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- Daily Horoscope for January 05, 2025
- Minnesota Vikings spend $2 million on tickets to boost fan turnout at Ford Field for showdown with Detroit Lions
- Asking Eric: Family friend wants to set house rules for my home
- Today in History: ‘Rapper’s Delight’ becomes the first hip-hop song to reach the Billboard Top 40
- Today in Chicago History: Chicago Bears owner George Halas shocked when first child is born — and it’s a girl
- America’s oldest Black town is in Illinois — and it’s dying. But the fight has begun to save it.
- Storer H. Rowley: Where will we find a new Jimmy Carter when we need him?
- Letters: Inspector general should look into state workers’ excessive overtime
- Pritzker EPA vows to step in as Trump calls for massive cuts to environmental protection
- Jennifer Guzman: Chicago leaders, we have an antisemitism problem
- Resolve to plan ahead for this year’s garden
- Clarence Page: MAGA takes on Elon Musk’s ‘tech bros’ and their need for immigrant labor
- River Forest family helps plan funeral for longtime friend Jimmy Carter
- Editorial: Republicans, resist the urge to blow up the filibuster for immigration overhaul
- ‘Everybody has a story’: Cam Booser’s winding path to the White Sox included pitching for the Chicago Dogs
- Border shelters relieved the pressure during migrant surges. Under Trump, they could become a target
- No Jan. 6 disruptions are expected as Trump’s win boosts Republicans’ faith in elections — for now
- ‘Our county ignored Africa,’ Jimmy Carter said. He didn’t
- ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez’ triumph at Golden Globes
- TikTok creators left in limbo while awaiting decision on potential platform ban
- Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor, who devoted his life for peace, dies at 93
- New Orleans mourns victims of truck attack with tearful vigil and celebration of life
- Business news: Donation to Lydia’s House and Hobart networking event
- Kouts Public Library is getting its own garden; large pig sculpture will be centerpiece
- The heaviest snowfall in a decade is possible as a wintery blast roils parts of the US
- Week 18 photos: Chicago Bears 24, Green Bay Packers 22
- Ex-Calumet Township trustee didn’t list son as resident of Gary apartment she used funds for
- Save the Dunes plans busy 2025; partnership with Indiana Dunes National Park is strengthening
- ‘Mufasa’ and ‘Sonic 3’ rule first weekend of 2025
- Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed last year inside the war operations room, aide says
- Man behind New Year’s attack visited New Orleans before, recorded video with smart glasses, FBI says
- A Melania Trump documentary from director Brett Ratner will be released by Amazon
- Teen killed in Gary hit-and-run crash
- A soccer-loving nun from Brazil tops list of world’s oldest living person at nearly 117
- Hannah Hidalgo and Olivia Miles lead No. 3 Notre Dame past No. 17 North Carolina 76-66
- State senators file bills addressing school districts, veterans benefits and sex trafficking
- 2 in custody after shooting and multiple police chases in Lake County, sheriff says
- Week 18 recap: Chicago Bears beat Green Bay Packers 24-22 on a final-play FG to end 2 lengthy losing streaks
- Braden Smith has 22 points to lead No. 20 Purdue to a 79-61 rout of Northwestern
- New England Patriots fire coach Jerod Mayo after finishing his 1st season 4-13
- Photos: Three Kings Day 2025
- Chicago Blackhawks lose 6-2 to the New York Rangers — but Connor Bedard extends his point streak to 7 games
- Detroit Lions secure NFC’s No. 1 seed, Denver Broncos and Tampa Bay Buccaneers clinch the NFL’s final two playoff spots
- Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people in public service jobs from bill that Biden signed
- No. 22 Illinois men blow a 17-point lead but hang on to edge Washington 81-77
- South Korean anti-corruption agency asks police to take over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
- Illinois lawmakers consider an array of measures in final days of lame-duck session
- Column: After a long overdue and exhilarating win, the Chicago Bears face much bigger questions about what’s next
- Chicago Bears ‘just let it out’ to top the Green Bay Packers for the first time in 6 seasons on Cairo Santos’ winning field goal
- Detroit Lions beat the Minnesota Vikings 31-9, win NFC North and No. 1 seed, dropping division rivals to No. 5
- Chicago, once again, ranks among the worst in the nation for traffic congestion in annual report