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Pat Hughes, longtime Cubs radio voice, wins the Ford C. Frick Award — the Baseball Hall of Fame’s top broadcasting honor

CHICAGO — Longtime Chicago Cubs radio voice Pat Hughes was named the winner of the Ford C. Frick Award on Wednesday, joining Jack Brickhouse and Harry Caray among the all-time broadcasting greats.

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15-year-old student shot and killed near Chicago high school, police say. ‘It’s mind-numbing’

CHICAGO — A 15-year-old boy died Tuesday afternoon after being shot near a high school in the Austin neighborhood, police said.

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Michelle Obama talks about her book ‘Light We Carry’ in Chicago with David Letterman: ‘The world made me practice liking myself’

CHICAGO — Michelle Obama doesn’t tour for a book.

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‘South Side’ review: Season 3 is as funny and resolutely Chicago as ever

The Tribune’s William Lee and Nina Metz previously reviewed Season 1 and Season 2 of “South Side,” an absurdist comedy about working stiffs on Chicago’s South Side. We’re back for its third season, premiering Thursday on HBO Max.

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Can tiny homes combat homelessness in Chicago? Lightfoot’s new budget follows lead of other cities

CHICAGO — While Brien Cron was homeless in Woodstock a decade ago, he persuaded the mayor to change a policy that barred people at his shelter from getting a library card.

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Poetry has a new editor — and now a new issue. It’s time to give a fresh look at this important Chicago magazine.

CHICAGO — The new editor of Poetry magazine, one of the city’s most important and influential publications, is Adrian Matejka, a great poet and a good guy.

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The 10 best books of 2022: A Mason-Dixon mission, ‘Rabbit Hutch’ and, oh yeah, Bob Dylan

It was a particularly good year for excellent books and 10 is way too few. In order of authors’ names:

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Commentary: The G-7′s price cap gamble on Russian oil is an untested idea

The United States and its allies in Europe have spent the last 10 months turning the screws on the Russian economy in retaliation for Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. The Western coalition blocked Russia from accessing around half of its more than $600 billion in foreign reserves, disconnected multiple Russian…

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Commentary: I lost a student to gun violence. Her name was Ruby

Her name was Ruby. She was one of mine. A sophomore. I offered her one-on-one support in my academic lab as an intervention tier for kids who needed extra pushes in the right direction.

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Editorial: Time’s running out to fix electoral vote count loopholes

Behold Congress’ lame duck session, their last chance to pass long-overdue measures to fix loopholes in federal election law that helped stoke the ill-conceived Jan. 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” assault on the Capitol.

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Trade buzz about Max Domi is growing, but it’s ‘all noise’ to the Chicago Blackhawks center

NEWARK, N.J. — When the Chicago Blackhawks signed Max Domi and Andreas Athanasiou to one-year contracts in July, they knew one or both might draw some trade buzz down the line.

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Cody Bellinger agrees to a 1-year, $17.5 million deal with the Chicago Cubs, who are seeking a big payoff from the former NL MVP

SAN DIEGO — The Chicago Cubs’ first splash in free agency features a high-upside gamble.

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Chicago casino won’t be a ‘glitzy Las Vegas strip joint’ but a ‘series of experiences,’ developers say

CHICAGO — Plans to build a permanent casino and entertainment district in Chicago’s River West continue to evolve based on feedback from residents, Bally’s officials said at a community engagement meeting for the project Monday evening.

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Facebook threatens to remove all news content if bill forcing payments to local media outlets passes

Meta/Facebook is threatening to remove all local news from its platform following reports that proposed legislation to force Big Tech to pay publishers for news content is being added to a defense bill in a bid to win approval during the lame-duck Congress session.

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Will Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki represent Japan in the World Baseball Classic? ‘We really want him to play.’

Chicago Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki still is mulling whether to represent his country in the World Baseball Classic.

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Review: In ‘Ain’t No Mo’ on Broadway, Black Americans are offered a 1-way plane ticket out. Painful comedy ensues

NEW YORK — Jordan E. Cooper’s “Ain’t No Mo’,” a blast of a Broadway show, doesn’t so much occupy the space between sketch comedy and old-school play as smash a hole in whatever barrier long has been assumed to divide them.

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Review: ‘A Beautiful Noise’ on Broadway is the music of Neil Diamond, offering ‘Sweet Caroline’ and eternal life

NEW YORK — At their best, biographical jukebox shows like “A Beautiful Noise” dangle immortality, eight times a week. And not just for the audience.

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Young actor with ‘natural talent’ among 3 killed following shooting and fatal crash

CHICAGO — Family members said Xavier Lofton, of Bellwood, Illinois, sorted mail on the graveyard shift so that he could chase his dreams during the day. Good with his hands, the postal worker, who had an associate degree in business, filled the daytime hours fixing cars, hoisting drywall and, in…

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Editorial: Holiday sales show consumers feeling stressed, losing confidence

On the surface, the holiday retail season is off to a great start. Almost 200 million U.S. shoppers turned out in person and online from Thanksgiving Day to Cyber Monday, and holiday retail sales are expected to rise between 6% and 8% from last year to nearly a trillion dollars.…

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Commentary: Sam Bankman-Fried is not an effective altruist

It’s an unfortunate thing that the fiery collapse of the crypto exchange FTX is giving many people their first look at one of the most promising charitable movements of the last decade. It’s called effective altruism, or EA, and in recent years, disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, known as SBF,…

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Commentary: Inflation is bad, but it could worsen if the US dollar weakens

The U.S. dollar is near its highest level in more than a decade. A strong U.S. dollar has many benefits to consumers. When traveling abroad, goods and services cost less in U.S. dollars, making foreign destinations attractive vacation options for many. Domestically, imported items also cost less in U.S. dollars,…

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Father grew volatile, erratic leading up to Illinois family’s deaths: ‘So many red flags’

CHICAGO — The five people found dead in a Buffalo Grove home Wednesday were likely killed in a murder-suicide carried out by Andrei Kisliak, police said Monday, as court records showed Kisliak growing more volatile and erratic in the weeks leading up to his family’s deaths.

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Uber to pay millions to Chicago restaurants in settlement agreement with city

Uber must pay millions in cash and provide free services to Chicago restaurants as part of a $10 million settlement with the city resolving claims the ride-share company listed restaurants on its UberEats and Postmates platforms without their consent and charged excess commission fees.

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Illinois’ gun debate: Legislation, litigation and emotion fuel one of the state’s most polarizing conflicts

CHICAGO — Born 10 days before Columbine, 23-year-old Nabeela Syed’s opinion on guns in this country began forming in the third grade.

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Confronted by GOP critics and confused constituents, Illinois Democrats made fixes to their sweeping criminal justice law

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — After months of blistering attacks from Republicans as well as some criticism from members of their own party, Democratic lawmakers came together during the final legislative session of the year to approve changes aimed at clarifying their controversial criminal justice overhaul.

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