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Engine problems force Vegas-bound flight to land in Nebraska

A United Airlines flight headed from Chicago to Las Vegas made an unplanned stop in Nebraska on Saturday after the pilot reported engine problems

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Bulls vs. Trail Blazers preview: How to watch, TV channel, start time

Chicago looks to win their second-straight game on Saturday vs. Portland.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Poetry finally has its own Grammy category – mostly thanks to J. Ivy, nominee

Poet J. Ivy is a nominee for the Grammys' Best Spoken Word Poetry Album award — a new category he helped create, after petitioning the Recording Academy.

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Buck of the Week gets ready for Valentines Day

A deer photo apt for Valentine’s Day, more on Chicago’s urban and suburban turkeys, the shortening of ice fishing in Wisconsin and a note on protecting the Boundary Waters are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-Cub Jason Heyward grows his Chicago legacy through baseball academy at new North Austin Center

The North Austin Center hosted a ribbon-cutting this week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Justice Department says short ‘time-to-crime’ for guns used in crimes in Chicago points to illegal trafficking

The period from when a gun is bought until it’s recovered in a crime was far lower in Chicago than in New York or Los Angeles, according to a new federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives report.

Chicago Sun-Times

Changing the Democratic presidential primary calendar is the right move

Let’s enact this fairer primary calendar and move on to other business: defending workers, strengthening democracy — and making sure the 2024 Democratic National Convention is in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Horoscope for Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023

After 3 a.m. Chicago time, there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Leo.

Chicago Sun-Times

There will never be another player like Courtney Vandersloot

In 12 seasons with the Sky, Vandersloot averaged 10.2 points, 6.6 assists and 3.2 rebounds. In 2021, she helped bring the city its first WNBA title.

Chicago Sun-Times

Actor Melinda Dillon, ‘A Christmas Story’ mom from Chicago, dies at 83

Two-time Oscar nominee, for ‘Close Encounters’ and ‘Absence of Malice,’ got her start at Goodman School and Second City.

Chicago Sun-Times

As new owner picks up pieces of custom-furniture e-tailer Interior Define, thousands of customers remain in limbo

When Cherilyn Church took the plunge in May and bought a $5,700 sectional from Interior Define, the Chicago-based custom furniture retailer, she envisioned it as a dream centerpiece for her home.

Chicago Tribune

Man shot to death in New City

Demonte Glover, 21, was on the street about 1:25 p.m. in the 1900 block of West Garfield Boulevard when he was shot in the abdomen, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Chicago Sun-Times

A closer look at campaign contributions, spending from 2022 Illinois general election

Take a deep dive into how Dan Proft, Tom Devore and others managed spending during the November election season.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jason Heyward opens his baseball academy — a 10-acre campus that also includes Chicago’s largest indoor soccer field

CHICAGO — Former Chicago Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward attended a ribbon cutting Thursday for the North Austin Center, a 10-acre campus for education, sports and wellness on Chicago’s West Side.

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Chicago Tool Library opens new location, in West Side warehouse

The library’s collection includes a range of items, from home improvement tools to projectors, all available for Chicago residents to borrow. It’s open three days a week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Garcia, female supporters attack Vallas as a ‘fake Democrat’ who is an anti-abortion, pro-voucher threat to public school funding

As recent polls show mayoral challenger Paul Vallas surging and U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia fading, Garcia is pushing an attack against Vallas that Mayor Lori Lightfoot has used for weeks: that Vallas is a “fake Democrat” who is, in reality, an anti-choice Republican and a threat to women’s…

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago singer Dana Divine talks about her battle with breast cancer

If you’ve clapped, stepped and stomped to the Gospel Slide—two times to the right, two times to the left, throw your hands up, now stomp that devil down — you know Dana Divine.

Chicago Sun-Times

Parts of Chicago more dangerous than war zones, who’s profiting on the Bally’s deal and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Chicago cops caught on video attacking man in holding cell each have long records of alleged misconduct

Amid calls to fire Officer Enrique Delgado Fernandez and Sgt. Jerald Williams in the wake of the video release, the Sun-Times has found they’ve faced dozens of investigations into their on-duty conduct.

Chicago Sun-Times

Violence in some Chicago neighborhoods puts young men at greater risk than U.S. troops faced in Iraq, Afghanistan war zones, study finds

The researchers say their findings point to a need for more trauma-related health care in those places, especially in the West Side ZIP code 60624.

Chicago Sun-Times

Paul Vallas gets help in Chicago mayoral bid from ex-officer in Laquan McDonald scandal

The now-retired Chicago cop was named in two legal cases that cost the city more than $5 million. He gave $5,000 to the Vallas campaign.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ja’Mal Green business steered COVID-19 relief loan applicants to lenders faulted by Congress for ignoring fraud

In hindsight, government oversight of lenders was lax, mayoral hopeful says, but many small businesses denied by traditional banks got the help they needed.

Chicago Sun-Times

These are some of the people in line to profit from Lightfoot’s Bally’s casino deal

Among them: the family of the woman chairing the mayor’s reelection campaign fund, contractors that are Lightfoot financial backers and two clout-heavy real estate investors whose children attended the Catholic elementary school where Lightfoot’s daughter was a student.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: The digital age is destroying the art of the letter

A “Collection of Chicago Postal History,” an assemblage of thousands of letters, will be auctioned in March by H.R. Harmer Fine Stamp Auctions of New York City.

Chicago Tribune

A running club in Chicago mobilized to help tamaleras who had been robbed. The event’s success inspired other efforts

CHICAGO -- Sundays are special for David Pasqual Ruiz. He honors the memory of his father by inviting others to run through the neighborhood where he once walked holding his dad’s hand as a child. Pilsen for him means family. The murals, the sounds and the tamales all remind him…

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