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High winds, 65 mph gusts to hit Chicago area Saturday, weather officials say

CHICAGO — Weather officials issued a high wind warning Saturday morning that is in effect until 7 p.m. for portions of central, east central and northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana.

Chicago Tribune

Former Bulls star Ben Gordon arrested at McDonald’s

Former Chicago Bulls guard Ben Gordon has been arrested at a Chicago-area McDonald's for reportedly punching a security guard in the face.

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Ohio State’s Ryan Day Gives Honest Reflection on Win Over Northwestern

The Buckeyes coach was happy to get out of Chicago with a road victory.

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President Joe Biden stumps for Rep. Lauren Underwood in Illinois, says Republicans pose threat to Social Security and Medicare

CHICAGO — President Joe Biden stumped for suburban Democrats in Joliet on Saturday, part of a final weekend campaign visit to what has been a reliably blue state that underscored national Democratic concerns that Republican gains in several races could give the party control of Congress on Election Day.

Chicago Tribune

Former Bulls guard Ben Gordon charged for allegedly hitting security guards during disturbance

CHICAGO — A former Chicago Bulls player was arrested early Friday morning for allegedly punching a security guard in the face and throwing another to the ground when they tried to escort him from a McDonalds, officials said.

Chicago Tribune

Bears vs. Dolphins: 5 things to watch (and a prediction) for Week 9 matchup

Here's what we'll be watching for as the Bears face the Dolphins in Week 9. Plus, a final prediction.

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1 killed, 5 wounded by gunfire in Chicago since Friday evening

A man was shot to death Friday night in an alley in Chicago Lawn on the South Side.

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Man shot to death in Chicago Lawn alley

A man, 44, was in an alley about 10:25 p.m. in the 3000 block of West 63rd Street when he was shot multiple times in the body, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago principal removed after student dressed up as Nazi for Halloween and saluted booing students

Students booed the boy while he goose-stepped across the stage during a costume display

The Independent UK

Armadillo under a deer stand Downstate to waxing poetic on the Northwoods

From an armadillo under a deer stand Downstate to waxing poetic on fall in the Northwoods, notes come from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

What connects The Bear star Ebon Moss-Bachrach and poet Simon Armitage?

By a series of cunning connections involving Lena Dunham and Forward prize winner Caleb Femi, we speed all the way from a Chicago diner to the UK poet laureate

The Guardian - UK

Jon Scheyer’s journey — and time in Illinois’ FAAM league — prepared him for this moment

This was the first time Jon Scheyer felt any kind of pressure to prove himself. The first time he could sense others’ doubt and skepticism. He was in the sixth grade when he walked into a gym in Evanston, Ill., not far from his hometown of Northbrook, a well-off suburb…

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Celtics make winning plays late, overcome DeMar Derozan’s 46 points to hold off Bulls

BOSTON — As far as early-season losses go, the Celtics’ opening week loss last month in Chicago left a mark.

Boston Herald

Bulls at Celtics: Boston takes the wind out of Chicago, wins 123-119 at TD Garden

Some of the best plays captured in images from the Celtics' eighth game of their 2022-23 campaign.

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Chicago principal removed from duties over response to student dressed up in apparent Nazi uniform on Halloween

CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools announced Friday that Jones College Prep Principal Joseph Powers has been removed from “principal duties, effective immediately, pending the results” of an investigation into his response to a student who came to school on Halloween dressed in a German military uniform, goose-stepped across a stage…

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Supreme Justice Barrett refuses again to block Biden’s student-debt relief plan

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Last winter’s heating costs were bad. This year could be worse, with Chicago-area gas bills expected to spike another 30%

It may cost hundreds of dollars more to stay warm this winter in Chicago and the suburbs, with rising natural gas prices and ongoing ratepayer-funded repair work projected to raise bills by as much as 30% over last year.

Chicago Tribune

Judge rules against group suing to stop Obama Presidential Center

CHICAGO — The long-waged fight by the group Protect Our Parks to halt construction of former President Barack Obama’s Jackson Park museum and campus has reached the end of the road in the federal district courts. But the plaintiffs plan to take the case to the appellate level, continuing a…

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Chicago Bulls vs. Boston Celtics, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch the NBA

The Chicago Bulls will meet the Boston Celtics in NBA action on Friday night from the TD Garden, stream all the action right here.

Chicago Tribune

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to buy Chicago-area cannabis operations in deal connected to $2 billion Cresco-Columbia Care merger

Sean “Diddy” Combs has agreed to buy nine cannabis retail stores and three production facilities in Illinois, New York and Massachusetts for $185 million as part of required antitrust divestitures for the pending $2 billion Cresco-Columbia Care megamerger.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-dealers say McDonald’s was the business model, students sue Loyola for ‘mishandled’ sex misconduct claims and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Data should be driving Police Department dollars, civilian oversight panel says

“We need to spend better and more strategically,” to cut city’s violence, eliminate “untenable” working conditions for officers, commission’s president says.

Chicago Sun-Times

With tensions high ahead of Tuesday’s election, top cop says there are no threats ‘specific to Chicago’

The heightened concerns over safety and political violence come two years after former President Donald Trump falsely blamed widespread fraud for his loss — a claim that fueled the riot at the U.S. Capitol and further polarized the political landscape.

Chicago Sun-Times

After descent into alcoholism cost him City Council seat, Proco Joe Moreno hits the comeback trail

In a soul-searching interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, former Ald. Proco Joe Moreno (1st) talked about going into his own tailspin after failing to talk a beloved friend out of committing suicide.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to gain stake in cannabis trade

The music and fashion mogul will acquire stores in Chicago and Villa Park and a growing operation in Aurora in a deal with Cresco Labs and Columbia Care.

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