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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...

Nurses Noemy Godina, left, and Lydia Weber fill syringes with COVID-19 vaccines at Cook County Health North Riverside Health Center on March 17, 2021.

Column: She couldn’t save her father from COVID-19, but this Chicago nurse hopes to save others

By Mary Schmich

March 19, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Every night for the past few months, Noemy Godina has cried for her father. "I'm...

Column: Candace Owens, spare us your sanctimony over Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion

By Dahleen Glanton

March 18, 2021 at 4:42 p.m.

Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens were offended by rapper Cardi B's performance during the Grammy...

Nancy Riley-James, 42, reacts at the makeshift memorial outside Gold Spa near Acworth, Georgia, on March 18, 2021, one of three businesses where eight people were killed and another injured by a gunman Tuesday.

Column: Sex researcher weighs in on Atlanta-area shootings: ‘Do not excuse racist crimes as being the result of sex addiction.’

By Heidi Stevens

March 18, 2021 at 3:32 p.m.

Joshua Grubbs is an assistant professor of psychology at Bowling Green State University who primarily...

The Illinois Fighting Illini celebrate a 91-88 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big Ten men's basketball tournament championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 14, 2021, in Indianapolis.

Column: Bracket your feelings and root for your bitter rivals in the NCAA tournaments

By Eric Zorn

March 18, 2021 at 3:26 p.m.

When I was 12, I had a crusty, full-page magazine photo of Ohio State University...

The LaSalle Bank Mural along the Kennedy Expressway at Armitage Avenue on July 14, 2004.

Dennis Rodman’s hair made it a Chicago landmark. Next it may be known as the Bitcoin building.

By Ryan Ori

March 19, 2021 at 2:08 p.m.

A North Side building known for its colorful murals, including one of then-Chicago Bulls player...

Google hosted its grand opening a little more than two weeks after employees officially moved into the space.

Google is ready to hire in Chicago as part of plan to add 10,000 workers nationally this year

By Ryan Ori

March 18, 2021 at 9:54 a.m.

Google is building out office space in Chicago's Fulton Market district, which it plans to...

Column: Suburbanites didn’t want a child rapist and murderer in their neighborhood. So why should Englewood have to take him in theirs?

By Dahleen Glanton

March 18, 2021 at 7:38 a.m.

There probably aren't very many people who would like to have Cayce Williams as a...

Police search a building across the street from the 6th District police station after an officer was shot outside the station in the Gresham neighborhood on March 14, 2021, in Chicago.

Column: Who’d want to be a Chicago cop?

By John Kass

March 18, 2021 at 7:37 a.m.

At 89th and Stony Island, where the second Chicago police officer so far this year...

Column: Atlanta shooting suspect’s ‘bad day’ and the whitewashing of white crime

By Rex W. Huppke

March 17, 2021 at 6:31 p.m.

The 21-year-old white man who went on a shooting spree at several Georgia spas, killing...

The Eisenhower Expressway looking west through Chicago's West Side in 2017.

Column: We don’t need Biden’s infrastructure binge

By Steve Chapman

March 17, 2021 at 3:05 p.m.

Donald Trump did many bad things as president, but he deserves a smidgen of credit...

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