A man fatally shot Wednesday evening in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood was at least the seventh person wounded or killed by gunfire in the Northwest Side community in the last three days.
Openly contradicting the government’s top health experts, President Trump predicted that a safe and effective vaccine against the coronavirus could be ready as early as next month and in mass distribution soon after.
Ryan McCaskey, chef of Chicago restaurant Acadia, ordered not to contact former employee.
The Big Ten announced Wednesday that football will resume this fall, declaring a unanimous vote and a plan to play eight regular-season games in eight weeks beginning the weekend of Oct. 23-24. A conference championship game will take place Dec. 19, and every team will have an “opportunity” to play a ninth game that weekend.
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Pumpkin is one of the fall flavors that pops up all over the place as the season begins to change (or in some cases, even before temperatures drop). From pumpkin spice lattes to the classic pumpkin pie, there are plenty of dishes — both sweet and savory — that make use of the season's star ingredient. Here are some ideas you can try with canned pumpkin.
Chef Jose Rivera's winning double cheeseburger features caramelized onions, tomatoes, spring mix and house spread, all served on a brioche bun.
Here's where Illinois' 11 regions stand on the key metrics that would prompt the state to restrict activities to contain an outbreak.
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See the top show moments from the 55th Academy of Country Music Awards, broadcast on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. For the first time in the show’s history, the awards took place in Nashville, from the three iconic Country Music venues, Grand Ole Opry House, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, and The Bluebird Cafe.
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It’s hard to imagine the Big Ten football season coming off without a team having to miss a significant portion. It’s hard to imagine because we’ve already seen it in other conferences.
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Violence recovery specialist works at a Chicago hospital in a city under siege.
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The Chicago Cubs are trying to return to the postseason — and erase the bad taste in their mouths from fading down the stretch in 2019.
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The Chicago White Sox are trying to lock down their first playoff berth since 2008 — and win the American League Central in the process.
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Despite stranding eight runners Wednesday night, the Chicago Cubs persevered thanks to a solid performance from their bullpen to defeat the Cleveland Indians 3-2 in 10 innings and trim their magic number for clinching the National League Central to eight.
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Jose Abreu hit his 16th homer of the season, but the Chicago White Sox saw their six-game winning streak end Wednesday with a 5-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins.
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A military whistleblower says federal officials sought some unusual crowd control devices — including one that’s been called a “heat ray” — to deal with protesters outside the White House on the June day that law enforcement forcibly cleared Lafayette Square.
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It took ‘less than a minute’ for about a dozen robbers to knock over heavy glass display cases filled with expensive Celine handbags and flee with them Wednesday night at Neiman Marcus in Northbrook Court.
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Plate umpire Chad Whitson waved the Cleveland Indians off the field in the bottom of the fifth inning after a drone, complete with a set of red lights, flew high above center field at Wrigley Field. Play was delayed for seven minutes.
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A man fatally shot Wednesday evening in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood was at least the seventh person wounded or killed by gunfire in the Northwest Side community in the last three days.
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Just 21 of some 700 applicants qualified for a lottery to determine who will get 75 new recreational marijuana retail licenses.
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Two men have been charged after Chicago police officers witnessed someone fire gunshots downtown late Tuesday morning and people were taken into custody following a traffic crash on the West Side, police said.
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The Chicago Bears' third-down efficiency was the worst in the league in Week 1. So how does it get fixed before Sunday's home opener? “At first it’s a mindset," Mitch Trubisky said. "Then it comes down to studying the plays and everyone knowing their job. Then it’s the execution."
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Fortune Food Product, a Chicago-based producer of soy products and bean sprouts, has agreed to stop production after federal inspectors allegedly witnessed live rodents and other food safety violations at the East Pilsen facility.
