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Bittersweet holiday for migrants celebrating their first Christmas in Chicago

Recent immigrants from Venezuela, Angola and Haiti say they are happy to be in Chicago as they attempt to build their lives here but miss their relatives back home. Many are planning to celebrate by maintaining holiday traditions like eating hallacas — Venezuelan tamales — and cachupa — an Angolan…

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Christmas lights up Chicago — we found houses decked for the holiday season in every part of the city

Sun-Times photographers fanned out across Chicago’s South, West and North Side neighborhoods to capture their favorite displays.

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3 carjacked at gunpoint within 40 minutes on North Side

The carjackers used cars to box in their victims’ cars before approaching them Tuesday night in Lake View, Lincoln Square.

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Burglars hit 9 businesses in 2 hours on North Side overnight

Most of the burglaries occurred along Lincoln Avenue and happened from 11:40 p.m. Monday and 1:50 a.m. Tuesday. No injuries were reported.

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Amundsen shuts out Clark, eyes North Side domination. ‘The job’s not done.’

The Vikings beat Clark behind the running of sophomore Reggie Mitchell and clinched their fifth straight IHSA playoff berth.

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City Council unanimously confirms Snelling as city’s top cop. Now the hard part.

Larry Snelling must confront Chicago’s persistent crime, including an alarming surge of robberies that has residents of several North Side neighborhoods up in arms.

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My fault Sox game not stopped after stadium shooting, interim police superintendent says

Fred Waller, Chicago’s temporary top cop, blames “miscommunication” for error, says issue has been remedied.

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8 armed robberies within hour on North Side overnight

One of the victims was a 78-year-old man and most of the heists involved multiple men approaching the victims, flashing a gun and demanding personal belongings.

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2 bodies recovered at North Side beaches, police say

The remains of two unidentified people were found at Montrose Beach in Uptown and Columbia Beach in Rogers Park, police said.

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City again delays moving migrants from shuttered YMCA to Daley College

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration has been unclear about the reasoning behind the transfer, and has even kept a local City Council member in the dark about the plan.

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Imani the plover has 2 guests at Montrose Beach

In less than a day after being spotted by birders at Montrose, Imani has been joined by a male and a female plover at his North Side nesting grounds, sparking hopes that he’ll mate this year.

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Urbs in toto: Next mayor must keep bringing development to neglected parts of the city

He will have to address the growing notion that investing in long-neglected South and West side neighborhoods comes at the expense of downtown and the North Side.

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These are the runners-up in our student art contest

We chose 19 students from Chicago and beyond who sent in artwork on the theme “Bringing Chicago’s Voices Together” as part of a Chicago Sun-Times/WBEZ/Vocalo student art contest.

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New environment is more his speed, but can Jason Heyward make it as a Dodger?

Being stashed on the Cubs’ injured list was “definitely difficult,” Heyward said, but it wasn’t the worst part of being with the North Siders in 2022.

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Two North Side wards, two retirements — and 16 choices for voters

Ten people are elbowing for position in the 48th Ward, angling to succeed Ald. Harry Osterman, and six are eyeing the neighboring 46th Ward, hoping to succeed Ald. James Cappleman

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Yawning owl, outdoors shows and John Gierach on psychiatrists and guides

A yawning owl on the North Side, a long list of outdoors-related shows and John Gierach on psychiatrists and fishing guides are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

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4 teens held after crashing stolen car sought in North Side stickups

Police said they followed the teens onto Lake Shore Drive when the stolen car spun out of control and crashed into a tree.

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14-year-old boy charged after bringing loaded gun into North Side school, police say

The teen was charged with possessing a concealed weapon, a high-capacity magazine and metal-piercing bullets, according to Chicago police.

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Richard J. Daley talked about it, Lightfoot delivered: City Council approves mass transit TIF to help bankroll Red Line South extension

The City Council on Wednesday created a new transit tax increment financing district to bankroll about one-fourth — $959 million — of the cost of extending the CTA’s Red Line from 95th Street to 130th Street and building four new stations along the way.

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From north Minneapolis to 'America's Got Talent,' Wyn Starks sings for healing

MINNEAPOLIS — The song was originally about his struggles hiding his queer identity while growing up on Minneapolis' North Side.

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With respiratory illnesses on the rise in Chicago, health care providers warn children’s medications may be hard to find

“Kids can’t cope with pain like adults,” said Gwen Smith, a mom of three from Chicago’s North Side. “It’d be like torture, in a way, to have to witness your child suffering if your local pharmacy doesn’t have what you need.”

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Heidi Stevens: A stranger gave her his Christmas tree when she lost her job. It's been her guiding light ever since.

CHICAGO — It was the second week of December, and Amanda Ullah was counting the minutes to payday so she and her roommate could purchase a Christmas tree for their little apartment, perched above a bar on Chicago’s North Side.

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Fans roar in North Side pub as U.S. beats Iran, advancing in World Cup

Politics were set aside briefly as Iran and the U.S. faced elimination Tuesday. The U.S. now advances to the knockout round, where it will face the Netherlands on Saturday.

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2 teens charged in shooting outside Pittsburgh funeral

PITTSBURGH — Two people have been charged in connection with the Friday shooting outside of a funeral on Pittsburgh's North Side.

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6 wounded in shooting outside funeral at church in Pittsburgh, police say

PITTSBURGH — Gunfire erupted outside a funeral Friday, leaving six people wounded and continuing a spate of gun violence across Pittsburgh’s North Side.

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