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A young woman reacts as she looks at her damaged home after Russia's night missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 14, 2026. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Trump’s abhorrent Russian diesel deal defies US laws and won’t lower gas prices

By Elizabeth Shackelford

October 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Donald Trump has illegally undone sanctions efforts against Russia. For all of this, Americans won’t...

Saturday Night Live Host Shane Gillis during the monologue on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (Will Heath/NBC/TNS)

Heidi Stevens: Shane Gillis ‘SNL’ opener misses the mark — and the moment

By Heidi Stevens

October 16, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

The most disappointing thing about Shane Gillis’ shopworn, hackneyed, tone-deaf, retrograde, unfunny “Saturday Night Live”...

Former Indiana U,S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, who was co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, in his office at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington on Nov. 24, 2006. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

John T. Shaw: We need Congress to ponder the long term with a new future-focused group

By John T. Shaw

October 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Half a century ago, many lawmakers viewed their responsibilities differently and created a forum to...

Ten-year-old twins Samrya Cribbs, center, and Samya Cribbs look on as their father, Sonny, prepares them a cool beverage as the Brookfield family hangs out at 31st Street Beach in Chicago on June 5, 2021.

Column: On a walk in a park in a different part of town you can learn surprising things. Try it.

By Mary Schmich

May 26, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Here's an idea for how to make your summer more interesting: Visit a park outside...

Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, looks on May 25, 2021, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks as she and Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., meet with members of Floyd's family at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Column: George Floyd’s 6-year-old daughter thought his murder would change the world. It didn’t.

By Dahleen Glanton

May 26, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Days after her father was murdered by police, George Floyd's 6-year-old daughter proclaimed that her...

Carly Simon has said the second verse of her infamous song, "You're So Vain, " is about Beatty. The 70-year-old singer told People magazine that she has "confirmed that the second verse is Warren."

Poll: You’re so vain, you probably think the Tweet of the Week poll is about you

By Eric Zorn

May 28, 2021 at 2:33 p.m.

Instructions: Click the box next to each tweet that amuses you -- no limit to...

Byrne Elementary School clerk Judy Mahoney gets emotional before a news conference May 25, 2021, outside the school.

Column: ‘CPS, shame on you.’ Supporters rally outside school where disabled clerk is set to lose her job

By Heidi Stevens

May 25, 2021 at 4:54 p.m.

A group of just over 100 supporters gathered outside Tuesday morning at Michael M. Byrne...

A photo of Riley O'Keefe, who said a black bar had been digitally added to her yearbook photo.

Column: Florida high school turned a yearbook into yet another chance to sexualize and shame girls’ bodies

By Heidi Stevens

May 25, 2021 at 1:45 p.m.

The grown-ups tasked with guiding and nurturing Bartram Trail High School students through arguably one...

The central area on the first floor where the food court will be located with tenant escalators to the second floor at the Old Post Office on Sept. 18, 2019.

Marijuana tech firm Fyllo moving headquarters to Old Post Office

By Ryan Ori

May 26, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.

Marijuana technology firm Fyllo is moving its headquarters to The Old Post Office, after recently...

Chicago Public Schools clerk Judy Mahoney greets supporters following a news conference May 25, 2021, outside Byrne Elementary School in Chicago. Mahoney is a longtime clerk who is set to lose her job at the end of June. She became paralyzed after being hit by a drunken driver in 2017 and was moved to Byrne because her old school wasn't wheelchair accessible. Her job is now being phased out at the end of this school year.

Rally for CPS clerk Judy Mahoney

By Contributed Content

May 25, 2021 at 1:21 p.m.

Supporters are gathering at Byrne Elementary School, where Chicago Public Schools clerk Judy Mahoney works....

Four-year-old Gus "Jett" Hawkins plays May 21, 2021.

Column: What’s so wrong about ‘respectability?’ Let’s start with hair.

By Clarence Page

May 26, 2021 at 3:38 p.m.

Let's talk about hair. Cue the soundtrack to the Broadway musical "Hair" theme song: "Gimme...

Investigators works the scene of a shooting where two people were killed and at least 12 others injured in Fairfield Township, N.J., on May 23, 2021.

Column: A weekend of mass shootings — from Chicago to Ohio to New Jersey— and a simple plea: Do something.

By Rex W. Huppke

May 24, 2021 at 11:19 a.m.

I have an edgy thought: Maybe America should do something about all its shootings. I...

Community members gather at the end of a peace walk for 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams at McDonald's on Roosevelt Road in North Lawndale on April 25, 2021.

Column: You can’t be a gang member and a good parent, no matter how much you love your kids

By Dahleen Glanton

May 24, 2021 at 12:23 p.m.

Now that the three men accused of killing 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams at a McDonald's drive-thru...

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