Bovinos great-grandfather was an immigrant from Italy who was in the United States for 15 years when he put in his papers indicating his interest in becoming an American. It was the same month in 1924 that the Border Patrol was established and the number of Italian arrivals was curtailed.As the public face of President Donald Trumps mass deportation ...

The legal battle between Illinois gambling regulators and a Cicero restaurant operator whose video gambling devices were ordered shut off amid questions about past connections to reputed mob figures appears to be coming to a head.Cook County Judge David B. Atkins indicated this month he would rule soon on the lawsuit filed by Firebird Enterprises Inc. ...

As executive director of Friends of the Chicago River, I applaud the city of Chicagos new Central Area Plan 2045 and its recognition that a thriving Downtown depends on a healthy, resilient and accessible Chicago River.After 25 years of working to transform the river into a valued natural asset, I urge the Department of Planning and Development to take the ...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments Office of Inspector General is conducting an audit of the Chicago Housing Authority to scrutinize its procedures around verifying residents immigration status and criminal backgrounds, according to documents obtained by the Sun-Times.The objective of our audit is to (1) determine whether the Authority ...

Pelican guard Jordan Poole sprinted to the left corner in the fourth quarter after receiving a screen and immediately launched a three-pointer that hit the top of the backboard.The Bulls had an opening to continue cutting into the Pelicans lead, but immediately turned it over after Poole jumped the passing lane for a transition layup.Those are the breaks, ...

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Scorpio.Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day .HoroscopeStarbox { background: #f8f8f8; display: flex; align-items: center; } ...

Benet senior forward Emma Briggs was forced into expanding her unique game.She plays the post for the Redwings by virtue of being taller than most of her peers. But Briggs spends the summer playing with the Great Britain national team her father is from Leicester, England. Training with players older than her was great for her development and showed her ...

The preseason No. 1 ranking is a fun bit of hype for the school that picks it up and fans enjoy debating the merits of the top-ranked team for a few weeks. But it is a meaningless designation that doesnt help a team win a single ballgame.DePaul Prep, the top-ranked team this preseason, took its first step towards actually earning the No. 1 designation on ...

No changes at all this week in the top 13 teams of the Super 25. Kankakee gave DePaul Prep a solid challenge on Sunday night in the Team Rose Shootout at Mount Carmel to solidify its hold on the No. 3 spot. Neuqua Valley jumps to No. 14 after impressive wins against Lyons and Yorkville. Deerfield, Thornwood and Glenbard East drop out after picking up ...

Before leading the Bears in his trademark "Good, Better, Best" cheer to celebrate the team's 10th win, head coach Ben Johnson handed out two game balls.The first went to linebacker D'Marco Jackson, whose third-quarter interception started a run of three takeaways in four Browns possessions to key the 31-3 win.Jackson was already looking ahead to next week's ...

Two people were found dead at Los Angeles home owned by director-actor Rob Reiner on Sunday, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.The official could not publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.The Los Angeles Fire Department says it responded to a medical aid ...

Bulls forward Matas Buzelis has had to guard up the positional spectrum and defend bigger forwards as the Bulls optimal power forward.Buzelis added 10 pounds of muscle to endure more of that contract and dish out some punishment of his own. But as the Bulls tinker with lineup configurations to escape this recent skid theyve been on, Buzelis role might get ...

Amanda Wojciechowski was taking her daughters to a Jewish and Catholic holiday celebration Sunday morning when she heard the news that a gunman had shot and killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydneys Bondi Beach in an act of antisemitic terrorism.Wojciechowski, like much of Chicagos Jewish community, was left reeling.It was troubling to hear that ...

Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser break down the Bears' win against the Browns at Soldier Field. New episodes of Halas Intrigue will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on the podcasts hub page. You can also listen to Halas Intrigue wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. ...

The Bears' rematch against their rival will likely take place without the Packers' best player.Edge rusher Micah Parsons was helped off the field in Denver on Sunday after suffering what appeared to be a non-contact knee injury. ESPN reported after the Packers' 34-26 loss to the Broncos that he's believed to have torn his ACL, which would keep him for the ...

DJ Moore was surprised Caleb Williams even tried to throw the ball.The Bears quarterback faked a handoff and rolled right in the third quarter of what would become a 31-3 win against the lowly Browns on Sunday at Soldier Field. One step from the sideline, Williams did a bunny hop and launched a pass off his back foot into the back of the north end zone.The ...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. Matthew Stafford passed for 368 yards and hit Colby Parkinson for two touchdowns, and the NFC-leading Los Angeles Rams clinched a playoff berth with a furious second-half rally for a 41-34 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.Kyren Williams rushed for two scores and Blake Corum added another TD for the Rams (11-3), who came back from ...

What marks do the Bears get after their 31-3 beatdown of the Browns at Soldier Field?QUARTERBACK A-MINUSAgainst an opponent as unlikely to score as the Browns are, you gladly take the bad with the good with Caleb Williams. Thats a nice way of saying his 22-yard touchdown pass to DJ Moore in which he scrambled all the way to the sideline before heaving the ...

Bears cornerback C.J. Gardner-Johnson was asked about rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders and looked down at a pretend watch on his right wrist.Its about time he ran into some problems, he said after Sundays 31-3 win against the Browns. Hes a great young player. Theyre a great young group thats playing hard, physical. Hes just going against a lot of vets ...

SYDNEY Two gunmen opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi beach, killing 15 people, including a child, officials said Monday, in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitic terrorism that struck at the heart of the nation. The shooters were father and son, authorities said.The massacre at one of Australias most ...

Man, it was cold Sunday at Soldier Field.How cold?So cold, surrounding trees chopped themselves into firewood. Fans in the stands chipped their teeth on Italian sausages. Punts froze in midair.Way too cold for the Bears to be playing a football game unless it was against a dead-on-arrival opponent with a below-zero chance to beat them.The Cleveland Browns, ...

Lights, camera, fashion! Chicago may not come to mind when it comes to fashion capitals, but the inaugural Chicago Fashion Awards Saturday honored scores of emerging and established "creatives pushing the city's culture forward," showing that creators and artists don't need to leave the city to be a force in the industry.Held at the Museum of Contemporary ...

A 14-year-old boy was shot in the foot while walking in the Roseland neighborhood early Sunday, Chicago police said.The teen was in the 100 block of West 95th Street when he felt "numbness in his foot" around 3:50 a.m., police said. He was taken to Little Company of Mary Medical Center in good condition.No arrests have been made, police said.

About two hours before Sunday's kickoff, Patrick Vanier grilled chicken wings and Polish sausage with his family at the Waldron Deck lot outside Soldier Field. The temperature was 5 degrees.Vanier, who lives in Hammond, Indiana, took the train up to Chicago to bring his son, Elio, to his first Bears game.Its a must-win game today, said Vanier, 44 a Beverly ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. The Los Angeles Chargers eliminated the Kansas City Chiefs from playoff contention when Derwin James picked off a pass by Gardner Minshew who had just taken over for the injured Patrick Mahomes in the closing seconds to preserve a 16-13 victory over the reigning AFC champions Sunday.Justin Herbert, playing through a broken left hand, ...