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The sale bodes well for the Thompson Center, but also for a downtown that’s still staggering from the pandemic and needs all the help, energy — and new office workers — it can get.

Lollapalooza, ‘Fun Home’ and the Newberry Book Fair are among the highlights in the week ahead.

Robert Quinn’s absence from Chicago Bears mandatory minicamp six weeks ago fueled speculation that the veteran defensive end wanted to be traded as the team undergoes a renovation.

CHICAGO — A little before 9 a.m. Wednesday, the Chicago Bears officially placed linebacker Roquan Smith on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list, a somewhat peculiar roster move that came a day after general manager Ryan Poles and coach Matt Eberflus acknowledged Smith’s contract dismay and the possibility it…

A grand jury has indicted the man accused of opening fire on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago, on 117 felony counts

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

The city received an additional 15,000 doses of the vaccine over the weekend, health officials said, but demand continues to outpace the supply.

“It was really hard for me as a very young person to figure out where to go ... or what was the guidance that I needed,” Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez said Wednesday, as she and others touted a proposed ordinance to strengthen abortion protections and and support in Chicago.

The 43-year-old was found unresponsive with several gunshot wounds, Chicago police said.