Wolf Lake buffalo, lakefront sturgeon, Chicago’s white squirrels, lack of steel shot & Stray Cast

Some history to buffalo in Wolf Lake combined with some family history in today’s column; plus notes on a lakefront…

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High school football preview: The top 10 offensive linemen

The top two senior prospects in Illinois are offensive linemen — Notre Dame-bound Charles Jagusah of Alleman and Alabama recruit…

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1 killed, 5 others wounded by gunfire in Chicago Tuesday

A man while fatally shot while in a car in the 3100 block of West Huron Street.

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Black hole collisions can help decipher universe's expansion rate: Study

How did the universe evolve, what is it made out of, how fast is it expanding and where it's going?…

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Darius based his Chicago role on Simon Cowell when he starred opposite Ugly Betty star

Before his tragic passing last week, Darius Campbell Danesh took inspiration from former Pop Idol mentor Simon Cowell as he…

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Security guard fires shots at fleeing carjacker at River North gas station

The car was later found in the West Woodlawn neighborhood about 11 miles away and it was not known if…

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Man fatally shot while sitting in car in Brighton Park

The man, 57, was attacked about 2:20 a.m. in the 3500 block of West Pershing Road, Chicago police said.

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R. Kelly trial: prosecutors tell jurors singer had ‘a hidden side, a dark side’

An attorney for Kelly used her opening statement to accuse prosecutors of waiting over two decades to bring a case…

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R Kelly trial is about singer’s ‘hidden side’ court told

R Kelly’s federal trial on allegations that he rigged his 2008 state child pornography trial and enticed girls for sex…

Irish Independent

Adam Levin’s latest big, huge novel throws Chicago into a giant sinkhole. After all, he lives in Florida now.

CHICAGO — Adam Levin left Chicago a few years ago and moved to Florida, and if you don’t think that’s…

Chicago Tribune

Jury to hear opening statements at R Kelly trial in Chicago

Opening statements are giving prosecutors and R. Kelly’s attorneys their first chance to address jurors directly about charges that accuse…

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