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Walking into Doyle Chappell’s Rogers Park apartment feels like it belongs to Willy Wonka, if Wonka had a one-bedroom on the north side of Chicago—it was vivacious, organized chaos. With the landlord’s consent, the 87-year-old painted his walls a deep red and arranged his vibrantly colored acrylic po
Sometimes history begins to write itself in the street and in the people who dare to step out holding signs that read, "Stop war on Iran!" or "No war" or "This is not OK." On that same street, beneath a green traffic light, another sign suddenly takes on a different meaning: "Begin one way." I look
As someone who was personally involved with the United Farm Workers and met with Cesar Chavez, the heartbreaking and disgusting stories about the union’s co-founder are revolting and deeply troubling. The abuse and rape allegations against the now departed Chavez deserve full treatment and exposure.
DEAR ABBY: I have a grown daughter who is most likely an alcoholic. I am not a doctor, so I really don't know. We live in different cities. A few years ago, she was sitting on the sidewalk outside her apartment dead drunk and holding a lit cigarette. Someone saw her passed out and called the police,
For a city and country with a profound love of beef and melted cheese on a bun, the burger represents far more than salty sustenance. It is a beautiful, indulgent, messy, no doubt nostalgic moment in time. I spent a chunk of 2025 writing a book on this ubiquitous, beloved handheld. Out April 2, it’s
The following excerpt from “The Burger Bible: The Complete Lowdown on the Humble Hamburger (Welbeck)," by Maggie Hennessy, explores how the handheld marvel was actually a millennia in the making, despite more contemporary claims. The book publishes April 2 and includes profiles of 80 iconic burgers
On a recent Monday, I biked to the Leavitt Street Inn & Tavern in Bucktown to find the place already packed to the gills at the geriatric hour of 5 p.m. We’d all descended for the same thing: burgers whacked into paper-thin disks on a super-hot griddle, seared until crisp then piled on a sesame seed
A new bobblehead will commemorate Illinois’ appearance in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. The Illini will play Connecticut in Indianapolis on Saturday. Illinois defeated Big Ten rival Iowa in the Elite Eight. This will be Illinois’ second game against UConn this season. The Illini lost to the Huskie
The big four rating agencies aren’t happy with Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, Fitch and Kroll, which each assign a letter grade to the bonds New York City sells to finance its debt, have warned they may reduce their rating because Mamdani intends to dip into the city’s r
Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Full Moon in Libra peaks at 9:12 p.m. Aries (March 21-April 19) A so-so day Today the full moon is opposite your sign, which could create concerns about long-term committed relationships. You might question how you fu
The Blackhawks felt like they righted their ship at home Tuesday after capsizing on their road trip, but their overtime weakness prevented them from translating it into a win. Jets star Kyle Connor's game-winning goal sent the Hawks to a 4-3 overtime loss — their fourth consecutive defeat — and drop
Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon’s first start of the season Tuesday wasn’t perfect, but it was a step in the right direction after a poor spring training. In the Cubs’ 2-0 loss to the Angels, Taillon more resembled the pitcher he has been throughout his career. He allowed two hits, walked four and
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to sit in on Wednesday’s Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation’s highest court. The Republican president’s official schedule, sent out by the White House, included
MIAMI — White Sox center fielder Luisangel Acuna is learning his position on the job, and the growing pains showed in an ugly defensive inning that cost his team mightily en route to a 9-2 loss to the Marlins. The Sox peppered Miami starter Janson Junk for four singles in the third, with RBI from Mu
MIAMI — The sheer volume of raucous cheers inside cavernous loanDepot Park this week has belied modest Miami crowd sizes and even the team receiving those ovations. There were only 6,515 fans there to watch Miguel Vargas walk to the plate with the bases loaded in the fourth inning Monday. But from t
ORLANDO, Fla. — Tiger Woods said he'll step away and seek treatment on Tuesday, days after his vehicle crashed in Florida and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. "This is necessary in order for me to prioritize my well-being and work toward lasting recovery," he said in a po
PHOENIX — Whether the Bears decide to build a stadium in Arlington Heights or Hammond, Indiana, Roger Goodell believes the time has come for them to work out a deal. “They need to find a solution for a stadium,” Goodell said Tuesday at his NFL annual meeting news conference. “They have looked not on
Twenty-five years ago when Curtis Vosti worked for the mayor’s office in Hammond, Indiana, he and others thought of extending the South Shore Train Line into Munster, about 8 miles south from downtown Hammond. Two decades later and nearly $2 billion in construction costs, Vosti boarded the train wit
Cubs reliever Hunter Harvey didn’t have Chicago on his radar as a free agent during the offseason. ‘‘I’ve never been a big-city person, so I’ve always liked being with the teams with cities that are as far as I can get outside of it,’’ he told the Sun-Times. But the Cubs worked to change Harvey’s mi
The Cook County Department of Public Health is warning of possible measles exposures in Chicago's northwest suburbs. The possible exposure was last week. The virus can remain in the air for up to two hours after an infectious person has left the area, though transmission requires just 15 minutes of
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