The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

Bulls’ DeMar DeRozan Gets Candid on Thought of Demanding Trade to Preferred Destination

The Chicago guard was honest in the wake of the NBA's recent high-profile transactions.

Sports Illustrated · Nov 1, 2023

Report: Bears didn’t lay groundwork for extension before trading for Montez Sweat

ESPN's Dan Graziano believes the Bears "will at least make an effort" to sign Montez Sweat to a long-term deal before the end of the season.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 1, 2023

Cooking spray burn victim awarded $7.1 million in damages after can 'exploded into a fireball'

A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million to a Pennsylvania woman who was badly injured in 2017 when a can of cooking spray ignited in a commercial kitchen at her workplace and set her aflame

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

City Council committee OKs ballot referendum to raise money to help homeless

A City Council committee voted to put a referendum on the March ballot asking voters to authorize the Council to quadruple the real estate transfer tax rate on sales over $1.5 million and more than double the rate on sales above $1 million. The rate would drop on sales below…

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 31, 2023

Alice Kelley, a pioneer in male-dominated world of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, dies at 73

Ms. Kelley was a voracious reader who rented a separate Presidential Towers apartment just to house her book collection.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 31, 2023

Rahm or Ed? Expert quizzed on who had most clout in preview of possible Burke trial testimony

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall held Tuesday’s hearing to determine whether Elmhurst University political science professor Constance Mixon should be allowed to testify during ex-Ald. Ed Burke’s trial.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 31, 2023

Saints open as big favorites over the struggling Bears in Week 9

The New Orleans Saints opened as big favorites over the struggling Chicago Bears in Week 9:

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 31, 2023

President Joe Biden will visit Illinois Nov. 9 to tout White House agenda

Biden was last in Chicago June 28, to deliver a speech on “Bidenomics” at the Old Post Office and for political fundraising.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 31, 2023

What you should know about the city’s heat ordinance

Find out how warm your home or workplace should be in Chicago and when a tenant can withhold rent over a heating issue.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 31, 2023

Unwelcome first snow for migrants at police stations: ‘It’s so cold it hurts’

“It’s very pretty,” said one migrant from his tent set up outside the Near North District police station. “But it’s so cold it hurts.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 31, 2023