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Paul Sullivan: What’s ahead in the sports world for 2023? A look into our crystal ball.

CHICAGO — Sports remain our greatest escape, offering a few hours of downtime from the daily dose of madness that surrounds us from when we awaken to the moment we crash.

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Dan Wiederer: A collage of ugliness in Bears’ 13th loss leaves far more reasons for concern than confidence

DETROIT — What in the world are we supposed to do with this one, this latest embarrassment from the Chicago Bears, the team’s record-setting ninth consecutive loss that went into the books Sunday as a 41-10 pummeling by the Detroit Lions?

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Why the Bears kept playing Justin Fields during a sack-filled, blowout loss to the Lions

DETROIT — As the deficit began to grow Sunday at Ford Field and the Detroit Lions defensive line continued to pummel quarterback Justin Fields, Chicago Bears coaches had the conversation after every drive.

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Chicago sees dip in homicides after spikes during pandemic and unrest over policing

CHICAGO — After a two-year spike during the pandemic and national outrage over police accountability, Chicago has begun to see a decline in homicides, as the Chicago Police Department works to correct crime trends to levels before the coronavirus and turmoil over the killing of George Floyd took hold.

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Chicago is the deadliest city for migratory birds. A city ordinance that would protect them is still in limbo

CHICAGO — Chicago is the deadliest city in the U.S. for birds journeying each spring and autumn between northern locales and Florida, Mexico and Central America.

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Lori Lightfoot came out of nowhere to win the 2019 Chicago mayor’s race. Can a lesser-known challenger do the same this time?

CHICAGO — At this time in Chicago’s 2019 election cycle, nobody gave Lori Lightfoot a chance to win her long-shot bid for mayor.

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Illinois Supreme Court halts plans to eliminate cash bail and other pretrial court changes

CHICAGO — Just hours before the elimination of cash bail and other pretrial policies were supposed to go into effect, the Illinois Supreme Court on Saturday halted the implementation of the landmark policies statewide.

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Influx of migrants to Chicago places a strain on city resources; city moving forward with temporary shelter

CHICAGO — The strain on Chicago’s resources from a continued influx of migrants was underscored this week when Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked the state for $54 million in emergency funding and her administration confirmed it will open a shelter at a former school in Woodlawn to temporarily house asylum-seekers.

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Commentary: The FAA should use real-life conditions for its evacuation standards

Imagine you’re crammed into your middle seat — behind a crying baby, of course — and a wave of turbulence rocks the plane. Then another. Then that singular, ominous “ding” as the flight crew kindly urges — demands, really — that passengers return to their seat and buckle up. They’re…

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Editorial: More stolen Christmases than the Grinch: Lessons from the great Southwest Airlines meltdown

The airline with the ticker LUV, now a far cry from its early customers-first days under co-founder Herb Kelleher, ruined countless holiday reunions over the past week. Southwest Airlines marooned not just passengers but also its own crews and landed tens of thousands of its customers in a Sisyphean holiday-week…

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Brad Biggs: Timing and good fortune help an NFL rebuild — and Bears have a little of both

CHICAGO — The Denver Broncos’ firing of coach Nathaniel Hackett on Monday after 15 games was a reminder of how fortunate the Chicago Bears are that the Seattle Seahawks rebuffed their effort to trade for Russell Wilson.

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Despite legal limbo, Illinois' elimination of cash bail set to take effect Jan. 1

CHICAGO — The Illinois criminal justice system is set for a major makeover beginning Sunday, replacing a cash-bail structure with one that requires judges to more carefully weigh who among the accused should be held in custody before trial without using money as a factor.

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Police responded to 14 domestic calls about family before murder-suicide

Buffalo Grove, Illinois, police responded to more than a dozen calls for help before police say Andrei Kisliak stabbed his wife, two daughters and mother to death in an apparent murder-suicide in November, according to records obtained by the Chicago Tribune/Pioneer Press.

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Commentary: Bookstores are a refuge for freedom of speech while censors on both sides wage battle

Freedom of speech is forever embattled. That is its nature. Easy to assent to in the abstract, the principle becomes more challenging when the speech at issue assails one’s most cherished values. Polls over the years have consistently reflected this dynamic. “Of course I support freedom of speech,” respondents say,…

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Commentary: The West cannot turn a blind eye as Azerbaijan sets up Armenians for slaughter

While we’re focused on Ukraine, a brutal dictatorship in the South Caucasus is testing the world’s resolve: Since Dec. 12, Azerbaijani operatives have blocked the only road, known as the Lachin Corridor, connecting the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous enclave to the outside world. It is a test. Failing it will invite a…

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Commentary: Films about slavery mislead us into believing oppression is a thing of the past

Antoine Fuqua’s “Emancipation” is yet another movie about slavery. Our Black colleagues express a resounding fatigue with films on Black oppression and triumph.

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Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren reportedly is a top team president candidate for the Chicago Bears

The Chicago Bears search for a new team president is progressing with Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren emerging as one of the organization’s top candidates, according to ESPN.

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Winter movies 2023: Ant-Man, John Wick and Adonis Creed, back for more!

Wait. We have to wait until July for Tom Cruise and “Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One” to save mainstream movie theaters, the way “Top Gun: Maverick” saved theaters in 2022?

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Winter TV preview: 10 shows to start 2023 including a new spin on the heist format, Anne Rice’s witches and a slyly comedic whodunit

January used to mark the midseason for TV, but these days new shows are premiering year-round. And you thought you were done unwrapping presents. Here are 10 brand new shows to unbox.

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Good news for consumers, bad news for AbbVie as its blockbuster drug Humira faces competition

CHICAGO — One of the most popular prescription medications in the world is about to face fierce competition in the U.S. — something that could mean lower prices for the drug but a difficult coming year for the Illinois company that makes it.

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My worst moment: When it felt like half of New York City saw Harold Perrineau naked while filming ‘Oz’

“The Best Man” came out in 1999 and became an instant classic. The sequel, “The Best Man Holiday,” arrived in 2013, and now it’s been adapted into a streaming series for Peacock called “The Best Man: The Final Chapters.” The original cast is back, including Harold Perrineau as Julian Murch.

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Editorial: Economic downturns hurt Americans. They can kill Somalis

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell kicked off the holiday season with another interest-rate increase. He also lit the fuse for a sell-off in the stock market by telling the world, “We have more work to do,” signaling additional rate hikes in 2023. A year-end “Santa Claus Rally” could still materialize,…

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Editorial: Traffic patterns are changing in Chicago. Taxpayers, watch your wallets

In the private sector, when a big project goes more than 50% over budget and takes twice as long as promised, heads roll. For Illinois Democrats, however, it’s a cause for celebration.

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Commentary: ‘Do we need AR-15s?’ Mother who lost a daughter to gun violence demands action

Mary Dieudonne-Hill, a mother who lives in south suburban Homewood, knows all about the pain gun violence inflicts on a family.

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Grayson Allen earns the Chicago Bulls’ ire again after another collision — this time with DeMar DeRozan

CHICAGO — Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen deepened his position as an antagonist in Chicago during Wednesday’s 119-113 overtime loss to the Bulls at the United Center.

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