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CHICAGO — Critics remain concerned by the Chicago Police Department’s impending relaunch of its much-criticized “gang database,” a tool intended to identify people with connections to street gangs, even after the process to revamp it was paused last fall at the behest of the city’s new police oversight committee.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears had just lost by 31 points to a division rival, one of what would become 13 losses in the season. In the Chicago Tribune the next day, the Bears coach was quoted as calling it “one of the darkest and dreariest days in Bear history.”

CHICAGO — Longtime Chicago Alderman Roberto Maldonado, 26th, appears to be joining the parade of City Council members opting out of another term.

With Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker seated in the front row of the chamber, the Illinois House early Friday approved a sweeping ban on high-powered firearms about two hours after voting to shore up the state’s already expansive protections for abortion rights.

CHICAGO — To mark the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot released a statement praising congressional investigators and calling for “those responsible” to be held accountable.

We’ll be dealing with dramatizations of the lives of royals forever, if only because the public/private schism of They Who Wear The Crowns and those who live in their vicinity is so temptingly easy to map out on paper. All that circumstantial pomp, all those game-day faces and manners, colliding…

Emily Hampshire has a long resume, but for many American audiences she broke through with the role of the socially awkward, flannel-wearing motel employee Stevie Budd on “Schitt’s Creek.” Now she’s starring on the new Amazon series “The Rig,” a thriller about a crew trapped on an oil rig stationed…

In a recent NFL game, the Indianapolis Colts led the Minnesota Vikings 33-0 at halftime. At that point, Las Vegas was offering odds better than 100-1 the Colts would win, but the Vikings staged a furious second-half rally and won on a field goal in overtime. It was one of…

The first thing that became obvious was Virginia McCaskey’s ebullience, the way she entered the room with infectious pep. On a Sunday afternoon in Phoenix in March 2019, McCaskey had come to do something she hadn’t done at any point in her 96 years. As she walked into a dining…

When the Chicago White Sox handed Luis Robert a six-year, $50 million contract — with options through 2027 — three years ago this week, general manager Rick Hahn said the organization “put our money where our mouth is in terms of our level of excitement” about the rookie center fielder.

It’s hard to find a better microcosm for today’s Republican Party than the self-inflicted debacle that America witnessed this week.