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Pedestrians walk along the sidewalk near West Washington Street as the sun sets, near Daley Plaza on March 28, 2023.

Actress Glynis Johns is shown in this 1982 file photo. The Tony Award-winning stage and screen star played the mother opposite Julie Andrews in the classic 1964 movie “Mary Poppins.”

Travis Scott commands the stage during his Wednesday night concert at the United Center.

Bears running back Khalil Herbert runs against the Falcons on Sunday.

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Add another starter to the Bears injury report: running back Khalil Herbert, who was limited Thursday with a back injury.

Three days before the Packers game, tight end Cole Kmet was upgraded to limited with a knee injury suffered against the Cardinals. Receiver DJ Moore remains limited with an ankle problem but is likely to play against the Bears’ rivals. Читать дальше...

Between Two Worlds: Racial Profiling by Police in the U.S. and France | January 10, 2024

The apparent feud between late-night host Jimmy Kimmel and New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has reached a new low.

A group of people explore Lincoln Park Zoo on an abnormally warm Christmas Day last month.

A group of people explore Lincoln Park Zoo on an abnormally warm Christmas Day, Monday, Dec. 25, 2023.

Bears offensive coordinator Luke Getsy looks on earlier this month against the Lions.

An arbitrator has criticized the Chicago City Council for voting to reject his earlier ruling on police discipline cases, saying his ruling was based on state law and the Council members who voted against his decision have violated their oath to uphold the Illinois constitution.

Bears quarterback Justin Fields runs against the Packers in September.

The NCAA and ESPN announced on Thursday a $920 million, eight-year agreement that will give the network exclusive rights to 40 championships, including the Division I women’s basketball tournament.

Noel Brusman (right) on a date with her future husband Marvin at the Playboy Club in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin in 1979.

Billy Joel performs at Nissan Stadium last May in Nashville, Tennessee. Joel will be joined by Stevie Nicks for a co-headlining tour stop in Chicago on June 21.

Clockwise from upper left: Michael McClain, Anne Pramaggiore, Jay Doherty, John Hooker

Jamie Bell (left) and Claire Foy play parents who died years ago but appear again to their son, Adam (Andrew Scott), in “All of Us Strangers.”

A hiring sign posted in Downers Grove, April 2023.

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Illinois workers at private companies ended 2023 on a high note as the median pay in December jumped 5.4% compared to December 2022 — a shift that’s expected to stick around in Chicago thanks to the city’s impending minimum wage increase.

Pay across the nation also increased in December as well as employment, with 164,000 jobs added in the private sector, according to ADP Research Institute. Читать дальше...

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Dec. 19 in Waterloo, Iowa. Five Illinois residents filed an objection to Trump’s nominating petition filed Thursday.

Even when ab stimulators work as intended, she says, it takes “about two months to see any perceptible change,” one expert says.

Kansas City Royals’ Brett Phillips beats the tag by White Sox third baseman Yoan Moncada during a game in 2020. (AP)

Coby White is no longer “just another guy” on the scouting reports for opposing teams, and he’s seeing that with the defensive matchups thrown his way game by game lately.

President Joe Biden on a visit to OC Farm in Kankakee on May 11, 2022.

Mike McElhattan pulled a 1981 DeLorean out of a barn in Wisconsin. The car had been sitting for decades and had the dull finish and rodent evidence to prove it.

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A ride-hailing driver was critically wounded in an attempted carjacking Wednesday night in Austin on the West Side.

The driver, a 51-year-old man, was dropping off a fare about 10:10 p.m. in the 900 block of North LeClaire Avenue when three males approached him, Chicago police said.

They took his cellphone and told him to get out of the vehicle, police said. The driver refused and one of the males pulled out a gun and fired shots. Читать дальше...

A woman pulls a sled with a young child sitting in it near Cricket Hill, after snow showers bring nearly an inch of snow to the Chicagoland area, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. December was one of the warmest in history thanks in part to El Niño conditions.