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Last call for late night? Customers are back, but bars and restaurants closing earlier as demand dwindles

CHICAGO -- A few years ago, The Long Room could be quiet as a library until about 8 p.m. without the Chicago bar’s co-owner, Jason Burrell, thinking twice. The rush was still on the way.

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‘The epitome of elegance’: Chicago bar with intimate Japanese cocktails named among best in the world

CHICAGO -- There is no need to purchase a plane ticket to sip in one of the best bars in the world; look no further than Chicago’s West Loop.

Chicago Tribune

Parishioners rally behind Chicago priest amid new sexual abuse allegation

CHICAGO — St. Sabina Church parishioners gathered Sunday morning for a joyful service, pushing back against a newly surfaced sexual abuse claim against their senior pastor, the Rev. Michael Pfleger.

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Chicago priest benched again amid another decades-old sexual abuse claim

CHICAGO — For the second time in less than two years, the Rev. Michael Pfleger is stepping away from his popular ministry while under investigation for a decades-old sexual abuse allegation, the Archdiocese of Chicago confirmed Saturday.

Chicago Tribune

A Chicago love story interrupted ends in a wedding 43 years later

Dozens of friends and family were there in Beaverton, Oregon, to see Jeanne Gustavson, 69, wed Stephen Watts, 72, over the weekend.

Chicago Sun-Times

2 shot, 1 fatally in South Chicago

A man and woman, 27 and 25, were shot about 11:05 p.m. in a hallway in the 8700 block of South Burley Avenue, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Alex Caruso is focused on his durability — but he won’t sacrifice his signature style of play with Bulls

CHICAGO — Alex Caruso has a simple goal for his second season with the Chicago Bulls: Stay on the court.

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Rev. Michael Pfleger removed from St. Sabina again as archdiocese investigates another decades-old sex abuse claim

The new accusation comes less than two years after the popular priest was cleared by the Archdiocese of Chicago of separate accusations.

Chicago Sun-Times

By the Numbers: 16 key stats from the Bears’ Week 6 loss vs. Commanders

We're taking a look at some key stats from the Bears' Week 6 loss to the Commanders.

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17-year-old shot and killed in Back of the Yards

The teen was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball quiz: My kind of season (postseason is)

I should start by apologizing to Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen for messing with the great song they wrote, “My Kind of Town (Chicago Is),” but I bet Frank Sinatra would have sung my version for the quizmaster.

Chicago Sun-Times

Suburban red foxes, hoping on perch and hummingbird feeders

A photograph of suburban red foxes, a hopeful quip on perch, a question on hummingbird feeders, and Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge’s 75th celebration are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lawyer says Benedictine monk sexually abused him as a teen at Marmion school and Catholic order covered it up

‘Treat it as a dead subject,’ the victim says the dean of the Catholic school in Aurora told him. The Benedictines are still keeping secrets about clergy sex abuse, a Sun-Times investigation has found.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The snow makes the cityscape so flawless’: Cocu Liu’s best phone picture

The photographer braved the cold to capture this striking shot – before Chicago’s salt machines could melt all the snow away

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Chicago crime rate the talk of other U.S. cities

It’s a common, media-driven perception in Little Rock that Chicago is a terribly dangerous place, but the Arkansas city’s per capita homicide rate is actually worse than Chicago’s.

Chicago Tribune

GOP US Senate candidate’s name left off some ballots in rural Illinois county in now-corrected error

CHICAGO — Election officials in a small Illinois county southwest of Peoria printed the wrong name of the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate on several hundred ballots, forcing the officials Wednesday to keep the ballots separate from all others being cast in the Nov. 8 general election.

Chicago Tribune

Justin Fields is sore physically and mentally, but Matt Eberflus says Bears quarterback is ‘in a good spot’

CHICAGO — Justin Fields let it be known he was sore physically and mentally Thursday night after an ugly 12-7 loss to the Washington Commanders.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago cop will keep his job despite links to the Proud Boys and failing to disclose he was under FBI investigation

Officer Robert Bakker was suspended for 120 days after a lengthy internal investigation was resolved through a so-called mediation agreement, in which he agreed not to contest the allegations lodged against him.

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Heidi Heitcamp, new University of Chicago’s Institute of Public Policy boss, is ‘North Dakota nice’

She succeeds David Axelrod. Two things you didn’t know: Heidi isn’t her real first name. And she grew up in a town so small that “my family was one-tenth” its total population.

Chicago Sun-Times

Activist, teacher Jeanne Terry dead at 104

An early member of Congress of Racial Equality, she helped found a South Side school co-op.

Chicago Tribune

AT&T Illinois fined for effort to illegally influence ex-Speaker Michael Madigan as new charges against him revealed

CHICAGO — Telephone giant AT&T Illinois has agreed to pay a $23 million fine as part of a federal criminal investigation into the company’s illegal efforts to influence former House Speaker Michael Madigan, according to court records made public Friday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago nonprofit builds 1,500 boxes of school supplies for underserved students

The LGBT Build-A-Kit event Friday filled the supply kits for five Chicago organizations supporting low-income youth.

Chicago Sun-Times

Madigan faces new charge, Pritzker tops Bailey downstate in new poll, Chris Rock opens Chicago residency 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.

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Ohio State Coach Rips Bears Receivers As Justin Fields, Chicago Lose

Brian Hartline shared his opinion on Chicago's wide receivers Thursday night.

USA Today Sports Media Group

8 takeaways from the Bears’ pitiful loss to the Commanders

Thursday's performance against Washington was one of the worst losses in recent memory for the Bears. Here are our takeaways from the game.

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