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‘Emancipation’ review: Will Smith wins the Civil War, and a true story loses its authentic edge

Opening in select theaters this week before its Dec. 9 streaming premiere on Apple TV+, “Emancipation” is rated R for violence, and for “disturbing images and language.”

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‘An intellect, a bully, and a great judge’: Courthouse leader Vincent Gaughan set to retire after handling Chicago’s biggest cases

CHICAGO — During a rare pause in Courtroom 500 one recent morning, Judge Vincent Gaughan saw something he deemed outrageous: A spectator was sitting with his arms spread out on the back of the pew, chatting.

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Paul Sullivan: José Abreu the latest White Sox great who will end his career elsewhere. But they never really leave ‘the family.’

CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox general manager Rick Hahn made a stunning admission Tuesday during a Zoom session with the media.

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5 people found dead at home in Chicago suburb, officials say

CHICAGO — Five people were found dead Wednesday in a Buffalo Grove home, officials of the suburban village said.

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Brittney Griner’s plight at forefront with Bulls in Phoenix: ‘I can only imagine the things that she’s going through’

PHOENIX — With every step through the Footprint Center, it’s impossible to escape images of Brittney Griner.

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Months after release from federal prison, TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau could face jail again

CHICAGO — TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau was warned years ago by a federal judge that a 10-year prison sentence for contempt wasn’t going to magically erase the whopping $37.6 million civil penalty he still owes for lying about his controversial weight-loss book.

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Illinois commemorates Barack Obama’s 2007 presidential announcement with marker at Old State Capitol

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The weather turned frigid in the state capital on Wednesday, just in time for the dedication of a marker commemorating the day nearly 16 years ago when thousands braved single-digit temperatures to see then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama announce his 2008 presidential bid from the steps of the…

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With Justin Fields still feeling out if he can play with a left shoulder injury, Chicago Bears add fourth QB as a precaution

Justin Fields felt better Wednesday than he did a week ago as he continues his recovery from a separated left shoulder.

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‘Violent Night’ review: Santa’s got a brand new bag

Ultraviolence at the holidays takes on many forms. I’ve seen children tear open presents in ways that would garner a hard-R rating for graphic, disturbing intensity. At the movies, I’ve seen what some of you have seen — “Dead Snow,” for example. It’s technically an Easter movie, but all that…

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‘Slow Horses’ review: In Season 2 of this darkly funny British espionage drama, it’s a hunt for Russian sleeper agents

Banished by their MI5 betters to the mildewing outpost of Slough House in London, the disgraced British intelligence agents of “Slow Horses” — a nickname that reflects their “put out to pasture” limbo — are back for a second season on Apple TV+.

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The happy ups and dangerous downs in the life and career of Chicago rocker Michael McDermott

CHICAGO — The rock ’n’ roll life can be a very hard life, and Michael McDermott knows that as well as anyone who is still alive and kicking, and writing: “Music is an amazing, time-traveling vehicle that glides atop the ether of our memories and dreams. Sights, sounds, and scenes…

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Books to give as gifts for the 2022 holidays. If the message you want to send is ...

Gifting a book is personal.

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Dan Wiederer: As the Chicago Bears’ latest skid drags on, players must find motivation within to maintain their focus

Last week, a day after the Chicago Bears lost their fourth consecutive game and fell to the bottom of the NFC, defensive lineman Justin Jones was asked how he and his teammates were handling the flood of losses, how players were digging deep to find the investment needed to persevere…

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Commentary: Turkey has put the US in a tough spot by threatening another Syria incursion

Syria’s civil war, which entered its 11th year this March, may at first look like a clear-cut case of good versus evil, in which a bloodthirsty dictator, Bashar Assad, tries to snuff out any semblance of opposition to his rule. Yet, the conflict is far more complicated than that. Far…

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Commentary: Sleep is getting more respect — as a way to increase productivity. We need a better mindset

Sleep is finally having its moment. I’m a sleep researcher and clinician, and it’s exhilarating to see broader recognition that sleep is important, yet I am often dismayed about the framing of why sleep is valuable. Messages equating sleep with laziness have long been woven into our cultural consciousness, with…

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Chicago Bulls signed coach Billy Donovan to a years-long contract extension ahead of 2022-23 season

PHOENIX — The Chicago Bulls signed coach Billy Donovan to a contract extension this summer ahead of the 2022-23 season, retaining him for at least four more years.

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José Abreu says Chicago White Sox made him a ‘really good offer’ as Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf praises his legacy

Chicago White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf thanked José Abreu and praised the former first baseman’s legacy with the team.

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Remembering the late Michael Butler, who produced ‘Hair,’ dated Audrey Hepburn and was pals with JFK and Jagger

CHICAGO — The 95-year-long life of Michael Butler, which ended on Nov. 7 at a nursing home in California was the stuff of legend and adjectives.

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‘I thought I would make it’: The strange psychology behind the crashes at a covered bridge in Illinois

CHICAGO — When motorists travel along Robert Parker Coffin Road in north suburban Long Grove, they become subjects in a fascinating psychological test.

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Anna Diop interview: In ‘Nanny,’ one immigrant story informs another

As a little girl growing up in Houston, Anna Diop devoured rerun after rerun of a particular TV program because her mother was crazy about it. That show, Diop says now, improved her English-language facility — her family relocated from Senegal to the United States when Diop was 5 —…

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Paul Sullivan: José Abreu will be missed, but his exit was necessary for the Chicago White Sox to get where they need to be

José Abreu surely knew he was gone on the final day of the 2022 season when he opted to sit and watch the last game of his Chicago White Sox career from the dugout.

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Editorial: Feeling sticker shock when holiday shopping? Putin and commodity prices are very much to blame

The holidays are here, so get ready for excitement — at the cash register. That family dinner is costing more this year than it ever has before. Need to gas up for errands, or heat the home? Brace yourself for sticker shock.

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Commentary: There is no real evidence that stop-and-frisk helps reduce crime

Imagine your doctor tells you that you have a serious wasting condition. Your physician prescribes a powerful kind of therapy that has serious side effects similar to chemotherapy’s. You ask what evidence there is of the therapy’s benefits. Your physician cheerfully says there’s none. She is prescribing the therapy because…

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Commentary: Ukrainians are fighting for their existence. They know the history of the genocidal Holodomor

In Ukraine and in Canada, the fourth Saturday in November is the official day of remembrance for the Holodomor. The Holodomor, a Ukrainian portmanteau for “death by starvation” or “terror famine,” refers to the Russian-engineered famine and genocide that killed millions of Ukrainians in 1932-33.

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In Chicago, Pence denounces Trump dinner with antisemitic purveyors Kanye West and Nick Fuentes

CHICAGO — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday denounced former President Donald Trump for dining last week with a pair of antisemitic purveyors, Kanye West and Nick Fuentes, but stopped short of saying whether he thought it should disqualify Trump’s bid to recapture the White House.

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