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- Jimmy Butler’s buzzer-beater denies the Chicago Bulls a sweep in Miami. 6 takeaways from the 118-116 loss to the Heat.
- NFC North Week 15 roundup: Jared Goff throws 5 TD passes in Detroit Lions win; Minnesota Vikings suffer a crucial loss
- Daily horoscope for December 17, 2023
- Ask Amy: Family is stressed by elder’s inaction
- Everything you need to start ice skating
- Wrap up holiday shopping with these 18 top gifts from Amazon
- For decades, Tree Studios was a peaceful refuge for artists in the midst of a noisy city
- Cloutless in the jury room, will ex-Ald. Ed Burke get a Christmas wish or a lump of coal?
- Letters: The Bears stink because other teams spend their money better
- Pointers for purchasing the right poinsettia this holiday season
- Cook County court clerk getting boost in reelection bid from her government employees
- Editorial: America’s university presidents sure need their winter breaks. Let’s hope they’re reevaluating everything.
- Storer H. Rowley: Extremists on both sides of Israel-Hamas War are determined to kill a two-state solution
- Vaughn Bryant and Arne Duncan: Violence prevention work is reducing shootings in Chicago. Let’s scale it
- Evictions in Cook County have caught up to pre-pandemic levels. The lack of affordable housing and rising costs are to blame, experts say
- Editorial: Happy holidays? The Fed and bond markets are giving us reasons to be optimistic for the future
- How to maximize days off to get the most from your fitness routine
- Column: Will the Chicago Cubs have to do more with less under Craig Counsell? Takeaways from a lukewarm hot stove league.
- South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters
- WMVP-AM weekday afternoon co-host and former Chicago Bears player Tom Waddle buys Long Grove mansion for $1.5M
- Arena Lanes, Clancy’s Pizza Pub plan earlier alcohol sales in Oak Lawn
- The jungle between Colombia and Panama becomes a highway for migrants from around the world
- Boy, 13, injured in South Chicago shooting, police say
- Over 60 people have drowned in the capsizing of a migrant vessel off Libya, the UN says
- 2 men injured, 1 critically, after shooting on CTA Red Line train, police say
- European diplomacy steps up calls for Gaza cease-fire
- In Hamas captivity, an Israeli mother found the strength to survive in her 2 young daughters
- Top strategist resigns from DeSantis-backing super PAC with less than a month before Iowa caucuses
- Teenage boy charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing 2 in Chicago Lawn
- Israel faces new calls for truce after killing of hostages raises alarm about its conduct in Gaza
- Body found inside burning car in Bridgeport identified as 15-year-old boy
- Russia and Ukraine launch numerous drone attacks targeting a Russian air base and Black Sea coast
- Sculptor Richard Hunt, whose work made an outsize impression in Chicago and across the country, dies at 88
- World’s Finest Chocolate buying land in Portage at undeveloped Sportsplex site
- Notre Dame unveils a Muffet McGraw statue outside Purcell Pavilion before blowing out Purdue 76-39
- Business briefs
- RDA sets 2024 budget, plans to tackle new projects, fill two staff vacancies
- ‘Wonka’ waltzes to $39 million opening, propelled by Timothée Chalamet’s starring role
- Kyle McCord, the former Ohio State QB, will transfer to Syracuse, while ex-Illinois RB Reggie Love is headed to Purdue
- Florida Republican Party suspends chairman and demands his resignation amid rape investigation
- Week 15 recap: Chicago Bears can’t hold a 10-point lead and lose 20-17 to the Cleveland Browns on a dismal day for the offense
- Sen. Young lauds federal judge nominees Brisco, Lund
- No. 16 Illinois men’s basketball leads from wire to wire in a 74-57 pasting of Colgate
- Baker Mayfield throws for 381 yards, 4 touchdowns, Buccaneers keep pace in NFC South by beating Packers 34-20
- ‘Devastating’: The Chicago Bears’ latest loss — with another blown lead in Cleveland — may cut the deepest
- Charles ‘Corky’ Goodman, Chicago businessman, philanthropist, advocate for Jewish causes, dies at 90
- 5 takeaways after the Chicago Blackhawks — bitten by the injury bug — lose 4-3 at home to the Vancouver Canucks
- Darnell Mooney’s Hail Mary drop will make the Chicago Bears’ lowlight reel, but far more went wrong for the offense