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The federal judge who sought to meet with U.S. Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino on a daily basis said Wednesday she “was a little surprised” to see the feds challenge that arrangement — especially after Bovino's appearance on Fox News.U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis made the comment Wednesday evening, after the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed […]

Graduation rates for the class of 2025 reached a 15-year high in Illinois, but performance on the ACT exam is below the national average and, compared to before the pandemic, a lot of those students are considered chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of the school year.Illinois Education Supt. Tony Sanders highlighted the statewide graduation […]

Framed by dinosaur fossils and elephant taxidermy, Harrison Ford recalled his childhood in suburban Chicago, spending his weekends at the Lincoln Park Zoo and wandering outdoors during his free time.It was on one of those adventures in his neighborhood that he came face-to-face with a red fox, and that encounter led to a revelation, the actor and […]

Good morning, Chicago. ✶🔎 Below: A Sun-Times investigation found overlapping vendors who have served both City Hall and the federal government in its campaign against immigration in the Chicago area.🗞️ Plus: A jury found an ex-cop guilty of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Sonya Massey; nearly 2 million Illinois residents, and local food […]

Tan íntima como reveladora. Tan personal como universal. Tan Juan Gabriel como Alberto Aguilera Valadez (1950-2016). Así resulta ser la serie documental “Debo, puedo y quiero” que, a través de cuatro episodios, presenta la vida, la obra y los momentos cotidianos del que es uno de los grandes cantautores de México de todos los tiempos.En cuatro […]

A man is in critical condition at a hospital after being shot twice in the back Wednesday night in the South Loop. It happened around 9:05 p.m., when the 32-year-old man was walking in the 1000 block of South State Street, Chicago police said. A gunman approached and opened fire hitting him twice in the back. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital […]

DEAR ABBY: My grandmother passed away 16 years ago. Before she passed, she told me and my two kids that she had an account for each of them for their college. After she was gone, my aunt was in charge of her will. My kids never got their money, and my aunt would never let me see my grandmother's will.I heard my grandmother ask my aunt if she had filed her […]

Chicago-area companies that earned lucrative contracts supporting President Donald Trump’s deportation push also benefited from deals with the city, the Sun-Times found.A web of agreements shows Trump’s regime and the administration of Mayor Brandon Johnson have overlapping needs — even as they spar publicly and agree on next to nothing.Ald. Rossana […]

Ask a horror writer what influences them, and the answer often involves religion or history.When it opens Nov. 21, an exhibition at the American Writers Museum in Downtown Chicago called American Prophets: Writers, Religion and Culture will explore those influences on creative works. […]

Natasha McClendon keeps a cabinet in her Englewood home stocked with possible sides, like potatoes and macaroni pasta, to feed her two school-age daughters and disabled husband. But the family has no meat and just ran out of frozen vegetables to make a meal.The family was due to get about $1,100 next week for groceries through the Supplemental Nutrition […]