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My worst moment: When you gotta go, you gotta go — comedian Natasha Leggero reveals all

CHICAGO — Natasha Leggero describes “Rat in the Kitchen,” her new cooking competition series on TBS, as “a cooking whodunit, almost in the vein of "Knives Out" or "Clue." We have all these chefs that are coming on to win a cash prize, but what no one knows” — including…

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6 people wounded in shootings in Chicago Wednesday

In one attack, two men were shot in East Garfield Park.

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Police searching for 14-year-old boy with autism missing from Woodlawn

Andrew Wilburn, 14, was last seen Wednesday near 66th Street and Stoney Island Avenue, according to Chicago police.

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Illinois mall shooting suspect taken into custody, police say

CHICAGO — The subject of a nationwide arrest warrant has been taken into custody Wednesday in connection to the fatal shooting of a Skokie man and the wounding of a 15-year-old girl in a mall in Rosemont, police said.

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot again says Christopher Columbus statue will return to Grant Park. But almost 2 years after its removal, will it?

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s long-delayed review of Chicago monuments still isn’t completed, but the mayor has restated her controversial pledge to return a Christopher Columbus statue to its prominent pedestal in Grant Park — the site of a bloody battle between police and demonstrators nearly two years ago.

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Families of crime victims head to Illinois capital to plead for more support and alternatives to traditional law-and-order methods

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Maria Pike found her calling after her son Ricky was shot and killed in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood in August 2012.

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From smoke-filled rooms to rickety Wigwam to a ‘police riot,’ Chicago’s political convention history is a rich one

Although Chicago hasn’t hosted a major party gathering in more than a quarter of a century, the city was historically the nation’s most popular site for national political conventions.

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Chicago COVID-19 cases up 34% in a week, but city still ‘in good control,’ top doc says

Case counts have remained relatively flat across most of the state, but the average seven-day positivity rate is at the highest point seen in a month. COVID deaths across the state have continued to plummet. The city is averaging less than one viral death per day.

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Chicago mulls a possible bid to host 2024 Democratic National Convention

CHICAGO — Illinois’ top Democrats have put together an organized effort to consider pitching Chicago to national party leaders as the site for the 2024 Democratic presidential nominating convention, officials said Wednesday.

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Chicago police ‘brain drain’? Retirements have stabilized, but 660 cops retired in 2021

CHICAGO — Officer Mahir “Mike” Affaneh panicked after he heard Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot make a statement in October that officers might have to go on a no-pay status if they refused to be vaccinated.

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Relax: Chicago has done this before

Organizers of the 2024 Democratic National Convention consider Chicago with its 162 years of experience.

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The Mix: Cool things to do in Chicago March 31-April 6

The Rhinoceros Theater Festival, the Chicago Flamenco Festival and the opening of the 2022 Maxwell Street Market are among the fun things to see and do in the week ahead.

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Microempresas evalúan subir precios conforme la inflación pasa factura. 'Sufren más que las corporaciones más grandes'

CHICAGO— En 2018, Reyna González compró Dulcería La Fiesta, una tienda de dulces y fiestas mexicanas en Clark Street, en el vecindario Rogers Park en Chicago. Unas tres semanas después, el edificio se incendió. "Lo perdimos todo", dijo González.

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Trans Visibility Pageant to highlight talent, honor lost advocates

On Thusday, Life Is Work’s will host its first annual Chicago Trans Visibility Pageant in an effort to “uplift trans community leaders across the Chicagoland area.”

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Pritzker, Lightfoot, Duckworth working on pitch for 2024 Democratic National Convention to be held in Chicago

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is working with Sen. Tammy Duckworth, and Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s team and a litany of other top Democrats in the state to start laying the extensive groundwork needed to put together a bid for what would the city’s first major political convention since 1996.

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Paul Sullivan: As opening day approaches, have the White Sox and Cubs done enough this offseason?

CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox made their biggest offseason move Tuesday, bringing Miller Lite and other Molson Coors beverages back to Sox Park.

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Judge dismisses suit to block construction of Obama Center

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to prevent the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in a park on Chicago’s South Side

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Lightfoot chooses Deborah Witzburg as new city inspector general

The overriding question was whether Lightfoot was willing to appoint Deborah Witzburg even though she was chosen by former Inspector General Joe Ferguson, with whom the mayor clashed repeatedly and ultimately forced out.

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Irish-American actor John C Reilly speaks about his love of 'really dangerous' hurling

The Chicago native, who was recently guest of honour at the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Dublin city centre, compared the drama of hurling to the theatre.

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Gemma Collins rushes to dentist to have tooth removed days before Chicago rehearsals

Gemma Collins, 41, said she had dental work after her wisdom teeth left her in pain.

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Chicago area family mourns after mother of 4 killed, sister critically wounded in mass shooting that left 20 dead in Mexico

Melissa and Arleth’s sister set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for funeral expenses and help pay for medical costs.

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Enter the Sun-Times’ latest student art contest; The Imagination Project wants your take on the theme ‘Spring ahead’

Students from pre-K through high school in Chicago and the suburbs are eligible. You have three weeks to enter. Here’s how.

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Chicago bluesman Bob Stroger turned to music to weather the pandemic storm

The 91-year-old musician, who just released a new album, says that living through the COVID-19 pandemic “was a trip” unlike anything he’d ever experienced before.

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Lawsuit over Obama Presidential Center’s construction in Chicago’s Jackson Park has been dismissed

CHICAGO — A lawsuit that aimed to stop the Obama Presidential Center from being built in Chicago’s historic Jackson Park has been dismissed by a federal judge.

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