After all these years, Nine Inch Nails still knows how to raise the stakes.As the bands two-night stand at United Center kicked off Tuesday night, the industrial rock kingpins took a huge gamble with their perennial hit Closer. Rather than perform the 90s zeitgeist track as written (and as heard a million times on alt-rock radio), frontman Trent Reznor ...

Steppenwolf Theatre Companys production of Bug is bound for Broadway.Chicago actress and Steppenwolf ensemble member Carrie Coon, the recent HBO darling who has appeared in both White Lotus and Gilded Age, will revive her leading role in the psychological thriller. The play was written by Coons husband, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tracy Letts, in 1996. ...

Outgoing Chicago Inspector General Deborah Witzburg urged the City Council Wednesday to flex its muscle in a way that it never has: by establishing rules to go after bad behavior by Council members.Witzburg wants the Rules Committee to fill the wide gap between criminal and ethics code violations that her office is empowered to investigate and conduct ...

Un jefe del narcotrfico mexicano residente de Aurora, que ayud a inundar las calles de Chicago con herona, sali de la corte como un hombre libre el martes despus de desempear un papel clave en un cartel vinculado a la desaparicin de decenas de estudiantes universitarios en Mxico en 2014.Pablo Vega Cuevas,de 50 aos de edad, un exlder del rea de Chicago del ...

El suelo en cuatro habitaciones del stano de Yuriria Buenrostro, en el lado suroeste de la ciudad, fue removido mientras las alfombras hmedas llenaban su bote de basura.Buenrostro, de 40 aos de edad, ha estado tratando de renovar la casa que comparte con su esposo y sus dos hijos, pero anticipa que los daos por las tormentas podran costar ms de $15,000 ...

Cuando en enero las operaciones de cumplimiento de inmigracin en Chicago se intensificaron, una mujer llamada Mara vio de primera mano el efecto paralizador que tuvo en la comunidad de Belmont Cragin.Como mentora de padres en la Escuela Primaria Lloyd, en el vecindario del lado noroeste, dijo que algunos estudiantes expresaron temores de que ellos o sus ...

The steel frame for Northwestern's new home stands out as a beacon of promise on the site of the old stadium. The sections filled in by concrete are more signs of progress.A little more than a year after the school broke ground on a new Ryan Field, the framework for something special appears to be in place."It truly will be the best football venue in the ...

CHAMPAIGN The ingredients are there for No. 12 Illinois to emerge from years of mediocrity and make a run into the 12-team College Football Playoff.The Illini flew under the radar on their way to a 10-win season last year their first since 2001 and they return 18 starters including star quarterback Luke Altmyer.The Illini haven't had two straight winning ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. NASCAR in 2026 will race on a new street course in San Diego, return Chicagoland Speedway to the schedule, move the All-Star race to Dover, Delaware, and end its 38-race season back at Homestead-Miami Speedway.The schedule released Wednesday includes two off weekends on a calendar that stretches from February to November. It begins with the ...

Bears cornerback Terell Smith, who was competing for a starting job, is out for the season after hurting his knee Sunday in the preseason game against the Bills. Smith, 26, was a fifth-round pick out of Minnesota in 2023 who quickly asserted himself as an NFL-caliber corner. He played 26 games over the last two seasons, including six starts, and had one ...

Tyson Bagent isn't going anywhere.The Bears agreed on Wednesday to give their backup quarterback a two-year contract extension, a source confirmed. Bagent was scheduled to play the last year of his three-year rookie deal before becoming a restricted free agent, which would have allowed the Bears a right of first refusal to keep him.Bagent will get $10 ...

The death of a 9-year-old Elijah Flores who fell at a CTA Green Line station on the Near West Side has been ruled a homicide, officials said. An autopsy determined Elijah died of multiple blunt force injuries to the head from falling down stairs due to an assault, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The death of Elijah, who was ...

BREESE, Ill. After strong community opposition, including a county board meeting where dozens of people spoke against it, the Proud Boys billboard that was put up near a high school in Clinton County was removed Tuesday.A representative from Lamar Advertisings Collinsville office said the sign was taken down around noon. The company declined further ...

Burglars behind the wheel of a box truck breached a barricade outside a retail store in Wicker Park and fled in a black car after grabbing merchandise early Wednesday. Officers responded to a burglary call at a retail store in the 2100 block of West Division Street about 1:50 a.m. and found the barricade outside the front entrance had been damaged by a box ...

An argument between two men turned violent and left a 32-year-old man with multiple puncture wounds in the River North neighborhood. Officers responded to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for a "walk-in person stabbed" and learned the victim, a 32-year-old male, had been involved in an argument with an unknown male, police said. The argument escalated and the ...

Theo Benedet figured he had at least a chance of winning the Bears starting left tackle job simply because the coaching staff told the offensive linemen that everyone did. It didnt come into clearer focus, though, until last week, when he started playing with the first and second teams.This week is his last chance to push for the starting job. The Bears ...

A domestic abuse survivor making her rent payment after moving out of an unsafe home; a mother who can afford to feed her children; a woman who can commute to and from work without breaking the bank. These are some of the over 4,000-plus survivors of gender-based violence in Illinois who received direct cash assistance in 2024 from the Survivor Fund of the ...

DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law is her alcoholic husband's enabler. He has health conditions that make walking difficult. He falls down often and can't make it to the bathroom. Being drunk all the time (he consumes a fifth of vodka every two days) also prevents him from getting the surgery he needs.My SIL buys his liquor for him. She says if she doesn't, he ...

Navy Pier is seeking a developer to redesign and potentially operate its eastern facilities, a move that could further transform a wide swath of the states top tourist attraction when combined with the recently opened marina.The nonprofit, Navy Pier Inc., that operates and maintains the pier is looking for a developer, or development team, to propose a ...

A new lawsuit wants to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to stop shorting up to 1.7 million veterans out of their GI Bill benefits, after a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision expanded their ability to claim the education benefits.Attorneys for a group of veterans, including a Northwestern University graduates father, and the state of Virginia filed a ...

There are fiddle players who play the instrument and then there is Anne Harris, a fiddler whose instrument plays her.Harris is both a solo artist and a prolific side musician whose physical performing style is synched directly to her fiddle bow. She dances as she plays, often in place, and the thrust of the music, both highs and lows, is expressed through ...

Programs to prepare workers for skilled trades apprenticeships have significantly boosted the number of women and people of color in Illinois construction workforce and also yield a big return on investment, according to a report released Wednesday.In Illinois, enrollment in pre-apprenticeship training programs since 2017 has led to a 95% and 202% jump in ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth landed in Japan early Wednesday on a trip aimed at bolstering Illinois relationships around quantum technology, supply chain and national security.And a huge focus is beating China in the race to create a functioning quantum computer.The trip marks Duckworths 12th trip to Asia and 14th congressional member delegation trip since 2018. ...

Editor's Note: A previous version of this story first published on June 13, 2024.After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Queen Victoria of Great Britain donated 8,000 books that would become the foundation of the Chicago Public Library collection.While none of those original books are currently in circulation, at least one title from around that time can ...

Moon Alert Caution! Avoid shopping (except food and gas) or important decisions from 7 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. After that, the moon moves from Cancer into Leo.Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day .HoroscopeStarbox { background: #f8f8f8; display: flex; ...