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CHICAGO — Kirby Dach’s homecoming was quiet for most of the afternoon Friday at the United Center.

Dach has tallied 17 points in his first 21 games for the upstart Canadiens — and he scored a decisive shootout winner Friday against the Hawks. Would he have experienced such a fourth-year breakout had he not been traded?

Sneed: More than 600 mass murders this year, one of them reminiscent of a grisly Chicago slaughter

The teen was riding the bike about 2:15 p.m. in the 9900 block of South Yates Boulevard when he was shot in the left foot and buttocks, Chicago police said.

Some World Cup fever, a holiday tree-lighting and more highlight our best photos from the past week.

The stretch east from the north branch of the Chicago River has long been known as Little India. The diverse West Ridge strip has become home for many and is still evolving.

The city will soon lose hundreds of millions of dollars in public health funding as federal pandemic aid runs out. That, combined with low booster shot participation, could spell another surge in COVID, Dr. Allison Arwady says.

The newly streaming movie, with a locally sourced soundtrack, depicts a musical couple assessing who they are after one of them lands a major label deal.

CHICAGO — “Criminal Minds” may have wrapped its 15 season run on CBS in 2020, but the procedural is back — with new episodes, a new home on Paramount+ and a new name: “Criminal Minds: Evolution.” Star Joe Mantegna, who plays FBI Special Agent David Rossi, described the process of…

Back in 1992, William Weidner, then president of Hollywood Casino of Aurora Inc., set out to Springfield to kill then-Mayor Richard M. Daley’s plans for a $2 billion “mega-casino” in downtown Chicago.