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Shecky Greene, Las Vegas comedy star from Chicago, dies at 97

A gifted onstage improviser, Greene was revered by his peers and live audiences as one of the greatest stand-up acts of his generation.

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Chicago ends year with fewer shootings, but more robbers use guns as overall crime remains high

The city has followed a national trend of lowered gun violence, but it has stood nearly alone in seeing a spike in robberies — 40% more victims than the year before.

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Chicago man shocked by a $24K cellphone bill. Here’s how to avoid international charges

Amir Yass was told an international calling plan was added to his cellphone before his trip to Iraq, but something went horribly wrong.

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Big money, big problems. Deep-pocketed, self-funding candidates and dark money mar Illinois politics

Primary meddling, dark money and self-funding loopholes help skew Illinois politics to favor moneyed candidates. But there are also solutions — like fighting big money with public funding of campaigns.

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Games, (fake) wine, sleep: Chicago grade-schoolers share their New Year’s Eve plans

Youngsters at Brentano Math and Science Academy are sure they’ll be awake at midnight to ring in the new year.

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Rogers Park woman charged with hate crime after swastikas drawn on Orthodox Jewish school

Mariana Lynch, 30, was arrested Thursday afternoon after allegedly defacing multiple businesses, an apartment building and park property on the North Side with antisemitic graffiti, Chicago police said.

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What went into our Creative Chicago cover? Thousands of steps, hundreds of snapshots

The little break from my usual day-to-day reminded me to look around, soak it up and bring that spirit to work with me every day.

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2 favorite tattoo tales from a Sun-Times series highlighting Chicagoans’ body art

The stories of Chicagoans and their tattoos have been appearing as part of a Chicago Sun-Times series called Inking Well. Here are a couple that stood out.

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Maria and José, Chicago-style 2023

Scott Fornek, an assistant news editor at the Sun-Times, wrote this updated take on the classic Mike Royko column.

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It’s a nice day for a winter wedding: Couples say ‘I do’ to unique date of 12-31-23

Some couples are ringing in the New Year in a special way: their wedding. And it’s not just New Year’s festivities that these couples are excited about, but the unique number pattern Dec. 31 creates—12.31.23, being 1-2-3-1-2-3.

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Rosebud closing to diners after nearly 50 years on Taylor, will reopen as special events ‘speakeasy’

The legendary mainstay of Little Italy, once the “red sauce” destination for everyone from Frank Sinatra to Oprah Winfrey to Robert De Niro, will be open for regular dining through New Year’s Eve, and then only to bookings for bigger parties.

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Picture Chicago: 11 news photos from the last full week of 2023

An unusually warm holiday week sees families gather outdoors and Chicagoans celebrate Christmas and Kwanzaa.

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In my 10th year covering the Bears, they still found a new way to surprise me

You see a lot covering an NFL team for a decade, but the 2023 Bears have presented a unique level of chaos.

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How do we find the great murals we feature? Often, just by driving around

We get ideas for our weekly “Murals and Mosaics” series from readers sending in tips, by searching social media and by roaming the city and suburbs on the lookout.

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Covering the story: The long view from a former — and recovering — breaking news reporter

As a breaking news reporter, Stefano Esposito used to cover some of the worst moments in people’s lives. He recently joined the Sun-Times’ Features team. The shift in roles also offers a shift in perspectives.

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Getting tattoos put me at odds with my parents. Maybe the clash was what we needed.

Chicago Sun-Times reporter Mary Norkol writes about her own body art, how coming home for the holidays and other visits with new ink hasn’t always been well received. But her folks seem to be warming to her tattoos.

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2 people rescued when ‘heavy fire’ erupts in Edgewater apartment building: CFD

Two people were taken to hospitals in serious-to-critical condition, fire officials said.

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Whoops! Mistakes, we’ve made a few in our 75-year history

The Sun-Times has had its share of doozies, from wrongly declaring Ford would be Reagan’s running mate to accidentally publishing an obituary for the Chicago Teachers Union president before she died.

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Here’s how Illinois Democrats in Congress split on Israel-Hamas war, antisemitism legislation

Democrats locally and nationally are grappling with a challenging dynamic being played out, with the Israel-Hamas war in its third month.

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Chicago’s lakefront is no place for ‘expressway’ called DuSable Lake Shore Drive

What we need is a Michigan Avenue-style boulevard along the lakefront, a member of Better Streets Chicago writes.

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Ice-skating animal trainer’s harrowing ride across America with a serial killer — and a chimp — is now a movie

The story of the Evanston native’s 1964 road trip has now been made into a movie, ‘He Went That Way,’ in theaters Jan. 5.

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Celebrity deaths in 2023: Harry Belafonte, Tina Turner, Tony Bennett, Jimmy Buffett, Lisa Marie Presley, Jeff Beck among the notables we lost this year

Locally, Chicago mourned the loss of Mike Nussbaum, Frank Galati, Dick Butkus, Harry Porterfield, Bill Zehme and more.

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How I walk the fine line between reporting responsibly and trying to be compassionate to grieving families

As journalists, we stay objective as a responsibility to our readers, but I feel it’s just as important to stay compassionate to those who trust us with their stories when we cover tragedies.

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Finding slices of life in death, seeing obituaries through the eyes of a new reporter on the beat

Mitch Dudek, who succeeded award-winning obituary writer Maureen O’Donnell, is often amazed at how people open up to talk about their loved ones.

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