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A child stands outside, wrapped in a blanket, Wednesday at Chicago’s designated landing zone for new migrant arrivals at 800 S. Desplaines St. in the West Loop.

A Palestinian American woman cries as she joins dozens of protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza rally at South Wood and West Taylor streets near the University of Illinois Chicago Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute, where First Lady Jill Biden was touring the facilities to highlight the importance of research in women’s health, Thursday, Thursday, Jan. 11. The woman asked not to be identified.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker sent a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Friday, pleading for “mercy” and asking that Texas stop sending migrants to Chicago amid the prospect of dangerously cold weather this weekend.

The Blackhawks signed Nick Foligno to a contract extension Friday.

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The Blackhawks had been signaling for a while that they planned to re-sign Nick Foligno, and they did exactly that Friday.

Foligno, who has become the team’s de facto captain in short order since a trade last summer from the Bruins, inked a two-year contract extension that carries a $4.5 million salary-cap hit, representing a small raise over the $4 million he’s making this season. Читать дальше...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

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I haven’t met Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. But his recent photographs capture the look of a Black man with a lot on his mind.

And there’s something else etched on Austin’s face. He has a look my father had late in life — stoic.

Even when my dad’s health began to fail, he never complained. I didn’t know he had been treated for prostate cancer until my stepmother mentioned it... Читать дальше...

Pedestrians walk while trying to shield their faces from the wind along West Foster Avenue in the Edgewater neighborhood during a major snowstorm, Friday morning.

Matt Eberflus coaches the Bears during a 20-17 loss to the Browns on Dec. 17, 2023.

Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson was named second-team AP All-Pro.

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When Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson made the Pro Bowl earlier this month, he pointed to All-Pro honors as the real prize.

“One just outweighs the other one, but I mean, both of them are still prestigious awards,” he said. ”As far as All-Pro goes, that’s the one I want. I want more.”

Friday, he fell short of first team when the Associated Press released their All-Pro team. Читать дальше...

Cheyenne Enderson’s embroidery-style tattoos include complicated designs with lines and shadows that help a piece appear three-dimensional.

Spanish artist Lula Goce painted this mural in August on a commercial building at Ashland Avenue and Hubbard Street.

USC quarterback Caleb Williams is expected to go No. 1 overall in the 2024 draft. Will it be the Bears who take him?

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to a campaign rally before giving remarks on Jan. 5, 2024 in Mason City, Iowa.

Police are looking for three gunmen who held up five liquor stores in two hours on the Northwest Side Thursday night.

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my abusive husband for almost 30 years. I made several attempts to leave him, which resulted in him stalking me and threatening to seriously harm me and our children. Despite all his threats and abuse, I was forced to allow him to take our children unsupervised. I would end up going back so I could be present when he was around the children.

A Chicago Transit Authority electric bus charges at a charging station at Navy Pier, Aug. 16, 2022.

Mars Chocolate scientist Matthew Kradenpoth is all about M&Ms at the Chicago candy company.

Anthony Burke holds the latest Indiana record burbot, caught Jan. 6, 2024.

Detective Evangeline Navarro (Kali Reis, left) teams up with Police Chief Liz Danvers (Jodie Foster) to investigate the disappearance of a team of scientists on “True Detective: Night Country.”

At Mount Olivet Cemetery on the Far South Side, Cook County sheriff’s Cmdr. Jason Moran walks away from the gravesite of a person who self-identified by only the name Seven.

The bell tower at Altgeld Hall, one of the oldest buildings on the University of Illinois’ Urbana-Champaign campus

Coleman Hawkins (33) and Ty Rodgers (20) celebrate Hawkins’ three-pointer during the second half Thursday night against Michigan State in Champaign.

Moon Alert

There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Aquarius.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

This is a fantastic day to make your pitch to bosses, parents and VIPs, especially if it’s related to boosting your earnings or increasing your wealth. People admire you now because the Sun is at the top of your chart. Today your ruler Mars is dancing with lucky Jupiter. This is the Midas touch!

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

This is a marvelous... Читать дальше...

FILE— Chicago Bulls’ Toni Kukoc celebrates Randy Brown’s game winning basket in overtime against the Toronto Raptors in Toronto Sunday, Feb. 28, 1999.

The Jets rallied past the Blackhawks 2-1 on Thursday.

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The Blackhawks came within four minutes Thursday of ending their ridiculous road losing streak.

Then they fell apart — again — and watched that streak extend to 15 straight.

Gabriel Vilardi tied the game with 3:29 left, Nikolaj Ehlers ripped in the game-winner with 1:05 left and the Jets rallied to beat the Hawks 2-1.

The Hawks still haven’t won outside of Chicago since Nov. Читать дальше...

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An ATM was stolen from a South Loop currency exchange early Thursday in a crash and grab.

A driver backed a Jeep through the front windows of the business in the 500 block of West Roosevelt Road about 6:20 a.m., Chicago police said. Suspects grabbed an ATM and put it in a different SUV before fleeing the scene.

Video posted by ABC 7 Chicago shows three people carrying the machine out of the Western Union, 558 W. Roosevelt Road... Читать дальше...