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People watch as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns in Paris on April 15, 2019.

French President Emmanuel Macron offers inspired leadership as Notre Dame burns

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

As Notre Dame, the great Gothic cathedral of Paris, was gutted by fire, French President Emmanuel Macron was expected to reach the hearts of his people. He didn't disappoint them....

Ald. Edward Burke's days of picking judges and electing tax assessors and running his own vast intelligence network are coming to an end.

Ald. Burke should have taken his own advice. But he didn’t.

May 31, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, is a wake-goer, a practitioner of a Chicago political tradition of Irish Catholic Democrats, one that comes with its own strict rituals: You don't cut in...

Come knocking during final season of ‘Game of Thrones’? Then I choose violence.

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

If you put a few "Game of Thrones" fanatics into a white, windowless room and observed them like some balding, lab-coated psychiatrist in a dystopian sci-fi movie about zombie infestation,...

Chicago Fire defender Johan Kappelhof handles the ball during practice at the SeatGeek Stadium practice field in Bridgeview on April 4, 2019.

Chicago Fire can update logo, but don’t change the name

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

All I wanted was to get away from Chicago politics and the hell that comes with it, and to sit in the sun watching my favorite team, the Chicago Fire,...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx stands among other supporters as the Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks at a news conference at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition headquarters on April 6, 2019.

Kim Foxx plays the race card to save herself from her Jussie Smollett fiasco

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Chicago prosecutor Kim Foxx played the race card in an effort to salvage what remains of her career after she inexplicably protected TV personality Jussie Smollett for, wait for it...

Kim Foxx greets police Superintendent Eddie Johnson on Dec. 1, 2016, at her swearing-in ceremony as Cook County state's attorney at the Harold Washington Library.

Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson on Lori Lightfoot, Kim Foxx and Jussie Smollett

May 31, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says he’s staying clear of a move by suburban police chiefs who’ve given Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx a vote of “no confidence” over...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's "colloquial" recusal from the Jussie Smollett case her office's dismissal of charges against the actor make her a worthy Moutza of the Month candidate.

Kim Foxx a hands-down winner for March’s Golden Moutza

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

A nice fellow named Frank J. Andreou made a serious allegation in the awarding of the Golden Moutza of March. “There is not a hand big enough for this month!!”...

Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot greets and thanks commuters at the CTA station at Lake and State streets on April 3, 2019, the day after her runoff victory.

Lori Lightfoot should skip the honeymoon and go to work on stopping the Lincoln Yards deal

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

After Lori Lightfoot’s overwhelming victory in the race for mayor, some have suggested she broke all the rules of politics on the way to the fifth floor of City Hall....

From left, Amara Enyia, LaShawn K. Ford, Gery Chico, and Ja'Mal Green, listen in as Lori Lightfoot speaks at a Chicago mayoral candidates forum at the Copernicus Center on Chicago's Northwest Side on Dec. 11, 2018.

Lori Lightfoot makes Chicago history — a fed as mayor

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Now that Lori Lightfoot is mayor-elect of Chicago, many voices will tell you how history was made: The first African-American woman elected mayor of Chicago, a lesbian, and a reformer...

Mayoral candidates Lori Lightfoot, left, and Toni Preckwinkle take their seats before a televised debate at the NBC-Ch. 5 studios on March 7, 2019, in Chicago.

What does Toni Preckwinkle do in the final days of the race against Lori Lightfoot?

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

If I were king of Chicago media, with an unlimited supply of reporters, where would I send them on this last weekend before Tuesday’s vote in the race for mayor?...

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