3+ week, 3+ day ago (954+ words) " Below: How the Trump administration's media blitz tries to influence public support for the president's aggressive campaign against immigration. " Plus: Judges in three courtrooms address the feds' tactics, what the state's new transit spending bill means for you and more news you need to know. " Keeping score: Tyler Bertuzzi's hat trick helped the Blackhawks snap a long losing streak, winning 5-2 against the Canucks. ": A 9-minute read Partly cloudy with a high near 58. Scenes from the Trump administration's media blitz. The narrative: Nearly two months into President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement campaign, social media feeds from his administration and its right-wing allies paint a grim picture of Chicago: A city plagued by violent criminals that is at war with the federal government. The techniques: Made-for-Hollywood videos depict heroic military-style raids. "Criminal illegal aliens" are chased down and handcuffed. An immigration…...

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1+ week, 3+ day ago (169+ words) Paul McCartney performs at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, in 2022. The musician will bring his Got Back tour to Chicago Nov. 24-25. Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP file "It's a Wonderful Life Live in Chicago" runs from Nov. 21-Dec. 28 at American Blues Theater, 5627 N. Lincoln Ave. "A Magical Cirque Christmas" runs from Nov. 25-30 at CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St. "The Real Housewives of the North Pole" runs Nov. 20-Jan. 4 at The Clutch, 4335 N. Western Ave. Ruth Page's "The Nutcracker" will be presented at several locations in the Chicago area in the coming weeks. Billy Corgan teams up with the Lyric Opera to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Smashing Pumpkins' signature alternative rock album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness." Sarah McLachlan will perform Nov. 22 at The Auditorium, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive. "American Prophets: Writers, Religion and Culture" opens Nov. 21 at the American Writers…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (74+ words) Maya Drake stars as Ali in "Hell's Kitchen." Evan C. Dolan (from left), Jessie J. Potter, Sophie Grimm and Alex Syie of "White Christmas." Joffrey Company Artists Anais Bueno and Dylan Gutierrez of "Broken Wings." Rachael & Vilray will perform 8 p.m. Nov. 8 at Cahn Auditorium in Evanston. "Live, Laugh, Labor: Reflections on Usefulness and Other Myths" exhibit at Cleve Carney Museum of Art "Move Ya Body, The Birth of House"...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (92+ words) Christopher Donahue stars as Scrooge in the Goodman Theatre's 48th staging "A Christmas Carol." Nick Fradiani portrays Neil Diamond in "A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical." Deborah Hay stars as Beatrice in Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production of "Much Ado About Nothing." Action at a Distance Hubbard Street dancers Jacqueline Burnett, Jack Henderson and David Schultz perform in Johan Inger's "Impasse." Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater performs selections from the company's repertoire, including "Bolero," Nov. 15. Western Costume Company, Replica Ruby Slippers from "The Wizard of Oz," 1989....

3+ day, 17+ hour ago (216+ words) Elf the Musical" runs from Dec. 2-14 at The Auditorium, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive. Cheyenne Casebier and Lawrence Grimm star in Gaslight," running Nov. 28-Jan. 4 at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. Six" runs from Dec. 2-14 at CIBC Theatre, 18 W. Monroe St. in the Loop. Veronica Garza plays Cindy Lou Who in Theater Wit's Chicago debut of Who's Holiday!" Snocaps perform at 8 p.m. Nov. 30-Dec. 2 at Thalia Hall, 1807 S. Allport. Neal Francis performs at 7 p.m. Nov. 29 at The Salt Shed, 1357 N. Elston Ave. Pentatonix performs at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 at Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road in Rosemont. Claire Rousay performs at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at Constellation, 3111 N. Western Ave. Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova's performance piece recreates a makeshift prison cell that she will occupy during museum hours in Police State" from Nov. 25-30 at Museum of Contemporary Art, 200 E. Chicago Ave. Robert Redford and Jane Fonda in Barefoot in the Park....

1+ day, 19+ hour ago (540+ words) Northwestern University football player Albert Kunickis catches a football after practice at Ryan Fieldhouse in Evanston, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Albert Kunickis III was born without a right hand or forearm, yet the Lemont native is a running back for the Northwestern Wildcats. It's a dynamic and inspiring portrait that showcases his skills. Fireworks explode over the Chicago Cultural Center during the 112th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at Millennium Park, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. Mercedes Wells, whose baby was delivered by her husband Leon Wells after she was discharged by Franciscan Health Crown Point in Indiana despite being in labor, leans on her husband during a news conference at the Lester Long Fieldhouse in Dolton on Tuesday. A snowy owl rests on a post along the Montrose Harbor beacon pier, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams #18 hugs and celebrates with wide receiver DJ Moore…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago (95+ words) A person was shot to death Nov. 27, 2025 on the Southwest Side. A person was fatally shot in Garfield Ridge Thursday night on the Southwest Side, according to Chicago police. The person was found on the ground with gunshot wounds to his body around 11:55 p.m. in the 5100 block of South Luna Avenue, police said in a statement. He was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said. His age and identity were not released. A weapon was recovered and detectives were speaking to a person of interest....

2+ week, 4+ day ago (1049+ words) " Below: With winter's arrival comes the departure of U.S. Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino and his agents " but four times as many could be back in March, sources tell the Sun-Times. " Plus: CPS employees' travel spending is investigated, full SNAP benefits are blocked, a "Siskel & Ebert" salute and more news you need to know. ": An 8-minute read Sunny with a high near 50. U.S. Border Patrol commander-at-large Gregory Bovino stands during a clash with protesters Friday outside the Broadview ICE facility. Sources say: Now Bovino and many of his agents are expected to leave Chicago, signaling a downshift in the Trump administration's "Operation Midway Blitz" while winter descends on the city. But the federal presence could return fourfold in the spring. All this is according to three law enforcement sources in contact with the Sun-Times. What we know: One source said Bovino could…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago (686+ words) As a top editor for the Chicago Sun-Times, Ken Towers guarded the integrity of the newspaper. When, in 1985, one of his reporters was accused of fabricating a scene inside a rural Texas bar full of good-ol'-boy fans of the Dallas Cowboys that seemed just too perfectly scripted to be true, it fell to Mr. Towers, who was managing editor at the time, to check it out. Mr. Towers traveled to Texas with the reporter, Wade Roberts, hoping he could retrace his steps to the roadhouse he supposedly reported from on the day of a Bears-Cowboys game. But Roberts, who denied wrongdoing, could not, and was sacked. Two years later, in 1987, Mr. Towers was named executive editor, the paper's top spot, a role he held for two years. "He was a guy with integrity and you always want a guy…...