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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...

Column: Vaccinations are here and hugging’s back. But some advice: Ask before you hug.

By Mary Schmich

April 9, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

The hug is back. "I hugged my parents for the first time in over a...

A fan reads a book in the stands before the Chicago White Sox home opener against the Kansas City Royals at Guaranteed Rate Field on April 8, 2021.

Column: Think baseball is too slow? You’re missing the point.

By Ron Grossman

April 10, 2021 at 3:08 p.m.

One spring long ago, our schoolyard was abuzz because Eddie's big brother had been invited...

A flower is seen in an alley at 24th Street and Sawyer Avenue in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood on April 1, 2021. Thirteen-year-old Adam Toledo was shot and killed at that location by a Chicago police officer on March 29.

Column: No, ‘Where were his parents?’ is not an important question

By Eric Zorn

April 8, 2021 at 9:17 p.m.

Response has been very heavy to my column earlier this week urging a wait-and-see response...

Workers load an all-star sign onto a trailer after it was removed from Truist Park in Atlanta on April 6, 2021.

Column: Biden’s legacy: The president who poisoned baseball.

By John Kass

April 8, 2021 at 2:38 p.m.

Baseball's greatest day was April 15, 1947. It was the day when Jackie Robinson broke...

First lady Jill Biden arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on April 1, 2021. Biden was criticized for wearing fishnet stockings on Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021.

Column: Let’s stop dragging out Melania Trump’s nudes every time we want to defend a first lady

By Heidi Stevens

April 8, 2021 at 12:32 p.m.

A teeny, tiny mini-scandal erupted when Jill Biden wore fishnet stockings on Easter Sunday, which...

Production supervisor Edward Grant, left and office service coordinator Marvin Goodman explain the one-way foot traffic policy at Cushman & Wakefield global commercial real estate services, July 17, 2020, in Chicago. The company split 25 percent its staff into two groups that alternate days they work in the office for 30 days and may increase staffing levels after the trial period.

COVID-19 vaccinations are accelerating, forcing CEOs to plot a return to the office sooner than expected. ‘Yes, you can ask for proof.’

By Ryan Ori

April 8, 2021 at 3:46 p.m.

As COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up, so are timelines for Chicago companies bringing workers back to...

It's impossible not to love "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," starring Brandy in the title role and Whitney Houston as the fairy godmother. This production by Disney and ABC (also produced by Houston) originally premiered in 1997 and quickly became a culturally significant performance due to the groundbreaking casting. The film has had such an inter-generational impact that Disney+ only recently added the musical to the streaming site after fans and Brandy made many urging requests over social media. "Cinderella" stars Whoopi Goldberg, Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander, Victor Garber, Natalie Desselle-Reid and Paolo Montalban. (Disney+) — Hannah Herrera Greenspan

Column: Enough with the reboots and regurgitation of the same old, same old. Tell new stories.

By Nina Metz

April 8, 2021 at 8:19 a.m.

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" had an impressive 15 season run on CBS. But these days...

Voters wait in line on Dec. 14, 2020, the first day of early, in-person voting in Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff elections, at the Cobb County Elections Department in Marietta.

Column: Republicans can try to suppress Black voters, but they won’t succeed unless we let them

By Dahleen Glanton

April 8, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

I hope that Black and brown voters understand that we are on our own. Major...

A 2021 All-Star Game patch is sewn over on the sleeve of Atlanta Braves shortstop Dansby Swanson in a game April 6, 2021, against the Washington Nationals in Washington.

Column: GOP must boycott baseball, Coke and all of ‘woke America’

By Rex W. Huppke

April 7, 2021 at 5:32 p.m.

Like most reasonable Republicans, I will no longer be watching Major League Baseball games. Or...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., steps into an elevator at the Capitol in Washington on March 11, 2021.

Column: Republicans vs. ‘woke corporations’: A losing battle

By Steve Chapman

April 7, 2021 at 3:08 p.m.

Mitch McConnell has been presented with the spectacle of giant American corporations taking sides on...

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