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Kenwood Academy High School, at 5015 S. Blackstone Ave., take vigorous steps to verify students live in its attendance boundaries.

Colson Montgomery puts on sunglasses during batting practice at White Sox spring training in Glendale, Ariz, on Feb. 20, 2024.

A Chicago police squad car was involved in five-vehicle hit-and-run crash Friday.

One person was wounded in a shooting Friday on the outbound Dan Ryan Expressway.

Hinsdale South’s Brinn Diedrich (3) controls the ball as the Hornets play Glenwood in the IHSA 3A semifinal game.

Koola, an 18-year-old western lowland gorilla, holds her newborn in her enclosure at Brookfield Zoo in 2013. A Gorilla Conservation Center will be part of an exhibit opening next year at the zoo.

Justin Suarez’s birds of prey murals in West Town and River West feature a peregrine falcon (left) and an owl (right).

Abby Johnson and her grandmother Sherry Thomas got matching tattoos just after Thomas turned 80 years old.

“It’s one of the dreams of mine, whether I’m playing for the Bears or against them,” Michigan quarterback and La Grange Park native J.J. McCarthy said of playing at Soldier Field.

North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye speaks during a press conference at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Friday, March 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) ORG XMIT: INMC507

To help prevent damage to the outermost skin layer, always wash your face with gentle cleansers and use a light touch.

Bloom’s Jaden Clark (14) and Santana Flowers (23) block a shot by Marist’s Achilles Anderson (24).

Brother Rice’s Tyler Wooten (2) dunks against Marist.

Kirsten Stickney/For the Sun-Times

Here is a look at all the Class 3A sectional championship games involving area teams.

Thornton (28-4) vs. Brother Rice (30-3) at Thornton

The best 3A sectional battle in the Chicago area features two teams ranked among the top six in this week’s Super 25.

What’s gone unnoticed a little bit is the fact coach Tai Streets’ Thornton team has played... Читать дальше...

Change Healthcare, a massive U.S. health care technology company owned by UnitedHealth Group, announced Thursday a ransomware group claimed responsibility for a cyberattack and is assessing the impact of the attack. The company first acknowledged the cyberattack on Feb. 21 and says it has affected billing and care authorization portals.

The cast of “Message in a Bottle” performs the sweeping dance moves of director-choreographer Kate Prince at the Cadillac Palace Theatre.

Caleb Williams has long been projected to be the No. 1 pick in the 2024 draft.

Illinois State Police | Sun-Times file photo

Sun-Times File Photo

Two women were pulled from a burning car by a transportation worker after crashing into the median on the Kennedy Expressway early Friday, police said.

Around 2 a.m., a Toyota Camry rammed into the median, spun out and caught fire in the southbound lanes of the Kennedy near Addison Street, according to Illinois State Police.

A worker with the Illinois Department of Transportation... Читать дальше...

Buildings throughout the city are housing migrants, including the American Islamic College. Some migrants staying there have complained about hostile treatment from several staffers.

Many terminally ill patients have enjoyed a lifetime of autonomy. They want the same agency over their deaths, says Catherine Durkin Robinson, a Chicago-based end-of-life doula and educator.

DEAR ABBY: My husband has a poor relationship with our son and his wife. They want nothing to do with him and don't want him around the grandchildren because of how he acts. My husband tells me I should stick up for him and tell them what they're doing is wrong, and that he would never do or say anything bad in front of the grands.

A coyote in a Chicago-area cemetery.

Jeff Nelson for the Urban Coyote Research Project

Urban coyotes learn fast, down to crossing streets like humans.

They teach, too.

"They do humble us," Stan Gehrt said. "I think humility is important for us. We need to open our minds and allow ourselves to learn from them. Coyotes have taught me that over and over again. You don't know everything you think you do."

That's a big takeaway for Gehrt... Читать дальше...

A pedestrian walks past an information sign about rent in downtown Chicago.

Kate Winslet stars as the neurotic ruler of a fictional European country on “The Regime.”

These Catholic priests in the Servite religious order have been accused of child sexual abuse, but are not on Chicago-area church lists of credibly accused members. Church officials won’t say why that is. From left to right are Mark Santo, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Donald Duplessis and John Huels.

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, in Orem, Utah.