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Spend big (Phillies) or replenish the system (Astros)? The Cubs can find a roster-building balance in the World Series teams.

Financially investing in a roster can serve as a postseason separator for major-league teams.

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Commentary: Throwing food on famous art to sound alarm on climate change distracts from the cause

The worldwide debate over climate change is descending into a political food fight. On Sunday, climate activists threw mashed potatoes on Claude Monet’s famous “Les Meules” painting, which is housed at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, Germany. This is the latest in a series of incidents in which activists are…

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Commentary: Blame the economy, not landlords, for higher rents

With all the talk about higher rents, inflation, rent control, evictions and the like, people need to better understand how rents are actually determined in the real real estate world.

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Brandon Johnson, Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s newest progressive challenger, contends she’s ‘disconnected ... with working people’

CHICAGO — Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson will run for Chicago mayor, adding another progressive challenger to the field of 2023 candidates and raising the prospect of a rematch between the Chicago Teachers Union and Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

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‘Wendell & Wild’ review: Key and Peele voice an animated Netflix tale of demons, earthlings and ... the evils of the prison industrial complex?

Somehow, the marriage of two singular film talents has produced the least special work either has ever done.

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New winterized tents in Chicago bring shelter security for the unhoused, but spark questions of permanency

CHICAGO — A potential showdown is looming in Chicago's Fulton Market area over the arrival of 10 winterized tents for unhoused individuals living under nearby Metra tracks, as the city quickly gave the tent dwellers notice that the shelters must be removed by the morning of Nov. 3 for “off-street…

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‘The White Lotus’ review: Season 2 jets to Sicily for another rendition of Rich People Talking

Nobody captures the emptiness of wealth like HBO. Regardless of genre, no other network is quite so committed to centering the lives of the rich and dissatisfied, from “Succession” to “The Gilded Age” to “House of the Dragon” to “The White Lotus,” the latter of which is back for another…

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Meet Boots, the poet who leaves inspirational messages on Chicago’s sidewalks

CHICAGO — After a 10-year relationship ended, she started writing poetry to heal a broken heart. Seven years later, she continues to write — but now she does so on the sidewalks of Chicago.

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Commentary: Japan and Australia are teaming up to balance a formidable China

As Xi Jinping edges out his rivals in the Chinese Communist Party, shakes up his leadership team and begins an unprecedented third term as China’s leader, Beijing’s military modernization continues apace. In a span of two decades, China has transformed itself from a relatively minor player on the world stage…

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Commentary: A GOP tsunami is possible for the House, and the Senate is slipping away from Democrats

Tsunami patrol has been on watch in Washington since last year. I served in the House during the last four midterm elections and experienced three massive waves that swept the president’s party out of power with an average loss of 45 seats. Many House Democrats at the start of last…

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Former Teamsters boss John Coli Sr. sentenced to 19 months in federal prison in extortion case

CHICAGO — Former Teamsters union boss John Coli Sr. once basked in a reputation as a tough-nosed, nationally known organized labor figure, rubbing elbows with the state’s political and business elite, running up $15,000 tabs at Chicago steakhouses, and cruising around the Mediterranean on other people’s yachts.

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‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ review: A grudge match of an Irish Civil War pits Colin Farrell against Brendan Gleeson

Friendships dissolve for a litany of reasons. Exasperation. Envy. Fallen scales from gradually or suddenly clearer eyes. Sometimes it’s a last straw; sometimes, an entire bale of hay, parked in plain sight, unnoticed for years.

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A grassroots project at DePaul publishes Chicago stories — the books are free for the asking and you might even be in one

CHICAGO — Big Shoulders Books are free. You can request one. They’ll send you one. You might even be in one. Big Shoulders Books, founded at DePaul University a decade ago, has been one of the more quietly ambitious projects in Midwest journalism, though, in practice, the work is not…

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At LaBagh Woods, a mystery: Who keeps removing fences that protect native shrubs from hungry deer?

Who could possibly be opposed to protecting native plants?

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South Asian women get diabetes at higher rates. A study aims to fight those stats with exercise

CHICAGO — Like many moms, Asmita Patel has struggled to find time to exercise in recent years.

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Commentary: Liz Truss’ stormy reign has lessons for the US on how not to be an aging superpower

The rapid meltdown of former British Prime Minster Liz Truss, who resigned after only 44 days in office and is being succeeded by former Boris Johnson Treasury chief Rishi Sunak, should alarm Americans. She is the supply-side ghost of Christmas future, a long-distance warning from an ex-empire to an aging…

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‘The most Prideful house in the city’: Chicago couple responds to anti-LGBTQ harassment incidents with message of love, positivity

CHICAGO — Erica Hungerford and Peter Charnley’s garage is not just any garage. For months, it’s been the repeat target of political vandalism that has damaged the couple’s Jefferson Park neighborhood home. But now, the defaced garage has newly embellished bright rainbow colors with a large mural reading, “Love Wins.”…

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Commentary: The key to unlocking the mysteries of COVID-19 is understanding immunity

Among the many medical puzzles about COVID-19 that continue to confound experts: Why does one spouse contract COVID-19 while in many cases the other does not? Why does the African continent have far fewer COVID-19 cases and deaths per capita than the other continents? Why does Singapore have more COVID-19…

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Dan Wiederer: Jaquan Brisker and the Chicago Bears make a statement that — for one night anyway — they won’t stay down long

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Sometimes life comes at you sliding with its cleats raised. And as hard as you may try to leap and dodge misfortune, a rogue spike might catch you right where you’d rather it not.

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While much of the world is centered on the Great Resignation and quiet quitting, those on the spectrum continue to make employment inroads

Aldo Suarez, 21, of Chicago's South Side, likes to play the video game Halo. Another favorite? Building McLaren vehicles with Lego Technic sets. And he prefers the older “Matrix” movies, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and walking North Riverside and Woodfield malls when he can. And his favorite food is tofu.

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Laura Washington: New research should give Black women an incentive to go natural and ditch the chemicals

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Chicago Bears rush for 243 yards and force 4 turnovers in a 33-14 rout of the New England Patriots

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — In the press box at Gillette Stadium before Monday night’s game against the New England Patriots, Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles told reporters what he saw as the next step for his young team.

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Not relishing inflation? Here’s what it's done to Chicago's beloved hot dog

Generally speaking, the bun in which a Chicago-style hot dog is laid must be poppy seed. The relish should be neon and the salt, celery. Vienna Beef is considered the standard-bearer for the frankfurter. Though the city’s myriad hot dog vendors take their liberties here and there, swapping regular relish…

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Review: Brothers bite hard in powerhouse ‘Topdog/Underdog’ on Broadway

NEW YORK — Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Topdog/Underdog” is a phenomenal two-brother drama, every bit as intense and rich as anything by Sam Shepard and, frankly, as good an American play as most anything written during the last quarter century. And on Broadway, the director Kenny Leon has put this 2001 masterpiece…

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Fall colors in Chicago area are the best in years. But don't wait too long to peep at the leaves

CHICAGO — Family portrait takers, tour guides and social media influencers are running out of time to photograph the final days of the best season of fall colors in northern Illinois in years, experts say.

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