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The brownie was invented in Chicago 130 years ago

Friday is National Brownie Day

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Tony Shalhoub finds voice again for ‘Monk’ reunion movie

Comeback follows ‘overwhelming’ fan response after the obsessive-compulsive character returned for a PSA about COVID-19.

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Previewing and predicting this weekend’s top boys high school basketball games

A look at several big Catholic League matchups and the headline games at the Team Rose event.

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There’s plenty of hypocrisy with Moms for Liberty, other pious GOP frauds

Politically, Moms for Liberty has done the Republicans more harm than good by banning books, attacking teachers and librarians, and picking on LGBTQ students.

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Rideshare driver stabbed by customer in Streeterville

The driver, 41, was in good condition with a cut to the head, police said.

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Charges pending after boy, 15, sexually assaulted in Loop

No charges have been announced for the suspect after the alleged assault which happened about 9:30 p.m. in the first block of West Jackson Boulevard, police said.

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Tanker car fire controlled on SW Side; Metra trains back on the move

No one was injured but fear of a leak caused staffers to be evacuated from nearby businesses, fire officials said.

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Woman fatally shot during Southwest Side argument

The woman was estimated to be in her 30s, police said.

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Why youth homelessness is a big problem in Cook County

Young Black men are disproportionately affected by housing instability, and youth in foster care or who have experienced the death of a parent or caregiver are also at high risk, a recent Chapin Hall study found.

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Dear Abby: Mother never tells man the truth about his biological father

Friend knows the mom’s husband wasn’t really the dad, and considers telling the son that after she dies.

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Peninsula of potential? The Brandon Road Interbasin Project

Once the Brandon Road Interbasin Project starts will it turn the peninsula below the Brandon Road Lock and Dam into the ultimate stopping point for invasive species, especially invasive carp?

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Obama’s massive prisoner release led to Jesse Webster’s Chicago success story and three failures

President Barack Obama granted executive clemency to more than 1,900 federal prisoners, a record. Jesse Webster made the most of his freedom. Three others are back in jail.

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‘Bank jackings’ in Chicago see robbers drain victims’ accounts with their phone apps

They grab cellphones and demand pass codes to banking apps like Zelle and Venmo. A Chicago architect who lost more than $2,000 that way says: “Don’t have any banking apps on your phone.”

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Suspected Mexican cartel leader facing drug charges in Chicago sees Treasury Department freeze his assets

Authorities say Oscar Manuel Gastelum Iribe, as head of the Beltran Leyva Organization, conspired to import tons of heroin and cocaine.

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Horoscope for Friday, Dec. 8, 2023

Avoid shopping or important decisions from 7 to 9:45 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Libra into Scorpio.

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Hunter Biden indicted on nine tax charges, adding to gun charges in special counsel probe

The charges center on at least $1.4 million in taxes Hunter Biden owed between 2016 and 2019, a period where he struggled with addiction. The back taxes have been paid.

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Blackhawks shut out Ducks in Connor Bedard’s first matchup against Leo Carlsson

In the first meeting on NHL ice between the No. 1 and No. 2 picks in the 2023 draft, Bedard and goalie Petr Mrazek helped the Hawks earn a 1-0 win Thursday.

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Person found shot dead in Chicago Lawn

The victim, a male of unknown age, was found about 3:40 p.m. Thursday with multiple gunshot wounds in the 6800 block of South Claremont Avenue.

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The apartment Chicago is falling in love with

After looking for a subleaser on Facebook Marketplace, sisters Sophie and Isabelle Lynch’s apartment became the center of viral posts fawning over the 1886 home.

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Taevion Collier, Cliff Alexander’s brother, emerges as a major factor in Curie’s win against Phillips

Collier and his coach, Mike Oliver, knew it was impossible for Collier to live up to his brother’s legend. Instead, Collier did things the Curie way. He waited his turn.

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Defense: ‘Computer mistake,’ not pressure from Ed Burke, caused delays in Burger King work

City Hall bureaucracy took center stage in former Ald. Ed Burke’s corruption trial Thursday as one of the finer disputed points in the case came to a head.

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City panel backs landmarks label for two State Street buildings

The federally-owned towers date from the early 20th century and could still be torn down, but the decision of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks could increase pressure to preserve them.

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Migrant shelter at closed St. Bartholomew school expected to open next year

The Portage Park school closed this year and is expected to house up to 350 people starting as early as mid-January.

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Suspect had relationship with mother killed in Romeoville family slayings, police say

Police say Nathaniel Huey Jr. was a ‘credible suspect’ in the September shooting deaths of a family of four. Huey allegedly had a relationship with the slain woman.

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Inbound Kennedy Expressway lanes to fully reopen as first phase of three-year construction project comes to a close

By 5 a.m. Tuesday, the southbound lanes will be fully reopened, IDOT says. A six-month first phase repaired surfaces, rehabbed bridges and updated paint and lights between Ohio Street and the Edens junction.

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